KEEPING AN EYE OUT
Flipping back and forth here between Providence-Marquette and Syracuse-Pittsburgh, and these games are making the Big East even more difficult to figure out.
After St. John’s knocked off DePaul on Wednesday — granted it was at home — the unexpected could be happening again since Providence is up nine at the half. Meanwhile in Upstate New York, Pitt’s having a hard time shaking the Orange, which, at least to me, demonstrates the misleading power of the Panthers more than how difficult road wins can be.

On the UConn front, Tom Moore spoke on today’s Big East teleconference and talked a little about the problems Glen Davis of LSU will pose this weekend. It’s going to take more than just Hasheem Thabeet and Jeff Adrien to slow “Big Baby,” who likes to roam and has more versatility than the typical big man.
It should be a real test down in Baton Rouge.