2009-2010 Big East schedule

http://redstormsports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/070209aaa.html

We play Louisville Pittsburgh and Depaul twice.  Pretty tough home and home matchups. 

Home games against...Villanova, West Virginia, Seton Hall, Cincinnati, Providence and Marquette

Visiting....Connecticut, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Rutgers, USF and Syracuse

Is it me? Or does it seem like we always go and visit at UCONN when we only play them once?

Is it me? Or does it seem like we always go and visit at UCONN when we only play them once?

In the last 10 years, only in 2005 and 2006 did we play back to back years there. All other years were alternating or H&H.

Is it me? Or does it seem like we always go and visit at UCONN when we only play them once?

  No it's just all those buses from Storrs!  Storrs  CT.,   where the men are men, and the sheep are scared!

ST. JOHN’S
Home   Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Providence, Seton Hall, Villanova, West Virginia
Away    Connecticut, DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, USF, Syracuse

Andy Katz

The Big East is in a difficult spot when it comes to scheduling. With 16 teams, the league can't ensure that its top teams will always play each other twice, as teams will play a home-and-home series with only three teams.

Pitt and Connecticut did it a year ago in what turned out to be two of the best games of the conference season. But Connecticut and Pitt went to eventual regular-season and tournament champ Louisville once without a return trip.

Next season's conference favorites are Villanova and West Virginia. They will play a home-and-home among their 18-game league schedules. Georgetown, which arguably could be the third-best team in the league, also drew Villanova twice. Villanova's third repeat game is against Marquette. West Virginia's two other repeat games are against rival Pitt and Seton Hall. Georgetown's two other repeat games are Syracuse and Rutgers.

Upstart Cincinnati, which fancies itself a Big East title contender after landing No. 12 (ESPNU top 100) recruit Lance Stephenson, drew Connecticut, Notre Dame and South Florida twice. Notre Dame, with the return of former Big East Player of the Year Luke Harangody, can make a claim to be one of the Big East's best and will play Cincinnati, Connecticut and South Florida twice.

Already you can see Villanova will have the toughest slate in the Big East if the predictions hold up. You could make the argument that Connecticut, a likely Top 25 team, might have the toughest slate behind Villanova with repeat games against Cincinnati, Louisville and Notre Dame. South Florida, projected to be one of the bottom six teams, was given a difficult slate, too, with repeat games against Cincinnati and Notre Dame as well as Providence......................

Link: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=4302442&name=katz_andy

I see no reason why STJ can't go 9-9...10-8 isn't out of the question either.