Introducing the Big East/SEC Challenge
It is in that spirit that we greet the announced list of matchups for the first-ever Big East/SEC Challenge, which will be played Dec. 1-3, just a few days after the Big Ten and ACC wrap things up. You may be thinking: "Hey, Eamonn, haven't the SEC and Big East been competing for like four years now?" This is true, friend. The SEC/Big East Invitational, first held in 2007, pitted four teams from each conference in quasi-road and home arenas near each respective team's campus. The Challenge format is much bigger (it has 12 games, not four) and, like in the Big Ten and ACC, these games will played at actual home and road arenas and tallied against a larger count to ... well, you know the drill. Oh, and speaking of highly touted incoming recruits: St. John's will have a massive hurdle to clear at Kentucky. It's never easy to win at Rupp Arena, and that UK team is going to be scary. But for St. John's, more important than an early season win will be the chance for Steve Lavin to take his batch of young ballers into one of the nation's most hostile environments. There are some clunkers in there, sure, but there are also some underrated affairs. I'd say that title applies to West Virginia-Mississippi State. Talented but troubled Mississippi State forward Renardo Sidney made a surprisingly good decision to stay in school this spring; tracking his progress (or lack thereof) could become appointment viewing come fall. Eamonn BrennanBrennan joined ESPN.com in 2009 after several years of blogging at Yahoo! and other places around the Internet. The Iowa native lives in Chicago with his roommates, his dog, and a crippling addiction to caffeine.
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Points : 49 football, 20 basketball, 69 total
The buzz : Ohio State won a national football title in 2002 and reached the BCS championship game in 2006 and '07. The Buckeyes also advanced to the NCAA tournament final in 2007. The Buckeyes would be closer to Florida if they hadn't suffered earlier-than-expected losses as a No. 1 seed in each of the past two NCAA tournaments. Points : 44 football, 21 basketball, 65 total
The buzz : Texas won a 2005 national title in football and reached the BCS championship game in 2009. The Longhorns also made the Final Four in 2003 and got to a regional final in 2006 and '08. Texas was tied with Ohio State for second place in these standings last year, but a disappointing football season caused the Longhorns to fall behind. Points : 22.5 football, 20.5 basketball, 43 total
The buzz : Wisconsin's football team finished fourth in the coaches' poll in 1999 and placed fifth in 2006. The Badgers also have reached the NCAA tournament each season in the BCS era and advanced to the Final Four in 2000. Wisconsin was tied with Tennessee for eighth last year, but making the Rose Bowl and reaching the Sweet 16 gave the Badgers an edge this time. Points : 7.5 football, 24 basketball, 31.5 total
The buzz : Maryland's No. 10 finish in the 2001 coaches' poll and No. 13 ranking in 2002 helped give the 2002 national basketball champions enough football points to qualify for this list. Maryland added one more football point with its No. 24 ranking last season. The Terps also made the Final Four in 2001. Points : 13.5 football, 6.5 basketball, 20 total
The buzz : Utah finished fourth in the football coaches' poll in 2008 and fifth in the coaches' poll in '04, and has made seven NCAA tournament appearances since 1999. It will be interesting to see if the Utes have the same kind of football success now that they've moved from the Mountain West Conference to the Pac-12. Points : 6.5 football, 8.5 basketball, 15 total
The buzz : Cincinnati earned a ranking in the season-ending football coaches' poll every year from 2007-09 and made the NCAA tournament every year from 1999-2005. Cincinnati's football team suffered a disappointing 2010 season, but the Bearcats made up for it in basketball by winning an NCAA tournament game.
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