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 Tournament MVP Kyle Hansen pitched 6.1 innings of two-hit, shutout ball with five strikeouts as St. John’s won its BIG EAST-record sixth BIG EAST Championship with a 3-0 win against Connecticut Sunday afternoon at Bright House Field.
 The BIG EAST Conference has announced the league opponents and game sites for its men's basketball teams for the 2010-11 season.
 Two West Virginia cross country and track & field standouts were the BIG EAST's representatives on the ESPN The Magazine Women's Cross Country and Track & Field Academic All-America Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
- Cardinal men win first-ever BIG EAST crown; Irish women make it 14 straight -
 Here's a look at how the BIG EAST teams fared on Signing Day 2010.
 Louisville and St. John's both reached their respective regional finals.
 Six BIG EAST student-athletes have been named to the Louisville Slugger/TPX All-America team as chosen by Collegiate Baseball.
 Marquette junior Peter Bolgert was named to the Academic All-America Second Team, while Syracuse graduate student Jeff Scull was a third-team selection.
 Three BIG EAST Conference players were chosen in the first round of the NFL Draft for the second consecutive year, with Rutgers offensive tackle Anthony Davis and USF defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul becoming the highest draft picks in their respective schools' histories.
The BIG EAST Conference has announced the 24 winners of the 2009-10 BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Awards, which recognize academic and athletic achievement as well as community service. 
 The BIG EAST Conference has completed its bowl lineup by renewing deals with the Papajohns.com Bowl in Birmingham, Ala., and the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl in St. Petersburg, Fla.
For the second consecutive season, West Virginia's Jedd Gyorko was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America District II Player of the Year. BIG EAST Player of the Year Joe Leonard of Pittsburgh was named District I Player of the Year for the first time in his career.
 Thirty-six BIG EAST baseball players were chosen in the 2010 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft with five players going in the first five rounds.
- Nine BIG EAST squads represented in Louisville Slugger/NFCA selections -
 West Virginia University linebacker Reed Williams, an All-BIG EAST performer, two-time ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America selection and a member of the National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete Team, has been chosen as the 2009 BIG EAST Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year. 
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's Freshman Player of the Year Jeremy Baltz was joined by four other BIG EAST student-athletes on the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American Team.
 Eleven BIG EAST players were selected by NBA teams in the 2010 NBA Draft Thursday, matching the conference's best showing in the draft since the event went to a two-round format.
 Louisville, Connecticut and St. John’s were among the 64 teams selected to the 2010 NCAA Baseball Championship Monday as announced on ESPN.
Nine BIG EAST Cross Country teams were recognized by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) as this season's men's and women's Division I Cross Country Regional Coaches and Athletes of the Year.
 Television information is now available for four 2010 football nonconference games including Louisville's intrastate battle with Kentucky. This year's Battle for the Bluegrass will be played at 3:30 p.m. September 4 and regionally televised on ABC.
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