Big East News Articles

News and notes from around the BIG EAST Conference

The 2012 BIG EAST men’s soccer season was a record-breaking one, and the success continues even months after the play on the field concluded. Including the top two picks in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft, there were five BIG EAST players in the first 15 selections. In the second round, four former BIG EAST student-athletes were chosen for a total of nine.

Seven of the BIG EAST's men's basketball coaches answered questions from the media

Marquette, which had won two overtime games and a one-point decision in its first three BIG EAST contests of the year, remained unbeaten in conference play with a 69-62 win against Seton Hall Wednesday in Milwaukee.

Senior Laura Sweeney led the Wildcats in the win with a game-high 19 points.

The BIG EAST Conference and San Diego State University have announced that San Diego State will not become a football-only member of the BIG EAST in July of 2013.

Fourteen of the league's 15 teams have at least one road win in BIG EAST play

Five league games were on the docket Tuesday night, including a doubleheader featuring ranked teams on the CBS Sports Network.

Blondell and Reaney named Athletes of the Week.

Four schools share BIG EAST Men’s & Women’s Indoor Track & Field awards.

Social Media look at #Louisville at #UConn for the first BIG EAST Big Monday of the year.

Louisville’s No. 1 showing marks the 65th time a BIG EAST team has been No. 1 in the Associated Press poll.

The BIG EAST Conference has named Syracuse forward C.J. Fair and St. John's center Chris Obekpa the winners of the league's weekly men's basketball honors for the week-ending Jan. 13.

Andrea Smith averaged a double-double with 34.0 ppg and 10.5 rpg for the Bulls.

The BIG EAST has launched a web page to track fan tweets during the game to declare a ‘social media winner’ to each BIG Monday game this season.

Freshman Jewel Loyd finished with 14 points against Rutgers on Sunday.

Only one game on the Sunday BIG EAST slate -- Providence at Seton Hall.

No. 2/3 Notre Dame hosts Rutgers at 3:30 p.m. on ESPNU.

Eight of the league's 15 coaches met the media on their weekly teleconference.

Three league games topped the docket Wednesday night as Villanova, Connecticut and Seton Hall were each victorious.