Paint Touches

New Automatic Qualifiers Long Island (Northeast) Montana (Big Sky) Lehigh (Patriot)   Last Four In USF Drexel Miami Ole Miss   First Four Out Seton Hall NC State Cal Oregon   Next Four Out Northwestern Saint Joseph’s UCF Tennessee

Following a Senior Day win over Georgetown in which he finished with 26 points, 14 rebounds and five steals, Jae Crowder said he was “on cloud nine.” But just when he thought his senior season couldn’t get any better, Tuesday afternoon the Big East announced Crowder had been awarded Big East Player of the Year. […]

New Automatic Qualifiers Harvard (Ivy) South Dakota State (Summit) Detroit (Horizon) Western Kentucky (Sun Belt)   Last Four In USF Drexel Miami Ole Miss   First Four Out Seton Hall NC State Cal Oregon   Next Four Out Northwestern Saint Joseph’s UCF Tennessee

Mark Strotman will have the full write-up tomorrow, but after seeing the way West Virginia fans feel the world is out to get them, a quick chart should settle things (ok it won’t settle anything because they love a good conspiracy theory). Just look at the way Crowder finished the year. He dominated Kevin Jones […]

New Automatic Qualifiers VCU (Colonial) Loyola (MAAC) Davidson (Southern) Saint Mary’s (West Coast)   Last Four In USF  Drexel Miami Ole Miss   First Four Out NC State Cal Seton Hall Oregon   Next Four Out Northwestern UCF Tennessee  Saint Joseph’s   North Texas becomes new AQ from Sun Belt

Thanks to a 14-4 conference record, Marquette will wait until Thursday to play in this week’s Big East Tournament. The Golden Eagles will play the winner of Louisville and either Providence or Seton Hall, which play tomorrow night in the first round. Here’s a look at all three teams and how Marquette fared against them […]