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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)

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