"My rule was I wouldn't recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
That's not my world. My world was a cracked sidewalk." —Al McGuire

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Gearing up for the Big East Tourney: News and Notes

With the BIG EAST Tournament kicking off this afternoon at The World's Most Famous Arena here are few media updates of note:

BIG EAST TOURNAMENT DETAILS
For Marquette alums in town for the BIG EAST Tournament, the Local Café West across from MSG is the Marquette bar for the week. MU will have dedicated space for pre/post-game gatherings. Additional details will be added to this URL throughout the week.

Later today Georgetown plays St. John's at MSG for the right to play Marquette tomorrow at 1pm CT. The Red Storm (15-16) play on their home court as the tournament's 13th seed while the Hoyas hit MSG ast the 12 seed.

Despite the four-game losing streak heading into post-season play, MU remains upbeat about the road ahead -- check out this AP feature on the team.

1 comment:

Lucky MacGuffin said...

Anyone else notice that Connecticut's blogger was the only one to list McNeal as his POY, but then seemingly forget to put him in his first team All Big East. Doh!