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James Southerland hit five 3-pointers in the first half to keep No. 19 Syracuse in the game and Brandon Triche keyed a big second-half run that gave the Orange a 75-63 victory Wednesday in the second round of the Big East tournament.

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

Brandon Triche scored a career-high 29 points to go with six rebounds and five assists, leading No. 6 Syracuse to a tougher-than-expected 76-65 victory over reeling Seton Hall on Saturday night.

In the latest edition of his ranking of the top 68 teams in the country, Jay Bilas has Rick Pitino's Louisville team at No. 1.

Story | Conversation | January 08, 2013

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

Jay Bilas provides his Nov. 28 edition of The Bilas Index, his ranking of the top 68 teams in the nation. Tom Crean's Indiana team earns the No. 1 spot.

Story | Conversation | November 27, 2012

RecruitingNation's Adam Finkelstein grades all the basketball recruiting classes for the Big East through the early 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.

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 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...

Point guard Sterling Gibbs has transferred from Texas to Seton Hall.

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

Story | Conversation | April 07, 2012

ESPN Insider Jay Bilas completes the first season of "The Bilas Index," his personal ranking of the best 68 teams in America. In the season's final Bilas Index, Kentucky is No. 1.

Story | Conversation | March 13, 2012

Joe Lunardi provides the latest look at his S Curve, which has Northwestern, Seton Hall, Drexel and Xavier as the current "Last Four In" teams.

Blog | Conversation | March 06, 2012