No. 4 Syracuse Rallies at Home to Defeat No. 7 Georgetown By AP Kris Joseph and Andy Rautins each scored 15 points, Wes Johnson added 14 and No. 4 Syracuse rallied from a big early deficit to beat No. ... Syracuse vs. Georgetown, So Big Even Pat Forde Can't Deny It ... might have been just a wee off base last year when he omitted Syracuse-Georgetown from his list of red-hot rivalries that included Seton Hall-Rutgers. ... A rivalry's greatest hits Syracuse and Georgetown could meet as top 10 teams for the first time since March 4, 1990, when Hoyas-Orange was the top rivalry in college basketball. ... Journal Inquirer . Archives . Sports . Uconn . Big East games of the week (Jan. 23-29) UConn at Providence (Wednesday, 7 pm) — If Syracuse-Georgetown is the quintessential rivalry in the league, then UConn-Providence is the most bitter. ... News from southeastern Connecticut Six Big East teams are ranked, including four in the top 10 -- No. 3 Villanova, No. 4 Syracuse, No. 7 Georgetown and No. 9 West Virginia. ... With tonight's game, fierce rivalry turns three decades old And what happened next forever fueled the Syracuse-Georgetown rivalry. Hoyas head coach John Thompson took the scorer's table microphone and declared, ... Schedule Causing Hall To Break Loose For Pirates when the league schedule is released, he immediately looks at it to see which team the Wildcats play twice, but ultimately it doesn't really matter. "It never works out the way you think it's going to," Wright said. "It's so funny." Villanova's toughest challenges to finishing as the league's first unbeaten team include consecutive road games at Georgetown (Feb. 6) and West Virginia (Feb. 8) along with trips to Pittsburgh (Feb. 21) and Syracuse (Feb. 27). Player of Year already a slam dunk? The Big East season isn't even to the halfway mark yet, but St. John's coach Norm Roberts already has pegged his choice for the league's player of the year...

Syracuse, Georgetown Looking for Big East Road Wins Tops Weekend Preview The last time the Orange went to Morgantown, the 'Cuse received one of its worst road beatings since a disastrous 39 point beat-down to DePaul in 2006. That West Virginian beat-down came at a time when Andy Rautins had a bum knee, Wes Johnson was still an Iowa State Cyclone, and the Mountaineers still didn't really have a point guard. Some things don't change. That point guard play could and likely will be the deciding factor between the Mountaineers continuing to slide through the rankings and WVU legitimizing itself after disappointing losses on the road. The two man rotation coach Bob Huggins has used throughout this season just hasn't worked. Truck Bryant and...

Syracuse University lacrosse team gets Big East dress rehearsal That is the current state of the Big East men's lacrosse conference, which will debut this season with seven teams - Syracuse, Georgetown, Notre Dame, ...

Big East Improves On Last Year Watch Kansas, Texas and Kentucky in March. For the most fun right now, Big East basketball is the place to be. By DARREN EVERSON As this column transitions ...