June 24, 2010

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The BIG EAST Conference has announced the league opponents and game sites for its men's basketball teams for the 2010-11 season.

In 2010-11, the BIG EAST will play an 18-game conference schedule, allowing teams to face 12 opponents once and three opponents twice. It will mark the fourth year of the 18-game schedule, which began in the 2007-08 season. All 144 regular-season conference games will again be televised, either by CBS Sports, the ESPN family of networks or ESPN Regional Television.

In 2009-10, the BIG EAST tied its own NCAA record by placing eight schools into the NCAA Championship. West Virginia advanced to the Final Four. It was the third time in the last five seasons that eight BIG EAST teams received NCAA bids.

The decisions regarding repeat opponents are based on natural interest, geography, rivalries, television contractual obligations and competitive balance.

The full 2010-11 conference schedule will be announced at a later date.

CINCINNATI

Home  Connecticut, DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Rutgers, St. John's, Seton Hall, USF, West Virginia
Away   DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. John's, Syracuse, Villanova

CONNECTICUT

Home   Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, Providence, Rutgers, USF, Syracuse, Villanova
Away   Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, St. John's, Seton Hall, West Virginia

DE PAUL

Home   Cincinnati, Connecticut, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Seton Hall, USF, Villanova, West Virginia
Away   Cincinnati, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, USF, Syracuse, West Virginia

GEORGETOWN

Home   Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. John's, Syracuse, West Virginia
Away   Cincinnati, Connecticut, Notre Dame, Rutgers, St. John's, Seton Hall, USF, Syracuse, Villanova

LOUISVILLE

Home   Connecticut, DePaul, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, Syracuse, West Virginia
Away   Cincinnati, Connecticut, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Providence, Rutgers, USF, Villanova, West Virginia

MARQUETTE

Home   Cincinnati, Connecticut, DePaul, Notre Dame, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, Syracuse, West Virginia
Away   Connecticut, Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Seton Hall, USF, Villanova

NOTRE DAME

Home   Cincinnati, Connecticut, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Rutgers, St. John's, Seton Hall, Villanova
Away   Connecticut, DePaul, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. John's, USF, Syracuse, West Virginia

PITTSBURGH

Home   Cincinnati, Connecticut, Marquette, Notre Dame, Seton Hall, USF, Syracuse, Villanova, West Virginia
Away   DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Providence, Rutgers, St. John's, USF, Villanova, West Virginia

PROVIDENCE

Home   Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, St. John's, USF, Villanova
Away   Connecticut, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Rutgers, Seton Hall, USF, Syracuse, West Virginia

RUTGERS

Home   Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Providence, Seton Hall, USF, Villanova, West Virginia
Away   Cincinnati, Connecticut, DePaul, Notre Dame, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, Syracuse, Villanova

ST. JOHN'S

Home   Cincinnati, Connecticut, DePaul, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, USF, Syracuse
Away   Cincinnati, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, Providence, Seton Hall, Villanova, West Virginia

SETON HALL

Home   Connecticut, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Rutgers, St. John's, USF, Syracuse, Villanova
Away   Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Syracuse, West Virginia

USF

Home   DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Providence, Syracuse, Villanova
Away   Cincinnati, Connecticut, DePaul, Pittsburgh, Providence, Rutgers, St. John's, Seton Hall, West Virginia

SYRACUSE

Home   Cincinnati, DePaul, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Providence, Rutgers, Seton Hall, Villanova, West Virginia
Away   Connecticut, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, St. John's, Seton Hall, USF, Villanova

VILLANOVA

Home   Cincinnati, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, St. John's, Syracuse, West Virginia
Away   Connecticut, DePaul, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Providence, Rutgers, Seton Hall, USF, Syracuse

WEST VIRGINIA

Home   Connecticut, DePaul, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, USF
Away   Cincinnati, DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Syracuse, Villanova

Each school's three repeat opponents are in italics