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Message: [QUOTE="ctchamps, post: 2001787, member: 37"] From this Wikepedia article of the BE: [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979–2013)"]Big East Conference (1979–2013) - Wikipedia[/URL] Loved this paragraph: [I]Beginning with their first Big East championship in 1990, Connecticut has become the preeminent power in the Big East. Over the past two decades, UConn has made many deep runs in NCAA tournament, playing in the Elite 8 nine times and making four appearances in the Final Four. Hall of Fame coach [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Calhoun']Jim Calhoun[/URL]'s program, led by such stars as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Allen']Ray Allen[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hamilton_(basketball)']Richard "Rip" Hamilton[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caron_Butler']Caron Butler[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emeka_Okafor']Emeka Okafor[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemba_Walker']Kemba Walker[/URL], averaged nearly 26 wins per year during that time span, won numerous Big East regular season and tournament championships, and claimed the National Championship in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament']1999[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament']2004[/URL]and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament']2011[/URL].[/I] [/QUOTE]