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The NBA announced the starters for the All Star game to be held on Feb. 16 at New Orleans.
People in the South and parts of the Midwest and East should prepare for a dark and stormy Halloween night.
Louisville avoided the fate suffered by the number one seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the semifinals of the Big East Conference tournament, sending Notre Dame packing 69-57.
Despite a late comeback in the second half, the Hoyas were unable to erase the lead the Syracuse Orangemen had built by halftime. When time expired, the Orange held on to defeat Georgetown 58-55 and advance to the finals of the Big East tournament.
With the Big East Conference tournament championship right around the corner, it is still somewhat unclear who will be in it.
Late in the first half, Syracuse was dominating the Georgetown Hoyas, the number one seeded team in the tournament. Trevor Cooney came off the bench and hit two of three 3-point attempts to give the Orange a big lead. Going into the half, the No. 5 seeded Orangemen led 29-20 and didn't look to be slowing down.
Georgetown, the No. 1 seed in the Big East tournament , will take on the fifth- seeded Syracuse Orangemen tonight in the semifinals at 7 p.m. in New York.
The high-scoring offense of Syracuse (72.1 points per game) is hoping to improve on its past two meetings with the Hoyas, having been held to just 85 points total in those games.
Marquette crashed the Big East title party last week with its dramatic overtime victory over St. John's, 69-67, giving them a three-way tie for first atop the conference.
The No. 4 Louisville Cardinals, are set to take on Villanova in the quarter finals of the Big East tournament tonight at 7 p.m. EDT as they look for their eighth straight victory on the road to the NCAA tournament.
