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1. NCAA Tournament bracket preview: A look at the field
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BY MIKE VORKUNOV NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The waiting is all over. The brackets have been released and it’s time to look at the field. This is the craziest year in recent memory. There is no overwhelming ...

2. Big East Tournament coverage at Madison Square Garden
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Sportswriter Mike Vorkunov reports on all the action in New York City The Big East Tournament is back at Madison Square Garden this week. The best conference basketball tournament in the country makes ...

3. Big East Conference adds TCU in all sports
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BY MIKE VORKUNOV NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The Big East has added TCU as its newest member, the league announced Monday afternoon, after a vote of its Presidents and Chancellors. As of July 1, 2012-13, ...

4. Rutgers ends bowl streak with a whimper in loss to Louisville
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Chas Dodd took nine sacks in Rutgers' 40-13 loss to Louisville. Credit: KYLE FRANKO/NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM BY MIKE VORKUNOV NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The senior class that celebrated its last ...

5. In season-opening loss to Temple, Seton Hall looks like work in progress
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BY MIKE VORKUNOV NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM PHILADELPHIA — The first time out under coach Kevin Willard was anything but a smooth start. It was more like an awkward first date. Willard still isn't sure ...

6. Kevin Willard the calm after the storm for Seton Hall basketball program
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BY MIKE VORKUNOV NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The whirling dervish of a basketball program is no more. The Tasmanian Devil of a coach is gone. The storm has passed and the calm has set at Seton Hall. At least, ...

7. LeBron James is who he wants to be, NBA's Dark Knight
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BY MIKE VORKUNOV NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Batman: You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. I can do those things because I'm not a hero, not like Dent. I killed those ...

8. Rutgers, Mike Rice embrace being the underdog
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BY MIKE VORKUNOV NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The punching bag in the Rutgers locker room is symbolic and cathartic. That is simple enough to grasp. No team in the Big East has taken as many hits in the ...

9. LeGrand's injury shows routine brutality of football but won't stop it
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BY MIKE VORKUNOV NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Football is violent and hazardous. It is an obvious and blunt statement about an obvious and blunt game. The roving, sprinting, blitzing pieces of kinetic menace ...

10. LeGrand injury overshadows Rutgers' win over Army
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BY MIKE VORKUNOV NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Rutgers' 23-20 overtime victory over Army wasn't endearing or even well-played. But the outcome was almost irrelevant before the game ...

11. Rutgers - Army Preview and Live Blog
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BY MIKE VORKUNOV NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Welcome to the New Meadowlands Stadium, I'm here sitting high in seat 56 of the press box with a corner view of the field. My first time ...

12. Freshman QB Dodd drives last minutes Rutgers win over Connecticut
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BY MIKE VORKUNOV NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Greg Schiano did not try to tap dance around the question on the minds of every one who had just witnessed the scintillating game at Rutgers Stadium that may ...

13. Dodd answers doubters, ignores QB controversy for Rutgers
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BY MIKE VORKUNOV NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Chas Dodd said there were no pangs of nervousness last night. Not before his first collegiate start, not as he was burdened with rescuing his team from a touchdown ...

14. Rutgers - Connecticut Preview and Live Blog
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BY MIKE VORKUNOV NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM PISCATAWAY, N.J. — It's Black Out Knight at Rutgers Stadium but Rutgers comes out wearing the all-red uniforms. That's about how the season has gone for Rutgers. ...

15. Vick, Eagles fans test role of morality in sports
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BY MIKE VORKUNOV NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM SWEET CHIN MUSIC At this point, whether it is appropriate or not, the reaction to Mike Vick has become a trial of our morality. Our, of course, referring to ...

16. Tom Savage starting to take heat at Rutgers
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BY MIKE VORKUNOV NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM In an otherwise quiet and empty locker room, Tom Savage stood surrounded. Enclosed by a mob of reporters, he was peppered with one uncomfortable question after ...

17. Rutgers wastes chance at victory against North Carolina
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BY MIKE VORKUNOV NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Antonio Lowery struggled to put words to it. To how he felt with 2:21 remaining in the game and how he felt in a somber locker room afterwards. ...

18. This weekend all about winning respect for Big East
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BY MIKE VORKUNOV NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM SWEET CHIN MUSIC That was ugly. How else do you explain the 31-3 beatdown on national television that the Big East took last night? Yes, those jerseys read ...

19. Writer's Roundtable: How do you rank the college football polls?
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... to allow two teams to truly play for a title, then we sure as hell better try to get the "best" two teams. Mike Vorkunov: The easiest answer to use is that it's a flawed system that should be abolished ...

20. Jets going for glory by walking a tight rope
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BY MIKE VORKUNOV NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM This is a daring season the New York Jets are about to embark upon, starting tonight at the New Meadowlands Stadium. In going for it all, they may be going for ...