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 The BIG EAST Conference has announced the league opponents and game sites for its men's basketball teams for the 2010-11 season.
- Cardinal men win first-ever BIG EAST crown; Irish women make it 14 straight -
 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.
 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 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.
 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.
 Louisville, Connecticut and St. John’s were among the 64 teams selected to the 2010 NCAA Baseball Championship Monday as announced on ESPN.
 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.
Two BIG EAST Conference standouts were among the 58 fall winners of NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships, which recognize student-athletes across all three NCAA divisions who excel academically and athletically.
Louisville junior Matt Hughes captured the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase national title to highlight BIG EAST's performances at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, held June 9-12 at the University of Oregon. The first-place finish of 8:34.18 minutes catapulted the Cardinals to a 17th-place finish in the team standings with 15 points, leading the conference's men's teams. On the women's side, four top-10 finishes for West Virginia pushed the Mountaineers to 16th place in the team standings, leading all BIG EAST squads.
Notre Dame's Kristy Frilling and Kali Krisik along with Louisville's Austen Childs capped off successful seasons by being named to the 2010 ITA All-America Tennis Team.
- Roth named to second team while Fleury was a third team honoree -
Louisville junior Austen Childs' run in the NCAA singles championship ended with a 6-1, 6-2 loss to Stanford's Bradley Klahn in the title match on May 30. Childs' runner-up finish is the best-ever for a Louisville player.
- DePaul, Louisville, Notre Dame and Syracuse take aim at the Women's College World Series -
Liz Halet becomes first Cardinal to make the prestigious list
The final day of the 2010 BIG EAST Outdoor Track & Field Championships wrapped up at rain-soaked Gettler Stadium on the campus of the University of Cincinnati on May 2. The Notre Dame men used seven top-three finishes on the final day, including two individual event titles, to cruise to their third consecutive BIG EAST Outdoor Track & Field title, while the Louisville women relied on their all-American throwing contingent to earn their third straight championship.
Two familiar names were called as 2010 BIG EAST Tennis Players of the Year, as Louisville junior Austen Childs earned his second straight annual recognition, while last season's Freshman of the Year, Notre Dame sophomore Kristy Frilling, also was honored. Frilling's teammate, Irish freshman Chrissie McGaffigan, was named women's Freshman of the Year, while Mike Lampa of St. John's earned the men's honor.
Just 10 days after Louisville and Georgetown took the women’s and men’s BIG EAST titles in Palm Harbor, Fla., the Cardinals and Hoyas added to their trophy cabinets.
Three teams will be represented at the 2010 NCAA Women’s Division I Golf Championship.
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