Big East News Articles

Social Media was buzzing about the Grant brothers, as well as Notre Dame's uniforms last night. Check out all the talk surrounding the #Orangenation vs #GoIrish Monday Matchup.

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

The BIG EAST Conference has named Connecticut guard Shabazz Napier and Notre Dame forward Cameron Biedscheid the winners of the league's weekly men's basketball honors for the week ending Feb. 3

USF surged to a 78-60 win at Pittsburgh. It was the Bulls’ first win at Pitt since joining the league in 2005-06.

Providence and Villanova meet for the second time this season at noon ET.

USF travels to Pittsburgh Sunday for a 1 p.m. ET contest.

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.

Single-session tickets for the 2012 BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Championship are on sale, Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 10 a.m. ET.

Notre Dame junior Skylar Diggins earned the final BIG EAST Player of the Week honor on Feb. 28.

Notre Dame earned its first outright regular-season title and the No. 1 seed in the 2012 BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Championship Presented by American Eagle Outfitters, to be held March 2-6 at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. In its fourth year of the 16-team tournament format, the teams will battle in 15 games over five days for the Conference’s automatic NCAA Championship

Natalie Novosel scored 21 points and Skylar Diggins added 20 to help No. 3 Notre Dame beat fourth-ranked Connecticut 72-59 on Monday night and win the Big East regular season title.

Louisville senior Stewart Ijames was selected as the BIG EAST Baseball Player of the Week and Villanova junior Stephen Ostapeck was named BIG EAST Baseball Pitcher of the week after the second week of action.

Marquette forward Jae Crowder and St. John's swingman Moe Harkless have been chosen as the winners of the BIG EAST's weekly men's basketball honors for the week-ending Feb. 26.

Rice sparked the go-ahead goal with 2:56 remaining in regulation to give Villanova a 12-11 advantage before the Bison were able to tie it up to send the game into overtime. He leads the team with eight goals this year.

Louisville sophomore hNikki Boltja was named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week

There are eight 20-win teams in the BIG EAST, more than any other league.

Fab Melo's follow-up dunk with 31 seconds left lifted No. 2 Syracuse to a 71-69 win over Connecticut on Saturday night and clinched the Big East regular season title for the Orange

Get caught up with a busy weekend of Men's Basketball with full recaps and video highlights of each game.

BIG EAST Director of Communications Sara Naggar brings readers an inside view of the NCAA's Mock Selection Process.