Cincinnati scored 14 points in the final minute of play to break open a tie game and win the highest scoring Belk Bowl in history over Duke. ...more

Duke plays in its first bowl game since the 1994 season. Cincinnati will be playing without coach Butch Jones, who departed for Tennessee. ...more

Cincinnati coach Butch Jones narrowly defeated three others to win CBSSports.com's Big East Coach of the Year. With 65 first or second-year players on the roster, the Bearcats still earned a share of the conference title with Rutgers, Louisville and Syracuse. ...more

Louisville QB Teddy Bridgewater's gutsy effort in the season finale at Rutgers leads the way in CBSSports.com's five best offensive performances in the Big East this season. ...more

There were a number of superlative performances on defense this season in the Big East. Individually, Cincinnati LB Greg Blair and Syracuse DE Brandon Sharpe stood out with stellar efforts against Louisville and Pittsburgh respectively. Rutgers and UConn were also stingy on defense in strong games against Syracuse and NC State. ...more

Charlie Strong was able to flip an Ole Miss commitment, as South Florida lost prize recruit Asiantii Woulard. ...more

A Louisville-Florida matchup in the Sugar Bowl highlights the five bowl games featuring teams from the Big East. Expect offensive fireworks when Syracuse takes on West Virginia in the Pinstripe Bowl. Rutgers hopes to end an 11-game losing streak to Virginia Tech when the teams meet in the Russell Athletic Bowl. ...more

The ACC has six teams playing in bowls, its fewest since 2004, when the league had 11 teams. ...more

Louisville regains the top spot in our Big East power ranking after defeating Rutgers on Thursday night. ...more

As evidenced by a regular season that ended with a four-team tie at the top, our Big East All-Conference Team is rife with parity. No team landed more than four players total, and each team had at least two representatives. ...more