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Champ Week is here. The Big East looks poised to get 7 NCAA Tournament bids, second only to the Big Ten this year. The conference is back to where it usually is, being one of the best conferences in the country. Because of that, this tournament could and will get very fun and very interesting […] READ MORE
We are now less than two weeks away from the start of the 2021-2022 NCAA college basketball season. Last Word On Sports continues our coverage with our Big East preview. The Big East is coming off a tough season. It was really a rebuilding year for a lot of teams in the conference. The conference […] READ MORE
March Madness is all about playing under the brightest of lights and on the biggest of stages. There’s no better example of this than the annual BIG EAST Tournament, played in the “Mecca of Basketball” Madison Square Garden in New York City. One long year after the BIG EAST Tournament halted play midway through a […] READ MORE
LWOS coverage of the NCAA basketball season continues with the Big East basketball preview. New this year, the Big East welcomes back the Connecticut Huskies after a seven-year absence in the American Athletic Conference. As has been the norm, this conference is top-heavy with teams such as the Villanova Wildcats, Creighton Bluejays, and Seton Hall […] READ MORE
LWOS’s all-time series continues with the Big East All-time awards (best teams, players and coaches). READ MORE
This week’s Big East power rankings could have been stronger from top to bottom if not for a subpar showing in the annual Gavitt Tipoff Games. READ MORE
The annual Gavitt Tipoff Games are set to commence this week and with it always brings an exciting slate of contests. READ MORE
The Butler basketball program has been a beacon of consistency for years. Expect that trend to continue in the 2019-20 season. READ MORE
Clearly the biggest story of the first round is the UMBC Retrievers becoming the first sixteen seed to ever win a game in the tournament. However, there are still a few key storylines from Round 1 in the East Region that are worth taking note of. READ MORE
Villanova defeats Butler in an 87-68 blowout to advance to its fourth straight Big East title game, where the Wildcats will face the Providence Friars. READ MORE