Big East News Articles

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

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

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.

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

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

A quick look around the league at women's basketball.

The Red Storm have won 12 of their last 14 games, including a win over West Virginia on Tuesday night.

No. 3/4 Notre Dame won at No. 16/16 Louisville 68-52 on Monday afternoon.

St. John's junior Nadirah McKenith was named the BIG EAST Player of the Week on Feb. 20.

St. John’s upset No. 2/2 Connecticut 57-56 at Gampel Pavilion on Saturday night. It was the first home loss for UConn since March. 6, 2007, a span of 99-games.

A quick look around the league at BIG EAST women's basketball.

West Virginia beat its second ranked team this week, defeating No. 21 Rutgers 60-50 on Wednesday night.

Road teams went 3-1 on Tuesday night and all three ranked teams in action were winners.

The No. 2/2 Huskies beat Oklahoma 73-55 on Monday night.

West Virginia junior Asya Bussie is the BIG EAST Player of the Week.

West Virginia scored the biggest upset of the regular-season as it won at No. 2/2 Notre Dame 65-63 on Sunday afternoon.

Ten league teams were in action on Saturday as five BIG EAST games were on the schedule.

A quick look around the league at BIG EAST women's basketball.

Six league teams were in action on Wednesday, including a close one between Seton Hall and No. 14/13 Georgetown.