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Big East Expansion: Basketball Programs Want Pitt & Syracuse Out?
Despite the fact that commissioner John Marinatto continues to preach that the members of his conference want to stick together and save the Big East (if you missed it, UConn and Rutgers are NOT committed to this plan), it appears that not everyone is on board with keeping Syracuse and Pittsburgh...
Breaking News: ACC Adding Big East's Syracuse, Pitt
It's a done deal. The ACC has accepted the applications for Syracuse and Pittsburgh. More information will be available after a 9:30 AM conference call between the ACC and the media. See below for recent quotes from ACC officials. Duke President Richard Broadhead: "The ACC is a strong, united...
Pittsburgh & Syracuse Have Applied For ACC Membership, Announcement Sunday
UPDATE (3:30 p.m.) A Big 12 source told Orangebloods.com that Pittsburgh and Syracuse will be announced as the 13th and 14th ACC members on Sunday. UPDATE (12:30 p.m.) VUHoops corroborates our story that Villanova and the ACC has discussed membership. According to their source, Boston College AD...
Syracuse & Pitt In Talks With ACC?
Pete Thamel of the New York Times is reporting that both Syracuse and Pittsburgh are engaged in talks to join the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The athletic directors at each school both declined comment when reached earlier, as did Big East commissioner John Marinatto (though with him, we're...
No, Thank YOU Coach Murphy
On Tuesday, new Eastern Michigan head basketball coach Rob Murphy came back to Syracuse and gave a really heart-felt, emotional thank you to Syracuse University, Jim Boeheim, and the entire Orange fanbase for the opportunity to coach here for the last seven years. However, it should be us thanking...
Syracuse Spring Football: Day 13 - Back Behind the Fence
Beginning the final week of the spring, Tuesday's practice was far from the most crisp that the Orange have had during the camp. Execution was pretty sloppy all around from both the offense and the defense, and the coaching staff's frustration was quite palpable. After seeing enough during...
Syracuse Spring Football: Day 1 - Manley Field House is Officially Open
Monday's blizzard, which led to Syracuse University's first full snow day in 18 years, left the entire campus under more than a foot of snow. On the first day of spring football practice Schwartzwalder-Katz field, the normal site of spring practice, was no exception. Luckily for Doug Marrone and...
5 Questions on Syracuse with Orange:44
It's time for another 5 Questions post... this time with Brian from Orange:44, who lovingly covers Syracuse athletics with a dollop of humor and some far-reaching Georgetown dislike. Man, the Georgetown dislike is strong in the Big East. Anyhow, I asked him these questions in anticipation of...
St. John's Big East Conference schedule preview 2011
On the eve of conference play, I'm not sure I would believe anyone who tells me they can predict what St. John's men's basketball team is going to do in the conference months. The Storm has a heavy schedule. The title of this article is a misnomer, obviously. The upcoming slate includes two more...
Dec Roundtable: What will the final Big East standings be?
I. Team review, so far | II. Surprise Big East team | III. Most disappointing Big East team | IV. Player surprises/ disappointments | V. How will the Big East teams finish? Big East play starts tonight! With Connecticut and Pittsburgh playing tonight, the Big East kicks off 3 months of bare...
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