PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The BIG EAST Conference will continue to expand upon its BIGEAST.org and BIGEAST.tv coverage of the 2009 men’s and women’s basketball media days on Oct. 21 and 22.  Fans should visit the media days home page sites before, during and after the events to watch exclusive interviews with players and coaches, read previews of each team, pre-order men’s and women’s basketball media guides, bid on exclusive premium auctions and much more.

Men’s and women’s coverage is kept together on the 2009 Media Days home page and consists of outlook, roster and schedule information for each team.  Free BIGEAST.tv video of interviews with players and coaches from each team will be added late in the day Wednesday and Thursday.  In addition, fans can watch Commissioner John Marinatto’s opening remarks from both events and comments from Doug Bruno, the president of the BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Association, who will talk about the league outlook this season at women’s media day.  Additional video will be added in the days following men’s and women’s media day as it becomes available.

In addition, fans should check out the BIGEAST.org newsstand in the days following media day, where they’ll be able to check out all of the local and national coverage of the league and its schools at media day to save fans the hassle of scrounging the Internet for the news and features they desire.

Fans should be sure to check the BIG EAST Conference's official Facebook page (www.facebook.com/bigeastconference) and its men’s and women’s basketball Twitter accounts (@BigEastMBB and @BigEastWBB) for exclusive behind-the-scenes updates from various BIG EAST staff members attending the media day events. 

The 2009-10 BIG EAST Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Media Guides are now available for pre-order, and orders will be fulfilled beginning Monday, Oct. 26 and will be shipped within 10-14 days.

BIGEAST.tv is the BIG EAST Conference’s online home for live and on-demand streaming audio and video.  Fans should visit www.bigeast.tv for more information on how to subscribe for live audio and video of the BIG EAST Championships and to watch hundreds of free features and highlight clips of BIG EAST teams and student-athletes competing in each of the league’s 23 sponsored sports.