Big East News Articles

The fifth-seeded Louisville Cardinals beat Middle Tennessee 74-49.

Russ Smith scored 23 points and set a Louisville NCAA tournament record with a career-high eight steals, and Peyton Siva had eight assists as the Cardinals demolished North Carolina A&T 79-48 on Thursday night. Louisville finished with a season-high 20 steals as it forced the Aggies into 27 turnovers.

American Eagle Outfitters recognized the Louisville Cardinals and Notre Dame Fighting Irish for their 2013 BIG EAST Men's and Women's Basketball Championships in the store's Times Square location at 46th and Broadway in Manhattan this week.

Cardinals defeat Orange, 78-61, to win third tournament championship in five seasons.

The Cardinals reach third straight BIG EAST Title game, will face Syracuse on Saturday night.

The Cardinals advance to the semifinals of the BIG EAST Championship for a third straight year.

A senior from Seattle, Wash., Siva will receive a $2,000 scholarship, which may be applied to graduate or professional studies, as the Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Kayla McBride scored 17 points and Skylar Diggins added 14 to help No. 2 Notre Dame beat 16th-ranked Louisville 83-59 on Monday night in the semifinals

Sara Hammond had 22 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 13 Louisville beat St. John's 62-55 on Sunday in the quarterfinals

In our final Monday Matchup of the season, the #Bearcats took on #Louisville.

Louisville junior Nikki Boltja was named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week after she totaled eight points, including seven goals in a 2-0 week.

No. 10/11 Louisville hosts DePaul to begin the afternoon at 1:30 p.m. ET on ESPNU.

Schimmel averaged 26.5 points per game in a pair of conference wins for Louisville.

The Championship, returning to Hartford, Conn., for the 10th-straight year, will be played at the XL Center March 8-12, 2013.

A quick look around the league at women's basketball.

Louisville got a career-high 38 points from junior Shoni Schimmel to edge USF 78-75.

#Louisville beat #Pitt on ESPN's Big Monday. Check out what fans were saying on social media about the game

Louisville junior Antonita Slaughter averaged 18.0 ppg and 6.0 rpg in a 2-0 week for the Cardinals.

Eight of the BIG EAST's men's basketball coaches answered questions from the media on this week's coaches' teleconference

The No. 13/12 Cardinals (16-4) edged Marquette 64-63 on Tuesday night.