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STUMBLING OUT OF THE GATES; AWAY TEAMS LOOKED LOST IN THE FIRST WEEK OF BIG EAST CONFERENCE PLAY.(Sports)
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The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
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January 8, 2008
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Byline: Mike Waters Staff writer
The Big East Conference began play last week, and road teams took a beating.
The road team won just three out of 14 conference games played through Sunday. The 3-11 record is good for a .214 winning percentage.
Compare that to last season when road teams went 44-88 (.343 percentage) in the Big East.
The only teams to win on the road in the opening week of the Big East were favorite Georgetown at doormat Rutgers; Connecticut, which rallied to win at Seton Hall; and Cincinnati, which won at Louisville.
"It made things tough to have to open with two on road," Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin said. After upsetting Louisville, the ...
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