2010-11 BIG EAST MEN’S BASKETBALL PREVIEW NEWCOMERS Baye Moussa Keita, F, Fr., 6-10, 220 Mouth of Wilson, Va./Oak Hill Academy C.J. Fair, F, Fr., 6-7, 200 Baltimore, Md./Brewster Academy (Maine) Fabricio Melo, F, Fr., 7-0, 265 Sagemont, Fla./Sagemont • Played in the 2010 McDonald’s AllAmerican Game. • Led Sagemont to the Class 2A finals in his only season of prep competition in the U.S. Dion Waiters, G, Fr., 6-3, 214 Philadelphia, Pa./Burlington Life Acad. • Was a 2010 Jordan Brand All-American and played in the Jordan Brand Classic. • Averaged 21.3 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists as a senior.
2009-10 RESULTS (30-5, 15-3 BIG EAST)
(Home: 17-2/Away: 8-1/Neutral: 5-2) High Scorer/Rebounder NOVEMBER 2K Sports Classic 9 Albany - ESPNU W, 75-45 15,707 Onuaku 14/Johnson 8 11 Robert Morris - ESPNU W, 100-60 15,594 Rautins 22/Riley 6 19 vs California ^ - ESPN2 W, 95-73 15,365 Jardine 22/Johnson 11 20 vs North Carolina ^ - ESPN2 W, 87-71 15,552 Johnson 25/Johnson 8 24 Cornell W, 88-73 18,238 Triche 21/Johnson 10 27 Columbia W, 85-60 20,166 Johnson 26/Jackson 9 30 Colgate W, 92-58 18,457 Johnson 19/Johnson 9 DECEMBER 5 Maine W, 101-55 20,302 Triche, 16/Jackson 8 SEC/BIG EAST Invitational, Tampa, Fla. 10 vs Florida - ESPN W, 85-73 9,353 Jackson 21/Jackson 11 13 Saint Francis W, 75-51 19,381 Onuaku 14/Johnson 9 Jackson 18/Jackson, Johnson 10 19 Saint Bonaventure W, 85-72 20,578 22 Oakland W, 92-60 18,669 Triche 27/Johnson 11 29 at SETON HALL W, 80-73 9,800 Johnson 20/Johnson 19 JANUARY 2 PITTSBURGH L, 72-82 24,969 Johnson 19/Joseph 9 6 Memphis - ESPN2 W, 74-57 17,805 Johnson 19/Joseph 9 10 USF W, 82-65 18,703 Johnson 19/Johnson 13 13 at RUTGERS W, 81-65 8,085 Rautins 23/Johnson 10 16 at WEST VIRGINIA - ESPN W, 72-71 15,271 Triche 16/Jackson 10 18 at NOTRE DAME - ESPN W, 84-71 9,149 Johnson 22/Johnson 8 23 MARQUETTE - ESPNU W, 76-71 29,011 Johnson 22/Johnson 15 25 GEORGETOWN - ESPN W, 73-56 26,508 Rautins, Joseph 15/Johnson 9 30 at DE PAUL W, 59-57 11,554 Johnson 16/Johnson 13 FEBRUARY 2 PROVIDENCE W, 85-68 20,205 Joseph 23/Joeseph, Onuaku 7 7 at CINCINNATI W, 71-54 11,045 Rautins 20/Jackson 10 10 CONNECTICUT - ESPN W, 72-67 24,847 Jackson 15/Johnson, Onuaku 9 14 LOUISVILLE - ESPN L, 60-66 31,053 Johnson 14/Johnson, Joseph 8 18 at GEORGETOWN - ESPN2 W, 75-71 19,976 Rautins 26/Jackson, Johnson 8 23 at PROVIDENCE - ESPNU W, 99-85 12,410 Jackson, Rautins 28/Jackson, Onuaku 9 27 VILLANOVA - ESPN W, 95-77 34,616 Jackson 19/Johnson 10 MARCH 2 ST. JOHN’S W, 85-66 26,081 Onuaku 21/Onuaku 8 6 at LOUISVILLE - ESPN L, 68-78 20,135 Jardine 20/Jackson 10 BIG EAST Championship Presented by New York Life, New York, N.Y. 11 vs Georgetown - ESPN L, 84-91 19,375 Johnson 24/Johnson 7 NCAA Championship 19 vs Vermont - CBS + W, 79-56 18,948 Johnson 18/Three with 8 21 vs Gonzaga - CBS + W, 87-65 18,934 Johnson 31/Johnson 14 25 vs Butler - CBS % L, 59-63 17,254 Johnson 17/Johnson, Jackson 9 ^ Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. + HSBC Arena, Buffalo, N.Y.
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