Big East News Articles

This year’s schedule includes an unprecedented 131 games – or 91 percent of the conference ledger – that will feature at least one NCAA tournament team from last year.

The BIG EAST has had at least one top-10 draft pick in 11 consecutive years.

It seems unlikely that the BIG EAST will match last year’s 2-round record of 11 NBA Draft picks, but plenty of former BIG EAST stars are ready to make the next step in Thursday’s draft

Twelve BIG EAST teams will compete against the SEC Dec. 1-3.

The only thing that could stop Kemba Walker and Connecticut's amazing run was the final buzzer.

Chris Mullin, a three-time BIG EAST Player of the Year at St. John's who helped put the conference on the map in the early-to mid-1980s, highlighted a group of nine individuals elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Monday as part of the NCAA Final Four.

Connecticut and Butler will meet Monday in the national title game - the eighth-seeded Bulldogs trying to finish the deal after coming oh-so-close last season and the third-seeded Huskies (31-9), led by Kemba Walker, talking about shocking the world with their 11th straight victory after a regular season that foreshadowed none of this.

Huskies to face Butler Monday with NCAA title on the line.

BIGEAST.org will bring fans an insider's view of the Final Four in Houston

Walker chosen to first team after sparking Connecticut's run to the Final Four

Kemba Walker scored 20 points, freshman Jeremy Lamb added 19 and Connecticut earned its second Final Four berth in three years, beating Arizona 65-63 Saturday to win the West regional

Golden Eagles' season ends with 81-63 loss to Tar Heels in Newark

Golden Eagles and Tar Heels tip tonight at 7:15pm on CBS

Huskies and Wildcats tip at 6:55 PM ET on CBS

Kemba Walker scored 22 of his 36 points in another dynamic second-half performance, and Connecticut moved to the brink of its fourth trip to the Final Four with a 74-67 victory over San Diego State

Huskies and Aztecs tip at 7pm ET on CBS

Bernard James scored 14 points, Michael Snaer added 13 and Florida State showed there's more to its game than defense with a 71-57 upset of second-seeded Notre Dame

Darius Johnson-Odom's 3-pointer with 27 seconds left snapped a tie and gave Marquette a 66-62 win over Syracuse on Sunday night that put the Golden Eagles into the NCAA tournament's round of 16 for the first time in eight years

Notre Dame is deep, with the Big East player of the year and three others averaging in double figures

Kemba Walker scored 33 points and the supposedly powerful Big East finally advanced a team to the NCAA tournament's round of 16 on Saturday night when Connecticut beat conference foe Cincinnati 69-58.