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Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis had 19 points and 13 rebounds to help No. 3 Connecticut close out its home schedule with a 76-36 rout of Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.

Kayla Alexander scored 19 points and No. 23 Syracuse exploited 23 Pittsburgh turnovers to defeat the Panthers, 80-39, Saturday for its fifth straight win.

Shoni Schimmel led five players in double figures with 22 points and Megan Deines scored 17 off the bench to help No. 11 Louisville rout Big East Conference foe Pittsburgh, 78-45, Saturday for its sixth straight win.

Pittsburgh will pay the Big East $7.5 million to leave the conference after the upcoming school year and join the Atlantic Coast Conference on July 1, 2013.

The Big East has reached an agreement with Syracuse University, allowing the Orange to leave the league a year early for the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The University of Pittsburgh is going to court in hopes of expediting its exit from the Big East.

The Atlantic Coast Conference will play a nine-game schedule in football and every team will compete in the ACC basketball tournaments once Syracuse and Pittsburgh join the league.

Khadijah Rushdan scored 14 points and April Sykes added 11 to lead No. 8 Rutgers to a 63-39 win over Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.

Sugar Rodgers scored 28 points to lead Georgetown (No. 20 ESPN/USA Today, No. 19 AP) over Pittsburgh 82-54 on Wednesday night in the Big East opener for both teams.

West Virginia filed a civil lawsuit against the Big East on Monday in an attempt to exit the conference in 2012 to join the Big 12, squarely blaming commissioner John Marinatto for the instability of the conference.

Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun says he loves the Big East and would like the Huskies to remain in the conference -- but only if that is what is best for the school.

The Atlantic Coast Conference has accepted bids from Pittsburgh and Syracuse to become a 14-member league.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said Saturday night grabbing Syracuse and Pittsburgh away from the Big East would be a major coup.

The Atlantic Coast Conference has received application letters from Pittsburgh and Syracuse to join the league, a move that would leave the Big East scrambling to replace two of its longest tenured members.

Syracuse and Pittsburgh, both members of the Big East, are in talks with the Atlantic Coast Conference about joining, the New York Times reported on Friday.

Paige Fiedorowicz scored 14 points and Tatiyiana McMorris added 13 to help Marquette (No. 23 ESPN/USA Today, No. 20 AP) beat Pittsburgh 65-61 Saturday in the second round of the Big East tournament.