Steve Lavin

Steve Lavin

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  Virginia defeats St. John's, 68-50 in NIT

  Justin Anderson scored a career-high 18 points and Virginia extended its home winning streak to 19 games Sunday with a 68-50 victory against St. 

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  Georgetown has Big East coach, player of the year

  John Thompson, the first of the Georgetown coaches with that name, was sitting on a raised area just feet from where John Thompson III was accepting ... 

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  Harrison suspended by St John's for rest of season

  D'Angelo Harrison, the third-leading scorer in the Big East Conference, was suspended Friday by St. John's for the rest of the season. Red Storm coach ... 

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  Southerland returns as No. 9 Orange top St. John's

  It took only one half for James Southerland to knock off the rust. Then Syracuse's sharp-shooting senior forward celebrated his return to the lineup ... 

• Syracuse-St. John's series still on through '14-15

  Syracuse and St. John's started their basketball rivalry more than a century ago, and it will go for at least two more years even as the original ... 

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  AP Source: Basketball schools to cut from Big East

  The Big East is headed for another break up. This time, the seven prominent basketball schools that don't play FBS football are planning to cut ties ...