Big East News Articles

The winners were chosen based on the 2010-11 grade-point average of each student-athlete who appeared on an institution’s roster as of the last contest of the championship segment in each conference-sponsored sport.

If you ask some people, taking a positive stance on the Bowl Championship Series is akin to rooting for the IRS in a tax audit. Or rooting for the house at the blackjack table.

It’s been a longer summer than usual for players not drafted in this year’s NFL Draft. Because of the NFL lockout, teams were not permitted to sign undrafted rookie free agents and the hectic process was forced to wait until this week.

The BIG EAST played its first season with its current bowl partnerships in 2010 and it’s, hands-down, the strongest group of bowl partners in the conference’s history. And that’s good news for the entirety of the BIG EAST, which is the only conference in college football that has sent each of its members to a bowl game in the past two years.

Halfpenny comes to the Irish after five seasons as the head coach at William & Mary.

What is it that makes a great college football stadium? Is it simply atmosphere? Is it a small, but loud, classic venue? A large state-of-the art facility? A rowdy on-campus environment?

The fifth installment of our series leading to the BIG EAST Summer Kickoff examines the factors that go into constructing a football schedule and previews the strongest nonconference games of 2011.

BIG EAST returns to Bright House Field for the next two seasons.

The fourth installment in our series leading to the 2011 BIG EAST Football Summer Kickoff takes a look at players poised for breakout years in 2011.

Reid is entering his 15th year at the helm of the Huskies’ program, holding a 346-87-49 career record in his 22 years as a collegiate head coach.

The third installment of our series leading to the BIG EAST Summer Kickoff takes a look at the changing face of television in college football.

Eleven former BIG EAST women’s basketball players have been selected to play in the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game, including seven picked as starters

The second installment of our countdown to the BIG EAST Summer Kickoff takes a look at the returning quarterbacks in the conference. Six of the eight BIG EAST teams return their starting signal-caller from last year and several players could be poised for breakout years.

The first in a daily series of stories leading to the 2011 BIG EAST Football Summer Kickoff looks shows that while the BIG EAST coaches may be short on tenure, they're long on pedigree.

First-of-its-kind live studio show will be broadcast exclusively for BIG EAST Digital Network on Aug. 2

Contract Extension through 2013 Positions Conference for Decade-Long Attendance Domination

UC head volleyball coach Reed Sunahara and former playing great Stephanie Niemer can each add to the list of international destinations they have visited after the duo were part of a recent USA delegation to China.

The BIG EAST Conference has announced that the women’s basketball conference schedule format will change from 16 games to 18 games, beginning in the 2012-13 season.

The longtime home of the BIG EAST Men’s Basketball Championship will have a new look next year

The Pitt Panthers will be making an all-day stop at the studios of ESPN -- the "World Wide Leader of Sports" -- in Bristol, Conn., this Friday, July 30.