Big East News Articles

Jae Crowder finished with 25 points and 16 rebounds, Darius Johnson-Odom had 12 of his 20 points in the second half and Marquette withstood another furious BYU rally for an 88-68 Thursday

Syracuse advances to face Kansas State Saturday in the third round.

Peyton Siva scored 17 points and the fourth-seeded Cardinals beat Davidson 69-62 on Thursday for their first tournament victory since 2009.

South Florida introduced the NCAA tournament to the Big East's nastiest defense Wednesday night, putting more than just a chill into a California team that had never seen anything like it.

St. John’s junior Pat Wilson earned BIG EAST Men’s Golf Player of the Week honors, while USF junior Shena Yang was named BIG EAST Women’s Golf Player of the Week.

Sophomore pitcher Sara Nevins of No. 24 USF has been named the Louisville Slugger Division I National Player of the Week for games played March 5-11.

The BIG EAST Conference captured two NCAA Championships on the men’s side last weekend.

Seton Hall begins NIT play Tuesday, while Pittsburgh plays in the CBI Wednesday.

Emily Infeld, now a 10-time All-American, can also call herself a National Champion after winning the 3,000-meter run tonight at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships

St. John’s junior Mike Lampa was named BIG EAST Men’s Tennis Player of the Week, while Notre Dame sophomore Jennifer Kellner was named BIG EAST Women’s Tennis Player of the Week.

A look inside BIG EAST tennis.

Eight BIG EAST women’s basketball teams will compete in the 64-team 2012 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship, including No. 1 seeds Notre Dame and Connecticut.

Connecticut sophomore LJ Mazzilli was selected as the BIG EAST Baseball Player of the Week and Notre Dame senior Will Hudgins was named BIG EAST Baseball Pitcher of the week after the fourth week of action.

Syracuse junior Michelle Tumolo was named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week on March 12.

Jim Marlatt of Notre Dame named Offensive Player of the Week; Chris Creighton tabbed Defensive Player of the Week.

USF senior outfielder Janine Richardson was selected as the BIG EAST Softball Player of the Week and USF sophomore Sara Nevins was named BIG EAST Softball Pitcher of the Week after the fifth week of action.

The nine selections from the BIG EAST mark the second-highest haul from one conference in the tournament's history, trailing only the BIG EAST's 11 teams that reached last year's field. That group produced the conference's fifth NCAA champion when Connecticut completed a remarkable run through the postseason.

Postgame Quotes - Louisville vs. Cincinnati

Postgame Notes - No. 7 Louisville 50, No. 4 Cincinnati 44

Chris Smith scored 15 points and Louisville withstood a closing run by Cincinnati for a 50-44 victory Saturday night that gave the Cardinals their second Big East tournament championship.