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1. The presidents and athletic directors of the seven Catholic Big East schools (Georgetown, Villanova, Seton Hall, St. John's, Providence, Marquette, DePaul) will meet in early January to start extracting the schools, according to a source. The plan...

South Carolina head coach Frank Martin received a verbal commitment on Tuesday from center Desmond Ringer (McDonough, Ga./Eagles Landing). Ringer announced his decision via Twitter. Cincinnati, Marquette, DePaul, Minnesota, South Florida and Aubur...

Marquette-DePaul Preview

How crazy was this Wednesday night in college hoops? Well, for starters ... With a loss to UTEP, Memphis dropped a Conference USA game for the first time in nearly four years. It was a 64-game streak. With a victory over Marquette, DePaul won a...

Marquette-DePaul Preview

Marquette-DePaul Preview

John Calipari is excited because he feels Memphis can be a dominant C-USA force, similar to when he coached UMass in the A-10.

The Big East is poised to make its next move. And when it does, the rest of the landscape will rumble.

Butler, Creighton and Xavier are moving to the new Big East.

The new Big East will play with 10 members in 2013-14, sources told ESPN.com Friday night. The 10 members will be DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John's and Villanova, Xavier, Butler and Creighton.

The presidents of the Big East's seven Catholic schools met with their athletic directors in New York on Wednesday and will announce new membership for the new Big East within 7-10 days, according to a source.

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

Big East tournament preview: End of an era for the conference.

DePaul 77, Marquette 69

We may not have to call them the Catholic 7 for much longer. Providence, Georgetown, Villanova, DePaul, Seton Hall, St. John's and Marquette will hang on to the Big East name going forward, according to ESPN's Brett McMurphy, Andy Katz and Dana O'Nei...

The Catholic 7 schools are expected to start their own league next season and will keep the Big East Conference name, sources told ESPN. Joining the Catholic 7 schools in the new "Big East" this fall will be Xavier and Butler, sources said.