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Cincinnati Bearcats 2013 Spring Football Preview
Big East For the fourth time since 2004, Cincinnati will begin spring practice with a new coach. Mark Dantonio, Brian Kelly and Butch Jones all put an imprint on the program despite three-year stints for ea...
15 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, 2013 college football spring previews

Memphis Tigers 2013 Spring Football Preview
Big East While the final record was only 4-8, it was clear Memphis was an improved team in coach Justin Fuente’s first season. The Tigers suffered a disappointing loss to UT-Martin in the season opener bu...
15 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Memphis Tigers, 2013 college football spring previews

Ranking All 125 College Football Coaching Jobs for 2013
Big East We have ranked every college football program in the country, based on the attractiveness of the position from a coaching perspective. We considered many factors — tradition, facilities, location...
15 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt

College Basketball Power Rankings: Gonzaga, Georgetown make moves
Big East For most of the season, the college basketball power rankings have been fairly consistent at the top: Two or three teams from the Big Ten, a team or two from the state of Florida, maybe Duke and/or...
15 weeks ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Mountain West, Pac-12, SEC, West Coast Conference

College Football's Top 15 Spring Quarterback Battles for 2013
Big East With spring practice getting ready to start for all 125 college football teams, quarterback battles will now take center stage. For most national title contenders – Alabama, Oregon, Ohio State, S...
16 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Pac 12, SEC, Arizona Wildcats, Auburn Tigers, California Golden Bears, Florida State Seminoles, Kansas State Wildcats, Michigan State Spartans, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Oregon State Beavers, Penn State Nittany Lions, TCU Horned Frogs, Tennessee Volunteers, USC Trojans, West Virginia Mountaineers, Wisconsin Badgers

10 Amazing College Basketball Stats of the Week: Feb. 18-24
Big East These days, it takes a special effort to defeat Syracuse or Colorado State on their home courts. The Orange and the Rams have owned their arenas, with home winning streaks of 38 and 27 games, ...
16 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big East, Mountain West, SEC, Creighton Bluejays, Georgetown Hoyas, Kansas Jayhawks, Miami Hurricanes, NC State Wolfpack, New Mexico Lobos, VCU Rams

College Basketball Weekend Preview: Another classic for Georgetown-Syracuse rivalry?
Big East A casualty of conference realignment will be a boon for the turnstiles at the Carrier Dome. With Syracuse off to the ACC next season, Saturday’s matchup will be the second-to-last regular-se...
16 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big East, Georgetown Hoyas, Syracuse Orange

College Football's Top 5 Running Backs on the Rise for 2013
Big East With spring practice kicking off across the nation, the race to win college football’s 2013 national title has officially started. Although it’s hard to learn everything about a team in spring ...
16 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Pac 12, SEC, Arizona State Sun Devils, Boise State Broncos, BYU Cougars, California Golden Bears, Florida State Seminoles, Louisville Cardinals, Michigan Wolverines, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Pittsburgh Panthers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Texas Longhorns, UCF Knights, Vanderbilt Commodores

Ranking the Big Ten's Expansion Wish List
Big East Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany is many things, but dumb isn’t one of them. His conference snaked football blue blood and powerhouse Nebraska from the Big 12 to grow the conference in 2011. H...
16 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Clemson Tigers, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hooisers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Maryland Terrapins, Miami Hurricanes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, North Carolina Tar Heels, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Virginia Cavaliers, Wisconsin Badgers

Top 40 College Football/Basketball Coaching Tandems
Big East For all of last week and into this week, Athlon Sports ranked football and men’s basketball coaching tandems in the power conferences. It’s a tall task recognizing excellence in both ...
16 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, College Basketball, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners

College Basketball Bracket Update: Big 12, Tourney implications for Kansas, Oklahoma State
Big East A wild college basketball season has an eventful week ahead of it. Entering Tuesday, 11 conferences had ties atop their leagues -- either outright ties or teams tied in the wins or losses colu...
16 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Mountain West, Cincinnati Bearcats, Colorado State Rams, Georgetown Hoyas, Kansas Jayhawks, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma State Cowboys

Ranking the Big East's College Football Coaching Jobs for 2013
Big East We have ranked every college football program in the country, based on the attractiveness of the position from a coaching perspective. We considered many factors — tradition, facilities, location...
16 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, Houston Cougars, Louisville Cardinals, Memphis Tigers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, SMU Mustangs, South Florida Bulls, Temple Owls, UCF Knights

College Basketball Power Rankings: Indiana, Michigan State square for top three matchup
Big East Another week, another Big Ten showdown with national implications. With a five-game win streak including last week’s 75-52 rout of Michigan, Michigan State has gone from sneaky Final Four co...
16 weeks ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Mountain West, Pac-12, SEC, West Coast Conference

