After coming up a game short of the Big East regular season title on Saturday, the UConn men’s basketball team saw historic returns as the all-conference teams were announced on Sunday. The Huskies, ...

The Big East was on the brink of power-conference dissolution. If one person was going to save it, Val Ackerman would be that protagonist. The year was 2013. Conference realignment had again redrawn ...

The Big East Conference officially needs a new commissioner. Val Ackerman, the longtime commissioner of the Big East Conference, announced her abrupt retirement on Monday, April 20. She's retiring at ...

Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college basketball, where the Bruce Pearl nepo baby succession plan has Auburn trending from Final Four toward the NIT. The Minutes gets an ...

In 2013, Val Ackerman was teaching a leadership course at Columbia University as the Big East scraped its way back to existence after being left for roadkill amid college football realignment.

St. John's is looking to repeat as Big East tournament champions after claiming the regular-season title. Evan Bernstein / Getty Images The stakes of the Big East tournament have only gotten higher.

The Big East Tournament will take place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Xavier, seeded No. 10, will face No. 7 Marquette in the first round. Xavier has never won the Big East Tournament, ...

The Big East has been on the wrong end of a lot of jokes in college basketball recently. After only getting three teams in the NCAA Tournament in two of the last three seasons, the conference needed ...

After completing a third straight undefeated season in conference play, the UConn women’s basketball team dominated the Big East Conference postseason awards announced on Thursday. Sophomore superstar ...

Can anyone derail Round 3 between St. John’s and Connecticut? That is the overwhelming question of this week’s Big East Tournament in this top-heavy league. Few teams stopped, let alone slowed down, ...