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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.

Antonita Slaughter scored 17 points to lead No. 16 Louisville to a 72-62 victory over Seton Hall in a Big East game on Wednesday night.

Gorgui Dieng scored a career-high 23 points to help No. 10 Louisville pull away from Seton Hall for a 79-61 victory on Saturday.

Gorgui Dieng had 16 points and 14 rebounds -- both season highs -- to lead No. 3 Louisville to its ninth straight win with a 73-58 victory over Seton Hall on Wednesday 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 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.

Coaches in attendance in July.

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.

Here is a look at who each team in the Big East is targeting in the 2013 class.

Story | Conversation | May 31, 2012

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...

Providence surprises the Big East with a top-10 class, writes Dave Telep.

Story | Conversation | May 17, 2012