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Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun on the potential for further expansion: "I don't think everything is settled at all."
NEW YORK -- Three of the game's premier coaches were inside Madison Square Garden Wednesday for the Big East Conference's basketball media day. Jim Boeheim of Syracuse, Jim Calhoun of Connecticut and Rick Pitino of Louisville, with a combined 2,224 victories and four national championships, are three of the most powerful people in college basketball. (Today)
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Pitt's Dom DeCicco was named to the All-Big East second team as a safety last season.
Dom DeCicco was a second-team, All-Big East safety last season, but he didn't hesitate to move to linebacker when he was asked to by the coaching staff a few weeks ago. (Today)
Paul takes your questions on the Panthers, who look for Big East win no. 2 this weekend against Rutgers. (Today)
The Pitt women's basketball team was picked to finish in 13th place among the 16 teams in the Big East in a vote of the league's head coaches. The poll was unveiled at Big East media day. (Today)
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Pitt center Gary McGhee: "We have a target on our back. Every night, these teams are looking to take us down."
NEW YORK -- Pitt was tabbed as the preseason Big East Conference favorite in a vote of the league's coaches Wednesday, and the seniors embraced the expectations. It is the fourth time since Pitt joined the Big East in 1982 that the Panthers were the preseason favorite. Two of the previous three times, they finished the regular season as conference champions. (Today)