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Syracuse star gets good reviews

A longtime NBA assistant/scout watched Syracuse's Wesley Johnson yesterday and heaped praise on the expected first-round pick. Not great in any area, but solid in virtually every aspect. "His strength is he's good at everything," he said. "It's really, ...

From FRED KERBER, New York Post,  12 Mar 2010
Related Topics: Big East Conference

Scouts on lookout for Big East talent

Beauty -- or talent -- is in the eye of the beholder. And some of the eyes beholding Big East Tournament talent yesterday were NBA scouts and team executives of every level. They are forbidden from being quoted about non-seniors, and the players who ...

From FRED KERBER, New York Post,  11 Mar 2010
Related Topics: Luke Harangody,  Greg Monroe,  Big East Conference,  Herb Pope

Boeheim, Johnson win league awards

Jim Boeheim won his third Big East Coach of the Year award yesterday -- and his most unlikely. The Syracuse coach led an unheralded bunch that was unranked and tabbed just sixth in the league preseason poll to a school-record 28-3 mark, 15-3 in league, ...

From BRIAN LEWIS AND FRED KERBER, New York Post,  10 Mar 2010
Related Topics: Big East Conference,  Jim Boeheim,  Lance Stephenson,  Stan Heath,  Jim Calhoun

Gushing Carnesecca: Storm 'only 1 or 2 players away'

The game was over, long over, and the only question that remained was whether the UConn women might have put up a better fight against St. John's. So when Red Storm forward Justin Brownlee hit a 3-pointer with just 46 ticks remaining to create the ...

From FRED KERBER, New York Post,  10 Mar 2010
Related Topics: Fran Fraschilla,  Norm Roberts,  ESPN,  Ron Artest,  Felipe Lopez

Lee likes appeal of Nets

Nets center Brook Lopez really likes the idea of someday playing alongside current Knick David Lee. And unlike some impending free agents who view the Nets as less desirable than waterboarding, Lee likes the Nets' potential more than their 7-55 record. ...

From FRED KERBER, New York Post,  8 Mar 2010
Related Topics: New Jersey Nets,  Chris Douglas-Roberts,  Brook Lopez,  New York Knicks,  Devin Harris

Big East memories are hard to forget

Terrence Williams figured no championship ever would be as easy. Last March he and the rest of the Louisville Cardinals thought they would have an exhausted Syracuse team to kick around. The Orange had played the epic six-overtime game with Connecticut, ...

From FRED KERBER, New York Post,  8 Mar 2010
Related Topics: Terrence Williams,  Louisville Cardinals,  Josh Boone,  National Collegiate Athletic Association,  Big East Conference

Guard sparks Nets in return

Courtney Lee wanted to play Friday. He said he could. He said he was ready. But he sat for a third straight game because of his sprained left ankle. So naturally, the question was put to Lee before last night's game. You playing? "Look at the board. ...

From FRED KERBER, New York Post,  7 Mar 2010
Related Topics: Courtney Lee,  Devin Harris,  Kiki Vandeweghe,  Yi Jianlian,  Wilson Chandler

Another bad night in the swamp

Here was a daytime-into-night time collection of promotions, slogans, announcements and special offers by the Nets: They held Latin Night at the Meadowlands, where fans also received coupons to get their state taxes done. Earlier yesterday in Newark, ...

From FRED KERBER, New York Post,  6 Mar 2010
Related Topics: Courtney Lee,  Brook Lopez,  Terrence Williams

No place like Newark

Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov is expected to take formal control of the Nets next month, an NBA official claimed yesterday. Prokhorov plans to move the Nets to Brooklyn after a temporary stay of at least two years in Newark, where Mayor Cory ...

From FRED KERBER, New York Post,  6 Mar 2010
Related Topics: New Jersey Nets,  Mikhail Prokhorov,  Cory Booker,  Bruce Ratner,  Adam Silver

Lee won't play for Nets tonight

Courtney Lee is an official scratch tonight for the Nets. Lee will sit a third straight game with a sprained left ankle and miss his old team, the Magic. He's a game-time decision for tomorrow night against the Knicks at the Garden. "If you go out and ...

From FRED KERBER, New York Post,  5 Mar 2010
Related Topics: Chris Douglas-Roberts,  Courtney Lee,  Kiki Vandeweghe,  Trenton Hassell

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