10 Amazing College Basketball Stats for Feb. 11-17
Big East A handful of players hit multiple milestones this week, but they weren’t necessarily the most notable numbers of the week. Creighton’s National Player of the Year contender Doug McDer...
17 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, Florida Gators, Indiana Hoosiers, Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, Maryland Terrapins, Providence Friars, UCLA Bruins, Villanova Wildcats, Wisconsin Badgers

College Football Recruiting: Big East Team Consensus Rankings for 2013
Big East Recruiting in college football is downright nasty. It is a cutthroat, cannibalistic big business that is microscopically analyzed by fans, administrators and media members alike. There is very litt...
17 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, Houston Cougars, Louisville Cardinals, Memphis Tigers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, SMU Mustangs, South Florida Bulls, Temple Owls, UCF Knights, AC100, Recruiting

Ranking the Best College Football-Basketball Coach Tandems in the Big East
Big East With college football’s spring practice and basketball’s postseason around the corner, Athlon Sports decided this would be a good time to evaluate each school’s coaching tandem. In this ...
17 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, College Basketball, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, East Carolina Pirates, Houston Cougars, Memphis Tigers, Navy Midshipmen, Pittsburgh Panthers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, SMU Mustangs, Syracuse Orange, Tulane Green Wave, UCF Knights, USF Bulls

10 Amazing College Basketball Stats: Feb. 4-10
Big East The most important number of the week may as well be five: As in five overtimes to settle Notre Dame’s win over Louisville in the longest game since UConn and Syracuse played six OTs in the Big E...
18 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, SEC, Miami Hurricanes, Arkansas Razorbacks, Michigan Wolverines, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Wisconsin Badgers

College Football Team Recruiting Rankings: Top 25 Consensus for 2013
Big East Recruiting is the lifeblood of college football. Without good players, winning championships is nearly impossible. But there is much debate as too just how much recruiting rankings matter. Here...
18 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn Tigers, Clemson Tigers, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Bulldogs, LSU Tigers, Michigan Wolverines, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, Ole Miss Rebels, Texas A&M Aggies, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, AC100, Recruiting

College Basketball Bracket Update: Kansas, Pittsburgh face tests this week
Big East Is it time to start celebrating or time to start worrying? Those are the questions fans of a handful of teams will start asking over the next month or so of the season. Are NCAA bids or confer...
18 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Mountain West, Cincinnati Bearcats, Kansas Jayhawks, Miami Hurricanes, New Mexico Lobos, Pittsburgh Panthers

National Signing Day 2013 Announcement Watch
Big East Most of the dust has settled on the Class of 2013, however, that doesn’t mean there aren’t still plenty of fireworks to come on National Signing Day 2013. Five of the top ten players in the nat...
18 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn Tigers, Clemson Tigers, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Louisville Cardinals, Maryland Terrapins, Miami Hurricanes, Michigan Wolverines, Ohio State Buckeyes, Ole Miss Rebels, Oregon Ducks, Texas Longhorns, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Washington Huskies, AC100, Recruiting

College Basketball Power Rankings: Indiana returns to top spot, Miami makes move
Big East Another week, another No. 1 in the Athlon Sports college basketball power rankings. For the third week in a row, we have a new team in the top spot following Duke two weeks ago, then Michigan....
18 weeks ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Pac-12, SEC, West Coast Conference, Florida Gators, Indiana Hoosiers, Kansas Jayhawks, Miami Hurricanes, Michigan Wolverines, Syracuse Orange

National Signing Day 2013 Preview and Storylines to Watch
Big East National Signing Day 2013 is here! It’s college football’s version of Christmas morning when millions of dollars, thousands of man-hours traveling and countless phone calls come to fruition...
18 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn Tigers, Florida State Seminoles, Miami Hurricanes, Michigan Wolverines, Ohio State Buckeyes, Ole Miss Rebels, Oregon Ducks, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas A&M Aggies, USC Trojans, AC100, high school

College Football's 2013 Recruiting All-Name Team
Big East The first Wednesday in February is essentially Christmas for every college football head coach. After months of hard work on the recruiting trail, coaches will hit the offices bright and early on W...
18 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt

NCAA Tournament Report Card: Villanova, in or out?
Big East Throughout the final months of the college basketball season, Athlon Sports will take a quick snapshot of key movers in the potential NCAA field. Who's moving up? Who's moving down? Who's on the bu...
19 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big East, Villanova Wildcats

Ranking College Football's Most Talented Rosters
Big East Preseason prognosticators like Athlon Sports — the most accurate college football preview magazine on newsstands — use many things to predict what the coming football season will look...
19 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn Tigers, Clemson Tigers, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, LSU Tigers, Miami Hurricanes, Michigan Wolverines, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, Oregon Ducks, Stanford Cardinal, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas Longhorns, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Washington Huskies

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