Big East News Articles

- UofL’s Collins named Pitcher of the Week and USF’s Medina named Player of the Week -

The BIG EAST Conference – in conjunction with the Mercer County Parks and Recreation Department, the Princeton National Rowing Association and the Eastern College Athletic Conference – has announced that the 2011 BIG EAST Women’s Rowing Championship will be held May 1 on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J.

The BIG EAST Conference has named Providence guard Marshon Brooks and DePaul guard Brandon Young the winners of the conference's weekly men's basketball honors for the week-ending Feb. 27.

Georgetown junior Rand Ravnaas named Player of the Week; Seton Hall senior Joe DiRocco claims back-to-back Pitcher of the Week honors.

Syracuse’s JoJo Marasco was named BIG EAST Men’s Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week, while Notre Dame’s Kevin Ridgway earned BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week honors in the second week of the season.

All 16 teams were in action on Saturday as the league hits its final days of regular-season play. No. 1/1 Connecticut beat No. 18/19 Georgetown 52-42 and wrapped up its 19th regular-season conference title.

St. John’s, USF and Syracuse grab wins on the road while Notre Dame remains perfect at home after action on Saturday.

Huskies clinch top seed in next week's BIG EAST Championship

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

The complete 68-game BIG EAST schedule includes 28 conference games and a nonleague slate of 40 games. Sixteen of the nonleague games are against conferences or teams with automatic bids to the Bowl Championship Series.

Marquette nips Connecticut in overtime, Pittsburgh finishes a sweep of West Virginia.

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

Some highlights from Thursday’s Men’s Basketball Conference Call.

Moore and Repella are among the three repeat selections on the Capital One Academic All-America Women’s Basketball University Division first team.

Louisville (18-10, 9-5 BIG EAST) upset No. 7/11 DePaul (25-4, 12-2 BIG EAST) by the score of 68-55 at the KFC Yum! Center.

Fans and media can now access an archive of each weekly men's basketball coaches' media teleconference exclusively on the Web.

Providence’s Marshon Brooks breaks the BIG EAST single game scoring record with 52 points, but the Friars fall to Notre Dame. Cincinnati beats Georgetown on the road, and St. John’s gets past DePaul on Wednesday night.

Fans and media can now access an archive of each weekly women's basketball coaches' media teleconference exclusively on the Web.

A quick look around the league at BIG EAST golf.

As the regular-season hits its final week, ten teams kicked things off on Tuesday night as five conference games were on the schedule.