The Big East had 3 teams in the Final Four in 1959. California def. West Virginia (Big East) in the championship...Louisville (Big East) and Cincinnati (Big East) lost in the Final Four. (I don't know if those teams were in the Big East back in 1959, but they are currently)
This year, the Big East had the most entries into the tourament. In fact, as a side note, three of the four number one seeded teams are from the Big East (Louisville, UCONN, PITT), the other, North Carolina, is from the ACC. Other Big East teams this year are: Syracuse, Boston College, Villanova, West Virginia and Marquette. Thus giving the Big East 8 teams. The next two are the Pac-10 and Big XII, both with six from each.
Its the south eastern conference not big east it doesn't exist and the answer to your question is Missouri and Texas a & m
July 1, 2003 MIAMI LEFT THE BIG EAST CONFERENCE
NCAA conferences have been realigning over the past several years. There is no alignment set in stone for the Big East—or any other conference—for the 2014-15 sports year.
tcu and central Florida
The Big East had 3 teams in the Final Four in 1985: Georgetown, Villanova and St. John's.
None. Since the expansion to 16 teams.
Probably yes. SEC teams have won the last 6 BC national championship games. Big east teams have't been nearly as dominant in the NCAA tournament. Last 6 winners have included ACC (Duke, UNC), Big 12 (Kansas), and SEC (Florida). I'd agree that Big East is the best in college basketball though.
ACC has 12 teams, Big 12 12 teams, Big East 16 teams, Big Ten 11 teams, PAC 10 10 teams, and SEC 12 teams. So 73 teams for 2010-11 season.
In the big east there are only 18 conference games and there are 16 big east teams there are some teams they play twice but most not but it will most likely alternate next year ie pitt @ su
Notre Dame's basketball team is in the Big East, and its football team is an independent.