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Article: BIG EAST BASKETBALL; MU draws respect; Golden Eagles fourth in coaches' poll
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 26, 2006
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New York It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say the highlight of
Big East media day last year for Dominic James, Wesley Matthews and
Jerel McNeal was the lunch they dined on afterward.
Because for all the time they had been allotted to meet with the
assembled reporters, it wound up that just about all of it was spent
talking among themselves while players from Connecticut, Louisville,
Syracuse and Villanova soaked up most of the attention.
As freshmen on a Marquette Golden Eagles team picked to finish
12th out of 16 by the league's coaches, that was almost to be
expected. But it still didn't sit right with them.
That's why on Wednesday, at the annual gathering at Madison Square
Garden, the ...