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The BIG EAST Conference has announced repeat opponents for the league’s 15 women’s basketball teams, while also determining the home/away league schedule for the 2012-13 season
Oliver spent the last five seasons (2008-2012) as the Duquesne defensive coordinator.
Schaffer earns a $2,000 scholarship, which may be applied to graduate or professional studies. Conference announces a record 182 players named to BIG EAST All-Academic Team.
Finan receives a $4,000 scholarship, which may be applied to graduate or professional studies. Conference also announces male winners of the 2011-12 American Eagle Outfitters BIG EAST Institutional Scholar-Athlete Scholarships.
Cincinnati and West Virginia were road winners Wednesday night as just two games were on the league schedule.
The AutoZone Liberty Bowl traces its roots to Municipal Stadium in Philadelphia, where the game was played from 1959-63
The BIG EAST Conference has named Cincinnati wide receiver Anthony McClung, Pittsburgh linebacker Brandon Lindsey and West Virginia wide receiver Tavon Austin the winners of the final conference weekly football honors of the 2011 season.
Munchie Legaux threw a career-high three touchdown passes on Saturday, setting up a 35-27 victory over Connecticut that left the Bearcats one of three teams sharing the Big East title.
Saturday’s game will be the eighth meeting between Cincinnati and Connecticut since the schools first met in 2004 … Cincinnati holds a 5-2 series lead, though Connecticut has won two of the last three
Munchie Legaux threw for two touchdowns, one a short toss that Isaiah Pead turned into a backbreaking 69-yard score in the fourth quarter as Cincinnati beat Syracuse 30-13 on Saturday to remain in the running for the Big East title.
Cincinnati and Syracuse have met 11 times prior to Saturday’s game … The Bearcats hold a 6-5 series lead after winning five straight from 2005-09
Cincinnati has won five straight in its series with Rutgers, which dates to 1980 … The Bearcats hold an 8-7-1 series lead and have won the last two meetings in Piscataway
Geno Smith threw for 372 yards and led a fourth-quarter touchdown drive that rallied West Virginia to a 24-21 victory Saturday over No. 23 Cincinnati -- which lost both quarterback Zach Collaros and control of the Big East race.
Saturday’s game will be the 20th meeting between West Virginia and Cincinnati in a series that dates to 1921 … West Virginia holds a 15-3-1 series lead after taking a 37-10 decision last year at Milan Puskar Stadium
Zach Collaros threw for 214 yards and ran for two touchdowns as No. 23 Cincinnati took firm control of the Big East race with a 26-23 win over Pittsburgh on Saturday.
Cincinnati and Pittsburgh have met 10 times prior to Saturday’s game and the Panthers hold an 8-2 series lead … Pittsburgh won the first seven meetings before Cincinnati won back-to-back match-ups in 2008 and 2009
Cincinnati's Collaros joins Syracuse's Jones, Graham as weekly honorees.
Zach Collaros threw for three touchdowns and ran for two fourth-quarter scores, helping Cincinnati come from behind in the closing minutes Saturday to stay atop the Big East standings with a 37-34 victory over South Florida.
Zach Collaros ran 1 yard for a touchdown on a fourth-and-goal, and Pead scored for the sixth straight game, sending Louisville (2-4) to its third straight loss.
Saturday’s game will be the 51st matchup in a rivalry that dates to 1929 and the BIG EAST Network Game of the Week.
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