**Photos courtesy Doug Scancarella,
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PATERSON, N.J. – Could this be the year Paterson Catholic finally takes down St. Anthony?
Based upon the Cougars impressive performance in beating Paterson Kennedy 81-64 to win their second straight Passaic County championship Saturday at Wayne Valley High School, it looks like they could beat anyone on a given night.
“I think they [...]

PATERSON, N.J. – Here at the Passaic County championship game between defending champion Paterson Catholic and No. 2 seed Kennedy. Seton Hall assistant Scott Adubato is on hand. The Pirates are recruiting Fuquan Edwin and Kyle Anderson from PC.
1:25 – It’s over. PC wins its second straight Passaic title, 81-64. Check back for quotes soon.
1:18 [...]

**See the SNY video interview with Lance Stephenson here.
If you don’t think Maryland is serious about landing Lance Stephenson, consider this.
The Terps staff plans to watch Stephenson, a McDonald’s All-American, four or five more times this season as Lincoln pursues its record fourth straight PSAL championship and third consecutive New York State Federation crown.
Lincoln opens [...]

Check out Part 1 of my three-part interview with legendary St. Anthony High School coach Bob Hurley. In this segment, Coach Hurley discusses the upcoming New Jersey state tournament and North Non-Public B rivals St. Patrick and Paterson Catholic. He also gives Villanova fans a primer on 6-foot-5 Villanova-bound wing Dominic Cheek, a McDonald’s All-American. [...]

If you’re hoping to see the first round of the Big East Tournament on March 10, you’ll have to either get a ticket to Madison Square Garden or watch the games online.
The first-round games — which could potentially include a Rutgers-Seton Hall ‘Sopranos’-Style Showdown — won’t be shown on SNY, MSG or ESPNU.
ESPN will televise [...]

Here are Tim Pernetti’s comments on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, currently 10-18, 1-14 in the Big East.
“I had a terrific meeting with Coach [Fred] Hill during my interview process,” Pernetti said. “And I know he’s fighting this year and I understand that.
“But I think the infusion of young  talent into his program  and some [...]

ELIZABETH, N.J. – Like most younger siblings, Kevin Boyle idolized his older brother, Neil.
But it wasn’t until Neil passed away last weekend after a two-year battle with cancer that Kevin truly understood the impact his brother, 48, had on so many lives.
Thousands of people, including New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine and all the members of [...]

Tim Pernetti was officially named the new Rutgers athletic director Thursday.
The appointment, following a national search, is effective April 1.
Pernetti, 38, will oversee 24 men’s and women’s intercollegiate teams in New Brunswick, 212 employees and an annual budget of approximately $56 million, roughly 3 percent of the university’s total $1.8 billion budget.
“We are delighted that [...]

JAY WRIGHT, Villanova
ON JIM CALHOUN WINNING 800 GAMES
“It’s a number that none of us can even comprehend and I don’t know if he can either….To think about 800 of them is just incomprehensible to me.”
BOB HUGGINS, West Virginia
ON FRESHMEN DEVIN EBANKS, TRUCK BRYANT AND KEVIN JONES
“Our freshman have gotten pretty comfortable and I think [...]

It was a Big Night in the Big East with many storylines unfolding…
**Thanks to a career-high 36 points from A.J. Price and 14 points and 15 rebounds from Hasheem Thabeet, UConn coach Jim Calhoun became just the seventh coach in Division I history to win 800 career games when the Huskies (26-2, 14-2) downed Marquette [...]