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This season, the Big East basketball conference is allowing all sixteen teams to participate in the conference tounrnament. Last season the bottom two were dropped.

Three teams appear to have the inside track to the Big East Championship and a berth in a BCS bowl game: Cincinnati, Pitt, and West Virginia.

After a week of upsets in the conference tournaments, will that trend continue in the Big Dance?

DePaul was once the pride of the college basketball scene in Chicago. Now the Blue Demons are just another doormat in a beast of a Big East Conference.

The Georgetown Hoyas season is the story of a team long on early season promise but short on long term achievement as they faltered down the stretch.

With the regular season drawing to a close these three key players deserve NCAA Player of the Year consideration for their late season excellence.

Ray Rice and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights defeat South Florida Bulls in conference rivalry game. Bulls dream season turns to nightmare.

The Big East takes center stage on Thursday night as the No. 8 Cincinnati Bearcats travel to Tampa to take on the No. 21 South Florida Bulls.

As the Big East Tournament gets started it's worth a look at the top four seeds while serving up some predictions.

The Big East lobbies annually in its claim of basketball supremacy, and the jawboning for eight or nine spots in the NCAA Tournament starts early. It's time for reality.

The No. 8 Pittsburgh Panthers travel to Morgantown to take on the West Virginia Mountaineers in the Backyard Brawl this Friday.

The West Virginia Mountaineers just pulled off an upset Friday over No. 9 Pittsburgh and look to end the season on a high note as they hit the road to take on Rutgers.

West Virginia and Syracuse will both have to learn to hold onto the football if they want to have a successful season.

For the third time in six seasons, Villanova makes the Sweet 16 of NCAA Tournament

Brian Kelly has big plans with the Bearcats after taking the team to its first ever BCS bowl, and the school definitely does not want to lose him as the head coach.

Florida and Texas look to be the top two teams in the BCS heading into bowl games for the 2009 college football season. TCU is a BCS national championship possibility.

Hasheem Thabeet has long dominated on defense with his shot-blocking skills, but the UConn center's offensive skills are improving as well.

B.J. Daniels and the South Florida Bulls fell way short in their first two Big East Conference football showdowns of 2009. They weren't about to let that happen again.

Outplayed. Outlasted. Outdueled. The Rutgers Scarlet Knights simply could not keep pace with the UCONN Huskies in the final regular season meeting for both squads.

Ed Pickney guide underdog Villanova to a shocking 66-64 victory over Georgetown for the school's first ever NCAA crown, stopping Georgetown from repeating the title.

Several college football championship games and holiday bowls will be hosted at arenas and stadiums throughout the northeast USA.

College basketball fans can enjoy several tournaments and sporting events taking place in the northeast over the holidays.

The Pittsburgh Panthers are no longer on a winning streak. But that doesn't change their objective in the River City Rivalry.

The Connecticut Huskies and the South Carolina Gamecocks are set to face each other in the fourth annual Papajohns.com Bowl in Birmingham.

Roy Williams and the Tar Heels hope to win another National Title, their second in three years, while the Hoyas are hoping to regain some of that luster from the 80s

The Cincinnati Bearcats offense spent a lot of time on the sidelines Saturday. But Tony Pike and Mardy Gilyard made sure it delivered when it was on the field.

The Syracuse Orangemen stayed close in the first half despite four turnovers. But when they continued to give the ball away, there was no chance - not vs. South Florida.

The six overtime thriller between Syracuse and Connecticut turned on some decisive numbers. Here is a look at some of the statistics of a statistics filled game.

True college football fans can't wait for the season to start. Want to get in on the action early? Consider some of these early season games.

Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly could make his Bearcats 10-0 for the first time in school history with a win over West Virginia this weekend.

Florida is the third consecutive SEC team to win the National Championship, but is the SEC the best football conference? How the conferences stack up from top to bottom.

With only a handful of games left to play, teams are jockeying for seeding in their conference tournaments.

The Cincinnati Bearcats relied on a backup quarterback and an underrated defense to put away the South Florida Bulls on Thursday night.

The Miami RedHawks hold the edge over Cincinnati in college football's oldest non-conference rivalry. But that looks to be the only advantage they'll have Saturday.

It's one of the best matchups of the 2009 college football season thus far. And who would've thought it would take place on a Thursday night in Tampa, Fla.?

ACC,SEC, and Big 10 still up for grabs at midseason

On paper, the Cincinnati Bearcats have huge advantages entering their non-conference football matchup with Fresno State. Will it be the same way on the field?

Quarterbacks have won the Heisman Trophy six of the past seven seasons and there's only one reason - Darren McFadden - to think 2007 won't make it seven of eight.

Notre Dame will try to shake off a frustrating loss and cool off a blazing Pittsburgh team in a non-conference football game Saturday, Nov. 14, at Pittsburgh.

Rutgers went 0-3 during a recent week of action but couldn't be blamed for not trying, losing to the top three ranked teams in the nation.

Many are unsure of how the West Virginia Mountaineers will fair with having to replace star quarterback Pat White, but they still look strong enough to win the Big East.

The West Virginia Mountaineers travel to the plains to face the Auburn Tigers in what should be an entertaining matchup this Saturday.

West Virginia hosts Colorado in a big Thursday night game this week with revenge on their mind after last year's overtime loss to the Buffaloes.

The Mountaineers remember last year's loss to ECU and their poor offensive performance as they prepare to get revenge this weekend.

It appears Oklahoma and Florida will play in the BCS Championship Game as the BCS bowl games are taking shape.

When the chance to match up TCU and Boise State with teams from the power conferences presented itself, the BCS fumbled the ball and in doing so protected itself.

When the NCAA Regionals ended, North Carolina, UConn, Michigan State, and Villanova reigned supreme. Here is a two-part series looking at the teams and matchups.

In a stretch of their season referred to by one sportswriter as "Ethiopia," the Rutgers Scarlet Knights proved that hope floats from sea to shining sea.

The Rutgers Scarlet Knights furthered their conquest back to the Top 25 Saturday with a 55-42 stomping of Providence.

USC football coach Pete Carroll is the highest paid employee at a private university in the United States; he makes far more than USC's president.