Big East Home Cookin’ »

Big East Home Cookin’

Men’s College Basketball is very different than the NBA, we know that. But why? We can throw away the obvious answers; age, experience, skill level, and the abundance of hefty salaries left and right. Why then do people enjoy watching the college kids shoot the rock more than the superstars in the NBA if the NBA has bigger, faster, older, more skilled guys playing the game we all love for a living? One reason: The Fans.

Big East Mid-season Awards »

Big East Mid-season Awards

With the College Basketball season about half over, the Big East still has eight teams in the AP Top 25, which is a team down from last week (West Virginia dropped from the rankings). Here are my mid-season awards and recognitions for the Big East Conference.

The Week That Was »

The Week That Was

In the Big East, one thing is for sure; there are no easy victories, no pushovers, and no games that ANY team can mark off as a win. That being said, like all conferences, the Big East has its power-houses and it’s weaker teams.

Big East Bracketology in December »

Big East Bracketology in December

The Big East began conference play earlier this week with a bang as a young but talented Georgetown team went on the road and thoroughly handled the pre-season Big East Champions UConn Huskies 74-63.

Conference Play Approaching »

Conference Play Approaching

With the NFL entering its final week, there are many questions yet to be answered. Will the Lions really go winless this year? Will Drew Brees break Dan Marino’s passing yard record? Which mediocre team will win the AFC West? What will Bret Favre’s depressing post game press conference look like? But with all those [...]

Big Bad Big East »

Big Bad Big East

What a better time to start writing about Big East Basketball than right now? At the beginning of the week the best conference in college basketball had seven teams in the Top 15 to go along with UConn and Pittsburgh coming in at two and three respectively. After seeing Marquette lose to a streaky Tennessee [...]

Insight of the week

Rey: "15 seconds left, tie ball game. If Carolina shoots a three on this last possession, I’m throwing my TV out the window."


on the Pine

  • Loading...
Use your free Microsoft Tag App to scan below and stay connected with Pickin' Splinters on the go!
Follow PickinSplinters on Twitter
International Response Fund

Blog Talk

Listen to internet radio with PickinSplinters on Blog Talk Radio

Follow Pickin’ Splinters on:

Subscribe via RSS
Log in / WordPress NewsPaper Theme by GabfireThemes 2008 © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED