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Brendan F. Quinn @BFQuinn
A Big Ten-Big East basketball announcement will be made tomorrow at 12:30 at Madison Square Garden, per a league press release.

Brendan F. Quinn @BFQuinn
According to the release, the announcement will be MC'd by Bill Raftery. Speakers include league commishes Val Ackerman and Jim Delany.

Brendan F. Quinn @BFQuinn
Also, some "current and former Big East and Big Ten head coaches will be in attendance and available to the media."


Sounds like some sort of Big East/Big Ten challenge will be taking place...

Just saw this as well...........awesome! FOX must be loving this.

Be interesting to see what 4 Big Ten teams won't be a part of this.

They'll probably rotate based on which ones aren't expected to be good that year. Some people saying it might be a series of games at MSG.

As a reminder, here are both conference's members. 4 Big Ten schools will likely not be a part of the challenge.

Big East: Butler, Creighton, DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John's, VIllanova, Xavier
Big Ten: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, Wisconsin

Lots of interesting matchups.

Hopefully it's a full on scheduling alliance that also involves the non-revenue sports. Maybe announce that there will be some permanent cross conference rivalry BBall games being played.

SH-Rutgers
Nova-PSU
X-OSU
Butler-Ind/Pur
CU-Neb
Marq-Wisc
DP-Illinois/NW
GTown-Mary

Since we both sit in the same geographic footprint and not a threat to their FB power maybe we can be partners moving forward. They would be a great ally in the ever evolving landscape of college athletics.

@KevinMcNamara33
Big East and Big Ten will begin a series to tip off season beginning in 2015-16 at campus sites. Event to honor Hall of Famer Dave Gavitt.

Kevin McNamara ‏@KevinMcNamara33 1m
Big East and Big Ten will begin a series to tip off season beginning in 2015-16 at campus sites. Event to honor Hall of Famer Dave Gavitt.

One more year: Retweeted by Shannon Russell
Kevin McNamara ‏@KevinMcNamara33 2m

Big East and Big Ten will begin a series to tip off season beginning in 2015-16 at campus sites. Event to honor Hall of Famer Dave Gavitt.

Brian Hamilton ‏@BrianHamiltonSI 2m
New Big Ten/Big East hoops series, to be announced Monday, will be tipoff/first week event. Called Gavitt Games, honoring late Dave Gavitt.