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Thursday / March 28.
  • Around the Horn with Big East Coaches

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    Hit the Video Player at right for my interviews from Big East Media Day with Jay Wright of Villanova, Jim Calhoun of UConn, Bob Huggins of West Virginia, Mike Brey of Notre Dame, Mick Cronin of Cincinnati, Bobby Gonzalez of Seton Hall and Jamie Dixon of Pitt.

    “It’s an honor and I want our guys to enjoy that today. We have such great respect for everybody in this league and for them to pick us No. 1, we’re excited about that.”

    –Wright on being picked No. 1

    “With Stanley Robinson, Jerome Dyson and Kemba Walker, we have a threesome at one, two and three that’s as good as anybody in the country. And I truly believe that.”

    –Calhoun

    “With our seniors, [Tory] Jackson and [Luke] Harangody, their whole motivation is to get back to the NCAA Tournament in their senior year.”

    –Brey

    “This area has been great for us and we’re going to continue to try to come in here and get people.”

    -Huggins on recruiting New York and New Jersey

    “You gotta have players. I think there’ s no doubt we have some potential pros on our team.”

    -Cronin

    “If we keep everybody healthy and eligible and all that stuff, I think that we have a chance to be an NCAA Tournament team without question and that’s definitely one of our goals.”

    –Gonzalez

    “We may not be top-heavy, but I think we’re going to be top to bottom maybe even a better conference.”

    –Dixon on the Big East

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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