The Big East Conference was formed in 1979. However, the conference split in 2013 with the non-football playing schools retaining the Big East championship and history, among other things.

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July 2, 1979: The new conference is officially named the Big East Conference. Jan. 5, 1980: Connecticut plays at St. John’s in the first Big East game.

The Big East soon added Butler and Xavier from the Atlantic 10 conference and Creighton from the Missouri Valley conference, creating a 10-team league centered around basketball that began play in ...

The original Big East Conference is dead, but it will never die. Ten years ago this week, the 'old' Big East Conference played its final tournament with all its founding members (minus UConn).

In that sense, the Big East has the potential to get off to a jump start in 2013. But the conference could also disappoint more than it every has before. Imagine, with all those teams, if the Big ...

He led Louisville to Big East Tournament titles at Madison Square Garden in 2009, 2012 and 2013, with regular-season championships in 2009 and 2013. His record in Big East games was an eye-popping ...

Big East released the 2013 football schedule for UCF, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Houston, Louisville, Memphis, Rutgers, SMU, USF and Temple.

Georgetown, Providence, St. John's and Seton Hall are all founding members of the Big East, which began conference play in 1979. Villanova was added in 1980, while DePaul and Marquette joined in 2006.

In 2013, the old Big East split apart with the football schools leaving for Power 5 leagues — Syracuse and Louisville are now in the Atlantic Coast Conference while West Virginia is in the Big 12.