[...] TS in their last eight games overall, winning the Big East Tournament as well. That’s what UConn did last year before winning March Madness. The Cards’ last national title came in 1986 with Denny Crum as coach. These teams met on New Year’s Eve with Kentucky winning 69-62 as 10-point home favorites. Louisville is playing much better now and it should be a close one. Kansas vs [...]

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[...] l betting bash at the Liberty Bowl against the co-Big East champs, the Cincinnati Bearcats. The Big East isn't the normal participant in this game, but with the Conference USA champs, the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles going to the Hawaii Bowl and the Houston Cougars going to the Ticket City Bowl, the Bearcats were able to slip in. History tells you that a 6-6 or 7-5 team out of the SEC us [...]

[...] either. The team only finished a game back of the Big East title, and the loss on the road at the Connecticut Huskies in the last game of the year may have kept the Scarlet Knights out of the BCS. They still have never made it to the big time bowl games in spite of the fact that they have taken a lot of steps in the right direction. The quarterback situation and the running game for Rutgers ar [...]

[...] off on Tuesday, December 27th, and it pits the co-Big East champs, the Louisville Cardinals up against the North Carolina State Wolfpack. Head Coach Charlie Strong has done a fantastic job with the Cardinals in his first two years at Louisville. He has transformed a team that was a train wreck under Steve Kragthorpe's direction and made it a team that is perennially expected to be in a bowl ga [...]

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NCAA Pick: Louisville at Georgetown In winning its last nine games by an average margin of 13.2 points, Louisville has averaged 75.4 points and 8.5 steals while hitting 49.2 percent from the field and 36 percent from the three-point line. The Cardinals have shot above 50 percent from the field in four of its last eight games. In statistics for BIG EAST games only, Louisville leads the league in [...]

[...] at, though, MU had solidified its place among the Big East's most consistent teams since joining the league in 2005-06. The Golden Eagles remain in the hunt for fourth place -- and the first-round bye in the Big East Tournament that comes with it -- but will need a strong finish in three challenging games -- at Villanova and Syracuse and at home against Georgetown. Against the spread this season, [...]

Georgetown at Louisville Louisville has a very balanced attack with eight players averaging between 6.3 and 11.3 points per game, including five scoring in double figures. Seven different players have led the Cardinals in scoring this season and 10 have scored in double figures. In league only games, Louisville leads the BIG EAST in scoring margin (+11.2); is second in scoring defense (59.7 ppg [...]