The Big East is part of a coalition to fix college basketball refereeing

Huuuuuuuuump Daaaaaaay! I feel like I've gotten better in recent years about complaining about referees. In my youth I would test out new swear words and throw things. In my college years I was typically overserved and continued to finetune my vocabulary. And now, I feel like I kind of just get depressed.

And that's because I know the reality. It's hard. They're imperfect. They're going to make mistakes. They travel too much. Maybe they're on the take. Kidding on that last one, maybe.

So it's nice to see the Big East team up with a few other leagues to try and start to fix some of the travel/tiredness issues. It's enough to hear that Tim Higgins is in the Pavilion. It's way too much to hear that Tim Higgins is in his 6th city in 6 days. I'm glad they're at least trying.

And now, the "news."

Big East, ACC, Atlantic 10 and CAA form basketball officiating alliance | Providence Journal
A call for more well-rested, experienced game officials is about to be granted in four major East Coast college basketball conferences. It enables the four conferences to work together on all officiating matters, most importantly scheduling.

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With the trend of transfers rampant in college basketball, the Big East is one conference that has a lot of riding on the impact of some incoming transfers.

Curran named to USILA Division I Scholar All-Americans | Villanova.com
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Radnor, PA - Under the federal program, inmates will attend Villanova University as part of the Second Chance Pell pilot program.

Villanova's Perretta knew Summitt like few others | Philly.com
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