2012-13 Big East Men's Basketball
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Contacts: John Paquette, Chuck Sullivan FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Web: BigEast.org December 28, 2012 Twitter: @BigEastMBB Facebook: BigEastConference 2012-13 BIG EAST MEN’S BASKETBALL 2012-13 STANDINGS BIG EAST OVERALL W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N Streak Cincinnati (8/8) 0-0 — 0-0 0-0 12-1 .923 8-1 1-0 3-0 Lost 1 Notre Dame (21/20) 0-0 — 0-0 0-0 12-1 .923 10-0 0-0 2-1 Won 10 Pittsburgh (24/24) 0-0 — 0-0 0-0 12-1 .923 10-0 0-0 2-1 Won 8 Louisville (4/3) 0-0 — 0-0 0-0 11-1 .917 6-0 2-0 3-1 Won 6 Georgetown (15/18) 0-0 — 0-0 0-0 10-1 .909 8-0 0-0 2-1 Won 7 Syracuse (9/7) 0-0 — 0-0 0-0 10-1 .909 8-0 1-0 1-1 Lost 1 Seton Hall 0-0 — 0-0 0-0 10-2 .833 7-0 2-1 1-1 Won 5 Connecticut (rv/rv) 0-0 — 0-0 0-0 9-2 .818 6-0 0-0 3-2 Won 3 Rutgers 0-0 — 0-0 0-0 8-2 .800 5-1 2-1 1-0 Won 4 DePaul 0-0 — 0-0 0-0 9-3 .750 6-1 3-0 0-2 Won 7 Marquette 0-0 — 0-0 0-0 8-3 .727 6-0 0-2 2-1 Won 1 Providence 0-0 — 0-0 0-0 8-3 .727 7-0 0-1 1-2 Lost 1 USF 0-0 — 0-0 0-0 7-3 .700 6-2 1-1 0-0 Won 2 St. John’s 0-0 — 0-0 0-0 8-4 .667 6-1 1-1 1-2 Lost 1 Villanova 0-0 — 0-0 0-0 8-4 .667 4-2 3-1 1-1 Won 4 (Rank in Dec. 24 Associated Press Poll followed by rank in Dec. 24 USA Today/ESPN Poll) THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE TODAY IN THE BIG EAST WEEKLY HONORS Sunday, December 23 Cincinnati fell from the ranks of the unbeaten Thursday BIG EAST Player of the Week Pittsburgh 59, Kennesaw State 43 night as the No. 8-ranked Bearcats dropped a 55-54 deci- VICTOR RUDD, USF, F, Jr. sion to New Mexico at Fifth Third Arena. Rudd averaged 22.5 points and 11.5 rebounds Monday, December 24 No Games Scheduled in a pair of victories for the Bulls. In an 87-84 While the BIG EAST can no longer lay claim to an unbeaten triple-overtime win against Bowling Green, Tuesday, December 25 team, the conference does have six one-loss teams — the he scored a season-high 29 points while hitting a game- No Games Scheduled most of any Division I conference. tying 3-pointer with four seconds left in regulation and scoring the final three points in the final seconds of the Wednesday, December 26 third overtime. In a 72-54 win against Youngstown State, Friday’s schedule lists four games, including two in-state No Games Scheduled the 6-9 junior recorded 16 points and a career-high 16 matchups. Rutgers gets things started at 3 p.m. as the rebounds. Thursday, December 27 Scarlet Knights welcome local rival Rider to the RAC. New Mexico 55, Cincinnati 54 Rutgers takes a five-game winning streak into this after- BIG EAST Rookie of the Week noon’s contest. Friday, December 28 OMAR CALHOUN, Connecticut, G, Fr. Rider at Rutgers .................................................................... 3:00 Calhoun averaged 19.5 points in a 2-0 week for Stony Brook at Seton Hall - BEN/SNY ................................... 7:00 Providence makes one of the shorter road trips in the the Huskies. He finished with a collegiate-high NJIT at Villanova - ESPN3 ...................................................... 7:00 nation as the Friars take a 2.7-mile visit to College Hill to 22 points in an 84-50 win over Maryland-Eastern Shore. Providence at Brown - NBC SN ............................................. 7:00 face Brown. It will be the Friars’ first trip to the Brown The 6-5 freshman tallied 17 points in an 88-73 victory campus since 1982. against Fordham. For the two games, Calhoun shot 14- Saturday, December 29 Loyola (Ill.) at DePaul ............................................................ 2:00 of-21 from the floor and 6-of-9 from 3-point range. For North Carolina Central at Marquette - BEN .......................... 2:00 Seton Hall has put together five straight wins entering the season, Calhoun is averaging 10.9 ppg. Kentucky at Louisville - CBS .................................................. 4:00 tonight’s game against Stony Brook at the Prudential George Mason at USF - BEN ................................................. 7:00 Center. The Pirates are 7-0 at home, but face a Seawolf BIG EAST Honor Roll Alcorn State at Syracuse - BEN ............................................. 7:00 squad that has won five of its seven road games. SEAN KILPATRICK, Cincinnati, G, Jr. Washington at Connecticut - ESPN2 ..................................... 