BIG EAST Basketball Dedication

BIG EAST Basketball Dedication: What Would You Do to Prove You’re the Biggest Fan? Check out the Photo Gallery Over four months ago I found out that I would be on an all-expenses paid trip to a St. John’s Red Storm men’s basketball game at Madison Square Garden as part of Volvo’s “Biggest Fan of [...]

What A Wild Four Months: Volvo’s “Biggest Fan of the BIG EAST”

It’s hard to believe that its been over four months since Volvo’s “Biggest Fan of the BIG EAST Contest” started at BIG EAST Basketball Media Day back on October 17th, but it is even more inconceivable that the competition is actually almost over (Yes, the end of the regular season is this coming weekend and [...]

Best of the BIG EAST at Madison Square Garden

It’s hard to believe that there are only three weeks left in the BIG EAST basketball regular-season schedule, but we are quickly leading up to one of the most exciting times of the year… The BIG EAST Championship at Madison Square Garden! If you have never had a chance to catch at least a game [...]

A Johnnies Guide to the Galaxy

Where do you go if you are in need of watching the St. John’s basketball game and can’t get to a game? After spending six years at St. John’s (it’s ok I got both my undergraduate and graduate degrees), plus three years since and numerous years prior, to list the places I have watched a [...]

We Are… St. John’s! Red Storm at it’s Finest

It’s that time you have all been waiting for… it’s Volvo’s Biggest Fan of the BIG EAST challenge post time! For the fifth topic of this season long contest, Volvo has tasked the 16 contestants with identifying the best traditions for our alma maters. First off, St. John’s is one of the few BIG EAST [...]

Ultimate Volvo S60: BIG EAST Edition

So if you haven’t heard yet, I am representing my alma mater (twice over), St. John’s University, in the second annual Volvo “Biggest Fan of the BIG EAST” Contest. As part of the competition, the 16 contestants (each representing one of the conference teams) must write challenge posts on their respective blogs which are then judged [...]

Top BIG EAST Matchups of 2012

I know it may be hard to believe, but BIG EAST Conference play is just around the corner as PC and St. John’s tip it all off on Tuesday, December 27, at 7 p.m., in Queens, N.Y., at Carnesecca Arena. It will be the start of another brutal schedule for 16 teams that will slug [...]

New York, New York. Preview of a Whirlwind Trip Back to STJ

At the end of February, a day after my birthday actually, the kind folks at Volvo (@Volvo_US) are sending me on an all-expenses paid trip back to my alma mater, St. John’s University, thanks to my involvement in their “Biggest Fan of the BIG EAST Contest“. Not only are they putting me up in a hotel in [...]

BIG EAST Ultimate Dream Team

As part of Volvo’s (@VolvoCars_US) “Biggest Fan of the BIG EAST” contest, I have been tasked with creating the All-Time Conference Dream Team. It took a long time to narrow down the list and I still wish I could have included many others that are entirely deserving, but in the end there can only be [...]

2011 NBA Mock Draft: NTCF Edition

UPDATE: The Bobcats, Bucks and Kings have agreed to a three-team trade that sends Stephen Jackson to Milwaukee and nets Charlotte the No. 7 pick which they are expected to use on fast-rising Texas PF Tristan Thompson. The Kings meanwhile are said to be targeting Jimmer Fredette at 10.   Charlotte receives the No. 7 overall [...]