How many big east teams have won the NCAA championships?

Answer 1

Through 2013, seven of the schools in the Big East have won NCAA men's Basketball championships: Connecticut (3), Syracuse (1), Villanova (1), Georgetown (1), Marquette (1), Cincinnati (2) and Louisville (3). However, Marquette and Cincinnati won their titles before joining the Big East, and Louisville won two of its titles before joining the Big East.

The most accurate way to state the Big East's accomplishment in this regard, however, is as follows: the Big East has won seven NCAA men's basketball championships-- and been represented in the Final Four 16 seasons (often with multiple teams the same year)-- during the conference's original 33-year history. In 1985, there were three Big East teams (St. John's, Villanova and Georgetown) in the Final Four and two (Villanova and Georgetown) in the title game.