Lady Irish roll earn spot in Big East finals with win over Virginia St. John's women routed by UConn semis beat make final Tournament | Syracuse is favorite but UConn's 2011 run gives all hope Notre Dame Handles West Advances to Final advance championship Men's Capsules at a Glance Villanova 'can dream' PhatzRadio College Basketball Roundup routs 7345 means start of new season for tournament schedule JockSpin.com Top 25 No. 23 Rutgers fall 4 4934 beats Louisville 6861 overtime Nebraska falls Purdue Ten On The Fly Rondo Wrecks Linsanity OT

Huskies and Irish women to meet for Big East title While the Big East regular season was full of surprises, the conference tournament has gone as expected with Connecticut and Notre Dame meeting for the championship. Both schools avenged regular-season upsets in the semifinals in similar fashion. Notre Dame routed West Virginia and UConn dismantled St. Big East Men's Tournament Capsules Syracuse sophomore center Fab Melo was named Big East defensive player of the year Monday. Notre Dame junior forward Jack Cooley was chosen the most improved player, Syracuse sophomore guard Dion Waiters won the Sixth Man Award and Georgetown senior guard Jason Clark won the Sportsmanship Award. Melo led the conference with 3.7 blocks a game. Cooley is averaging 12.5 points and 9.2 rebounds ... Big East men's tournament breakdown 1. Syracuse (30-1, 17-1): The Orange just completed one of the best regular seasons in Big East history. A loss to Notre Dame is the only blemish on an otherwise perfect season. Andy Glockner: Previewing the Big East, ACC, more conference tournament action With just days until Selection Sunday, the bigger boys get their conference tourneys underway. Here's a primer to this week's biggest conference tournament action, and how each could impact the Field of 68: Big East Tournament 2012: Biggest Questions Heading into Conference Tourney From top to bottom, the Big East is absolutely loaded. The Big East saw 10 teams win at last 18 games this season, with six 20-game winners and one 30-game winner. That was Syracuse, which had a remarkable season despite having to withstand some troubling off-court drama. The Orange managed to be the best team in the nation's best conference, which is saying something. The regular season is in ... 2012 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament Predictions WhatIfSports.com utilized its NCAA basketball simulation engine to present conference tournament previews and predictions for the Big East, Big Ten and Pac-12. We simulated each matchup 501 times to learn each team's win percentage and average score. Simulations are based on updated rosters and the statistical makeup of each team during the 2011-12 season. Declaring the following could be viewed ... Big East Tournament Preview For the last time ever, we will be watching the Big East Tournament as we know it. Next season, West Virginia will be gone, headed to the Big 12. Pitt and Syracuse won't be far behind them, replaced by powerhouse programs like SMU, Houston and UCF. Saying the league will be diluted is akin to… Big East Tournament's first glimpse at madness came 30 years ago in Hartford Conference held its last tournament anywhere other than Madison Square Garden in 1982 in Connecticut's capital Tournament means start of a new season for Villanova Jay Wright knows the reality, a disappointing 12-18 season for Villanova in which one more loss, probably at the Big East tournament, will tie the program record for most defeats in a season and keep the team out of the NCAAs for the first time since 2004. Big East tourney is here, but Bulls get to wait Greetings from Madison Square Garden, where the tournament starts in just an hour with Connecticut-DePaul, but as wild as it sounds, it's another 34 hours before USF will take the court here in Manhattan. We're only a few years removed from USF not being able to make it to the Big East tournament at all, but now you have the Bulls with the No. 6 seed, earning a day off and feeling disappointed ...
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