Big East Bloggers Poll

This Week's Power Poll Results for 1/14/2008 (1st Place votes in parenthesis):

1) Georgetown (17): 331 points.
2) Marquette (4): 315 points.
3) Pittsburgh: 285 points.
4) Notre Dame: 249 points.
5) Louisville: 239 points.
6) West Virginia: 231 points.
7) Connecticut: 224 points.
8) Villanova: 182 points.
9) Syracuse: 168 points.
10) Cincinnati: 150 points.
11) DePaul: 134 points.
12) Providence: 128 points.
13) South Florida: 75 points.
14) Seton Hall: 71 points.
15) St. John's: 53 points.
16) Rutgers: 21 points.

Player of the Week: Deonta Vaughn. The sophomore guard from Cincinnati averaged 27 PPG in two outings last week as the surprising Bearcats knocked off Syracuse and Villanova.

Freshman of the Week: DeJuan Blair. The 6'7 Pittsburgh manchild combined 32 points and 23 rebounds in a pair of Panther victories over South Florida and Seton Hall.

Good to see the rest of the conference kept the Irish in the top four after the embarrassment on Saturday. If we can bounce back the rest of the year and grab a bye I would be very pleased.