The seven non-Football Bowl Subdivision schools in the Big East have agreed to leave the conference and are debating the process of departing it, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

 Details are still to be determined for how the seven Catholic schools — DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette,Providence, St. John’s, Seton Hall and Villanova — will leave the conference.

 Big East commissioner Mike Aresco told the athletic directors of the remaining and incoming schools on Thursday evening that he expects … Read More »

The longer this season goes, I believe the Big East might have the 4 or 5 best teams in the country. Villanova, Pitt, Syracuse, West Virginia, Georgetown—I wouldn’t be shocked to see 3 #1 seeds again from the Big Easy.

A couple a days ago there was a New York Post report by Lenn Robbins as well as Jeff Barker’s mention on the Baltimore Sun blog “Tracking the Terps” that the Big East might be interested in getting Boston College and Maryland.  The New York Post said of Maryland that “always has played Big East schools, and the balance of power in the ACC is in the south,” but also that the proposal … Read More »