7:30 Averaged 18.5 points and 6.5 rebounds in victories against Xavier (60-45) and Wright State (68-58). Sunday, December 30 Villanova looks to extend its winning streak to five games No games scheduled as the Wildcats host NJIT at the Pavilion in their final non- RYAN BOATRIGHT, Connecticut, G, So. conference game of the regular season. BIG EAST teams Averaged 23.5 points while shooting 70.8 from the field All times Eastern have gone 3-0 against the Highlanders this season, but BEN - BIG EAST Network (check BigEast.org for local listings) and 58.3 percent from 3-point range in a 2-0 week. have won by an average of just 6.0 points. OTTO PORTER, Georgetown, F, So. Recorded 16 points, 13 rebounds and three assists in an 81-68 win against American. Friday, December 28 JACK COOLEY, Notre Dame, F, Sr. Stony Brook at Seton Hall 7 p.m. In a 3-0 week, averaged 17.3 points and 12.0 rebounds. SNY’s coverage of BIG EAST basket- Shot 79.2 percent from the floor and 82.3 from the line. ball includes more than 100 games wrapped by pregame, halftime and BRYCE COTTON, Providence, G, Jr. postgame shows. Averaged 27.0 points, which included a 33-point game at Boston College, in a 1-1 week. 15 Park Row West • Providence, Rhode Island 02903 • www.bigeast.org Communications Office Phone: (401) 453-0660 • Communications Fax: (401) 751-8540 CINCINNATI DE PAUL LOUISVILLE NOTRE DAME Overall: ...................................................12-1 Overall: .....................................................9-3 Overall: ...................................................11-1 Overall: ...................................................12-1 BIG EAST: ..................................................0-0 BIG EAST: ..................................................0-0 BIG EAST: ..................................................0-0 BIG EAST: ..................................................0-0 Last Game: .......... Lost to New Mexico 55-54 Last Game: ... Defeated UMBC 69-61 Dec. 22 Last Game: .... Beat Western Kentucky 78-55 Last Game: ........ Beat Niagara 89-67 Dec. 21 Dec. 27 Next Game: ............... Dec. 29 vs. Loyola (Ill.) Dec. 22 Next Game: ................... Jan. 5 vs. Seton Hall Next Game: ...Dec. 31 at Pittsburgh (ESPN2) Last Five Games: ......................................5-0 Next Game: .........Dec. 29 vs. Kentucky (CBS) Last Five Games: ......................................5-0 Last Five Games: ......................................4-1 Last Five Games: ......................................5-0 Saturday’s win against UMBC extended Jack Cooley had 24 points and 15 Guard Sean Kilpatrick had a team-high the Blue Demons’ winning streak to Russ Smith led four Cardinals in double rebounds to lead Notre Dame past 15 points in the loss to New Mexico, but seven, the long streak since a nine-game figures with 20 points in the win against Niagara. shot 5-of-22 from the field. run in the 1993-94 season. Western Kentucky in Nashville. Cooley had his ninth double-double of The largest lead for either team in the DePaul is 6-1 at home. Last year, the Wayne Blackshear added 17 points and the season. He has 21 double-doubles game against the Lobos was six points. Blue Demons won seven home games eight rebounds. Chane Behanan had 14 in his career. in the entire season. points and seven boards. Cincinnati is ranked No. 8 in this week’s Cooley leads the BIG EAST in rebound- national polls. It is the Bearcats’ highest Against UMBC, Cleveland Melvin had Smith’s 19.7 scoring average is third in ing at 11.3 boards per game. He is the ranking in nine years. 24 points and nine rebounds. He has the BIG EAST. only BIG EAST player to average double reached double figures for the last 26 figures in rebounding. Kilpatrick leads the team in scoring at games. He scored at least 10 points in Louisville’s schedule moves from West- 18.8 points per game. Guard Cashmere 60 of 70 career games. ern Kentucky to Kentucky this Saturday. The Irish have won 10 straight games. Wright is second at 14.0 ppg. The Cardinals fell to the Wildcats 69-62 The lone loss this season was an over- DePaul hosts Loyola (Ill.) Saturday and in the regular season and 69-61 in the time setback to Saint Joseph’s Nov. 16. Cincinnati begins BIG EAST play Monday starts BIG EAST play Jan. 2 against Final Four. at Pittsburgh. The Bearcats were 66- Seton Hall. The Irish are off until a Jan. 5 game 63 winners there last season on New against Seton Hall at Purcell Pavilion. Years Day. Notre Dame was a 55-42 winner in last year’s meeting in Newark, N.J. CONNECTICUT GEORGETOWN MARQUETTE PITTSBURGH Overall: .....................................................9-2 Overall: ...................................................10-1 Overall: .....................................................8-3 Overall: ...................................................12-1 BIG EAST: ..................................................0-0 BIG EAST: ..................................................0-0 BIG EAST: ..................................................0-0 BIG EAST: ..................................................0-0 Last Game: .....