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Dave Gavitt's vision -- a Northeast alliance of basketball schools called the Big East -- came to life at Madison Square Garden.

Jerian Grant scored 18 points and Tom Knight had 17 as No. 24 Notre Dame beat South Florida 73-65 on Saturday.

With the conference season set to get under way, Dana O'Neil takes a look at what's in store for the Big East.

RecruitingNation's Adam Finkelstein grades all the 2013 basketball recruiting classes in the Big East following the late signing period.

Story | Conversation | November 26, 2012

It used to be an Amtrak pass was all you needed to travel the Big East. Now you need a charter jet share. The comings and goings of basketball teams are a tangled mess for a conference in transition.

It was a final stand of sorts for the Big East of old, with familiar faces preparing to depart or having already departed.

John Gasaway ranks the top five recruiting underachievers compared to recent NCAA tournament success.

Story | Conversation | July 31, 2012

Continuing Insider's series, Jay Bilas ranks the 2012-13 Big East, with the Louisville Cardinals at No. 1.

Story | Conversation | July 23, 2012

Catching up on the news and notes from the Big East halfway through the men's basketball offseason.

The majority of Orlando Woolridge's life was full of the joy he brought to others.

The Big East will send out its annual straw poll to its coaches to get their preseason predictions about the strength of the league's teams to help put together next season's conference schedule. The league office said Syracuse's Jim Boeheim and Pit...

Doug Gottlieb dishes out 2011-12 grades for every Big 12, Big East and Big Ten team.

Story | Conversation | April 07, 2012

Time to break down why it will go well -- or poorly -- for each of the tourney teams.

Eric Atkins scored all six of his points in overtime and No. 23 Notre Dame beat South Florida 57-53 on Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament.

Joe Lunardi breaks down all 68 teams in his 2012 NCAA tournament Video Previews.

How will this edition of the Big East tournament shake out? Here are some things to look for at MSG.