Tipping Off the Big East Countdown: #9 St. John’s
Few programs in the country went through the adversity that St. John’s found itself facing last season. Head coach Steve Lavin underwent surgery to treat prostate cancer in October of last year, and...
View ArticleBig East M5: 11.30.12 Edition
The SEC/Big East Challenge got off to a competitive start last night with the conferences splitting four matchups and each conference scoring a decisive and impressive victory. St. John’s and Notre...
View ArticleSt. John’s Still Hindered By Youth And Inexperience
Mike Lemaire is an RTC correspondent. He filed this report after last night’s game between St. John’s and San Francisco. The return of St. John’s head coach Steve Lavin to his hometown for a game...
View ArticleThe Freshman 10: The Best and Worst of Big East Newcomers
The season is only a month and some change old but it is never too early to check in on the progress of some of the conference’s most heralded and surprising freshmen. While young bloods like Marcus...
View ArticleBig East M5: 01.07.13 Edition
So that whole thing about the ‘Catholic Seven‘ breaking away from the Big East? That’s looking like an even better decision than we initially thought. According to ESPN.com‘s Darren Rovell, the seven...
View ArticleBig East M5: 01.16.13 Edition
There is good news for Pittsburgh as senior point guard Tray Woodall‘s concussion is apparently not very severe and the playmaker will be back in action tonight when the Panthers square off with...
View ArticleSeason In Review: St. John’s Red Storm
St. John’s 17-16 season saw some highs – wins over #14 Cincinnati and #20 Notre Dame – and plenty of lows - the Red Storm dropped eight of their last 10 games en route to an 8-10 conference season and...
View ArticleBig East M5: 10.16.13 Edition
Welcome back to Rush the Court’s Big East Microsite, fans old and new. Basketball season is nearly upon us, which means we are officially in “long, somewhat arbitrary list” season, and there’s no...
View ArticleCBS Sports’ Top 100 Players: Big East Breakdown
Jeff Borzello, Matt Norlander and Gary Parrish published a list of their top 100 college basketball players in America this past week. The Big East has six players on the list, led by Doug McDermott at...
View ArticleBig East M5: Opening Day Edition
Managing pregame nerves is a key for any team, especially at the beginning of the season when freshmen are being introduced to the college level and other players are taking on new and more important...
View ArticleRTC Big East Microsite Week in Review
The 2013-14 college basketball season is off and running, and it was a really interesting week for the Big East conference, which saw a number of teams compete in big non-conference games. Only half...
View ArticleBig East M5: 12.19.13 Edition
In joining the Big East, Creighton hoped that the better competition and brand-name league would help raise the program’s status, and vault successful Bluejays outfits to more advantageous seeding...
View ArticleIs This an Older But Wiser St. John’s to Start Big East Play?
Is St. John’s 8-4 record at this point last season versus their current 9-3 a true measure of growth for the Red Storm? According to coach Steve Lavin, the answer is no. The take on the Johnnies going...
View ArticleSt. John’s Showing Real Signs of Improvement
It was not even a month ago, 24 days to be exact, that St. John’s was sitting at the very bottom of the Big East at 0-5 in league play along with Butler. At 9-8 overall and winless in the conference,...
View ArticleFive Things We Learned in the Big East this Weekend
Another weekend of Big East basketball is in the books, so are five key takeaways as we move into the stretch run of the regular season. Rysheed Jordan has helped spark St. John’s(Andew Theodorakis/...
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