Big East Has Rebounded, Partly at ACC's Expense
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Only two years after Big East football was left for dead following the defection of three major schools to the ACC, the conference is now actually having a better season than its rival.
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When Miami bolted the Big East for the Atlantic Coast Conference, West Virginia had a vacancy on its schedule and found a replacement in James Madison.
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The biggest Big East game of the regular season went to No. 12 Georgetown, whose tenacious defense made the difference in the final minutes of a 61-53 victory over No. 10 Pittsburgh on Saturday.
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After years of battling for supremacy in the Big East, Miami and Virginia Tech will now do the same in the Atlantic Conference Coast.
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PHILADELPHIA -- It's Big East championship or bust. Boston College took destiny into its own hands with yesterday's 34-17 victory over Temple at Lincoln Financial Field, tying West Virginia for first place in the conference and putting it on the threshold of its first Big East title and Bowl Championship Series berth.
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The team that few thought could contend for an Atlantic Coast Conference title less than two months ago is now one game away from winning it on its first try.
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Judging from the current Atlantic Division standings, where a .500 record appears a lofty goal, there will always be time to make a playoff push. It will never be too late for teams rebuilding under new coaches to hope for a top-three seed in the Eastern Conference. But right now, the question is this: When does it stop being too ...
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A few Big East teams saw preseason optimism carry over into satisfying season-opening wins, while others must regroup in a hurry after disappointing defeats.
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COM. Boy, the ACC is really loaded this season, as evidenced by Duke being picked fourth in the league&#39;s preseason poll. Coach Mike Krzyzewski and his Blue Devils were prepared
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For a half, it looked like the kind of Connecticut team coach Jim Calhoun normally unleashes not only on the Big East but the rest of the college basketball world in March.
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They looked surprisingly strong against nonconference foes, but last night when the University of Massachusetts Minutemen opened Atlantic 10 play, they seemed, paradoxically, out of their league.
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In the era of tournaments, rankings and RPIs, there's still something to be said for a good old fashioned first-place finish in the regular season, especially in a bloated conference like the Big East.
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HARTFORD -- On this Sunday afternoon in February we had a break from conference rivalries. Courtesy of CBS, we had North Carolina vs. Connecticut, which means we had ACC vs. Big East and defending national champions vs. would-be successors. Credentials were issued for 22 NBA teams. (Does this mean the eight who didn't send a rep are going to be ...
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Louisville found a way to rattle Georgetown, shaking up the Big East in the process.
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The Boston College men's soccer team began its Atlantic Coast Conference play last Saturday with a 2-0 win over Maryland, then ranked seventh in the country. To say that it was payback is putting it mildly.
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Boston College's 36-17 victory over West Virginia yesterday put the Eagles in control of their destiny in terms of the Big East championship and the Bowl Championship Series berth that comes with it.
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Playing to the level of competition is fine and dandy when visiting a pair of Big East powers that just happen to have claimed the last two national championships.