Big East Announces Big Monday Schedule

The BIG EAST Conference and ESPN announced the network’s Big Monday schedule of BIG EAST games for the 2010-11 men’s basketball season.

Traditionally, the Big Monday lineup begins with a BIG EAST game at 7 p.m. ET followed by a game from the Big 12 Conference on ESPN.  However, on the first week, two BIG EAST games will be shown on Jan. 17, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.  Villanova will play at UConn at 3:30 p.m. followed by Syracuse, last year’s BIG EAST regular-season champion, at Pittsburgh at 7:30. 

Here’s the complete list of Monday Big East appearances on ESPN:

Dec. 27 Connecticut at Pittsburgh                             8:30        ESPN2
Jan.  3    Georgetown at St. John’s                             7:00        ESPN2
Jan. 10  Notre Dame at Marquette                           7:00        ESPN2
Jan. 17  Villanova at Connecticut                               3:30        ESPN
Syracuse at Pittsburgh                                   7:30        ESPN
Jan. 24  Notre Dame at Pittsburgh                            7:00        ESPN
Jan. 31  Louisville at Georgetown                              7:00        ESPN
Feb. 7    Pittsburgh at West Virginia                          7:00        ESPN
Feb. 14 West Virginia at Syracuse                             7:00        ESPN
Feb. 21 Syracuse at Villanova                                      7:00        ESPN
Feb. 28 Villanova at Notre Dame                               7:00        ESPN