Big East News Articles

After earning a spot on the Preseason All-BIG EAST First Team, Georgetown sophomore Otto Porter entered this season with high expectations.

Commissioner Mike Aresco has announced the league opponents and game sites for the 2013 BIG EAST football season – the conference’s first in its new 12-team, two division format.

Georgetown’s Bobby Peavey and Rutgers’ Corey Crawford take men’s honors.

In action Tuesday afternoon, DePaul (7-3) beat Milwaukee 94-83 behind 30 points from guard Anna Martin.

Syracuse senior center Kayla Alexander scored a career-high 34 points in a game last week.

The BIG EAST Conference has named Seton Hall guard Fuquan Edwin and St. John's forward JaKarr Sampson the winners of the league's weekly men's basketball honors for the week-ending Dec. 9.

No. 3 seed Georgetown was edged 1-0 in the NCAA Championship men’s soccer title game by No. 16 seed Indiana on Dec. 9 at Regions Park in Hoover, Ala.

Four BIG EAST teams are in action on Sunday, beginning with a pair of games in the eighth annual Maggie Dixon Classic held at Madison Square Garden.

BIG EAST teams were a combined 11-0 on a busy Saturday that saw the league score wins against opponents from the ACC, Big Ten and Atlantic-10, among others.

No. 3 seed Georgetown University will play for the NCAA men’s soccer title against Indiana on Dec. 9 at 2 p.m. ET at Regions Park in Hoover, Ala.

In its first College Cup appearance in program history, the Georgetown men’s soccer team advanced past No. 2 seed Maryland on penalty kicks after a 4-4 double-overtime draw at Regions Park in Hoover, Ala., on Dec. 7.

News and notes from around the BIG EAST Conference

Undefeated UConn (8-0) has defeated four ranked teams this year.

The BIG EAST weekend schedule starts with one game Friday night, Harvard at Connecticut.

No. 2/2 UConn (8-0) beat No. 10/10 Penn State 67-52.

Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater and Rutgers linebacker Khaseem Greene – who led their respective teams to shares of the BIG EAST championship – have been named the conference’s Offensive Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, respectively, by the league’s eight head coaches.

BIG EAST teams were 2-2 Wednesday with three squads battling local foes.

The bowl preview show will air on local affiliates through December 15.

No. 2/2 Connecticut (7-0) hosts No. 10/10 Penn State (6-1) at Gampel Pavilion on Thursday evening at 7 p.m.

News and notes from the NCAA Championship.