Chris Dokish takes a look at the Pittsburgh coaching position, currently manned by Jamie Dixon, the assistant that took over for Ben Howland five seasons ago. Dixon led the Panthers to the Big East Conference Tournament Championship and into the NCAA Tournament for the fifth consecutive season in 2007-2008.

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by Adam Zagoria (story originally appeared on ZAGSBLOG this morning)

Rutgers is in dire need of frontcourt help, and the Scarlet Knights will get a crack at impressing one of the top big men in New Jersey when 6-9 junior Greg Echenique of St. Benedict’s visits campus Thursday.

“His family is in town and they’re going there for a visit, and it’s important,” St. Benedict’s coach Danny Hurley said Monday night after watching his father’s team, St. Anthony, win the Tournament of Champions with a 69-36 victory over Newark Science. “It’s an important day for Rutgers to make a big impact.”

Echenique has already been to Rutgers by himself on several occasions. Now his parents are visiting from Venezuela and the family has already taken a trip to Penn.

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Ray Floriani spent Wednesday night and Friday night in Madison Square Garden and provided us with two nights of coverage with his Sights & Sounds from Madison Square Garden from the opening night and the Semis.

Today, Ray shared some if his photo memories from his MSG experience as we take a look back at some of the Big East Tournament experience for the players, fans and cheerleaders with his quick Big East Tournament Pictorial.

by Ray Floriani

NEW YORK CITY – The championship game will be a rematch of last season. Pitt will be returning to the finals and appearing in its seventh Big East Tournament title game in the last eight years. Georgetown, looking very formidable these past two days, aims to defend the title and secure a number one seed in the NCAA tournament

The Scores :

Georgetown 72 West Virginia 55
Pitt 68 Marquette 61

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Ray Floriani was in Madison Square Garden checking out the action from Day One of the Big East Tournament. Before heading off to Atlantic City for the Atlantic 10 Tournament, Ray filed a brief report on the action from Wednesday:

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