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When Syracuse announced last year it was leaving the Big East for the ACC, former Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese said it "ripped out the heart" of the league's seven Catholic basketball schools.

Jasmine Dixon scored five of her 13 points during a run in the second half and No. 14 UCLA beat Saint Mary's 76-62 on Saturday in the St. John's Holiday Classic.

The seven Big East schools that don't play FBS football have decided to leave the conference and pursue a new basketball framework.

The seven Catholic schools in the Big East have agreed to leave the conference, but Georgetown is not on board with the process of departure, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

Afure Jemerigbe scored 15 points, and Gennifer Brandon added 14 points and 14 rebounds as No. 12 California defeated Saint Mary's 89-41 on Thursday night.

Kayla Standish scored 31 points as Gonzaga (No. 20 ESPN/USA Today, No. 22 AP) held off Saint Mary's (Calif.) 83-78 in the semifinals of the West Coast Conference women's tournament Saturday.

No. 22 BYU 83, Saint Mary's (Cal) 47

Taelor Karr made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 2 minutes left then added three free throws in the final 31 seconds to help Gonzaga (No. 20 ESPN/USA Today, No. 22 AP) beat Saint Mary's 75-70 on Saturday.

Monday morning headline: Big Ten basketball is fun again. As drama goes, the weekend in women's college basketball would merit at least a passing grade on Rotten Tomatoes. Perhaps the schedule didn't offer anything on the Oscar-worthy scale of Notre...

Alex Carbonel scored 18 points and Saint Mary's made four free throws in the last 25 seconds to beat Gonzaga (No. 22 ESPN/USA Today, No. 23 AP) 66-63 Saturday, ending the Bulldogs' West Coast Conference winning streak at 34 games.

Monday morning headline: Nebraska makes itself at home in Big Ten. Coaches love to caution after early wins that conference play is a long road, but the Big Ten's newest team isn't likely to need the reminder. Nebraska's first three nonconference ro...

Saint Mary's (Cal) 81, Oregon St. 61

Anna Martin scored 17 points and Keisha Hampton added 16 to help DePaul (No. 18 ESPN/USA Today, No. 19 AP) beat St. Mary's 96-68 on Friday night in the Maggie Dixon Classic.

Courtney Vandersloot showed Monday that she was worthy of the Naismith Award with 18 points, 16 assists and even a blocked shot as 20th-ranked Gonzaga beat Saint Mary's 72-46 to claim its third straight West Coast Conference tournament title.

Courtney Vandersloot had 22 points and 13 assists, leading No. 23 Gonzaga to a 106-66 victory over Saint Mary's.

UCLA forced a season-high 33 turnovers with a variety of full-court presses Sunday, and finally pulled away for a 75-59 victory over Saint Mary's.