Big East News Articles

Joe Bailey, Interim Commissioner of the BIG EAST Conference, held his first teleconference with the national media Wednesday afternoon, discussing a range of issues relative to the conference and college athletics.

St. John’s junior Sean O’Hare was selected as the BIG EAST Baseball Player of the Week and USF’s senior Andrew Barbosa was named BIG EAST Baseball Pitcher of the Week.

Joseph A. Bailey III will today assume the position of interim Commissioner of the BIG EAST until a new Commissioner is selected

Loyola, Syracuse and Notre Dame will represent the league.

Two BIG EAST men’s lacrosse teams will compete in the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship as Syracuse earned the league’s automatic berth and Notre Dame was an at-large selection. The Fighting Irish earned a No. 4 seed and will host Yale in the first round. Syracuse will play at No. 3 seed Duke.

The NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Committee selected the teams and individuals to participate in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships on Monday.

The Connecticut men and the Louisville women lead after the second day of competition at the 2012 BIG EAST Outdoor Track & Field Championships at USF Track & Field Complex.

It was the second straight year the Greyhounds (13-5) have won the tournament.

No. 3 seed Syracuse defeated No. 4 seed St. John’s 12-4 in the championship game on May 5.

Louisville's Kendall extends Cards' streak to six consecutive years in women's hammer throw.

No. 3 seed Syracuse will play No. 4 seed St. John’s in the BIG EAST Men’s Lacrosse final at Villanova Stadium on May 5 at 12 p.m. ET. The game will be televised live on ESPNU.

The game will be televised live on the CBS Sports Network.

Brown served as the top assistant and head of recruiting for the past five seasons.

Syracuse extended its school-record winning streak to 15 games.

No. 3 seed Syracuse used a 6-0 run to defeat No. 2 seed Villanova 15-6 at the BIG EAST Men’s Lacrosse semifinal in front of a crowd of 3,415 at Villanova Stadium on Thursday evening.

No. 4 seed St. John’s upset No. 1 seed Notre Dame 8-7 in the BIG EAST Men’s Lacrosse Championship semifinal, held at Villanova Stadium on May 3.

The Greyhounds will play either Syracuse or Georgetown on May 5 at 1 p.m. ET.

With the regular season finished, BIG EAST teams will be traveling to Florida for the 2012 BIG EAST Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

USF sophomore Christina Miller, who led the Bulls to their first BIG EAST title, has been unanimously chosen by the league’s eight head coaches as the 2012 BIG EAST Women’s Golf Player of the Year.

Syracuse junior Michelle Tumolo was named the BIG EAST Attack Player of the Year.