Big East Basketball Teams

The Big East basketball trivia will cover topics like, “what charter schools founded the big east basketball conference? A: seven charter schools in 1979 (Providence, St. John’s, Georgetown, Syracuse, Seton Hall, UConn, and Boston College) with the intent of creating a powerhouse basketball conference. It wouldn’t take long for the conference to meet its original aim, with Georgetown, led by senior Sleepy Floyd and freshman Patrick Ewing, making the NCAA Championship Game. Just two years later in 1984 Georgetown won the Big East’s first NCAA basketball championship with a victory over the University of Houston.

The trivia questions will also cover the following year three Big East teams Villanova, St. John’s, and Georgetown who all advanced to the Final Four, culminating in Villanova’s stunning championship game victory. Two years later, the Seton Hall Pirates also advanced to the NCAA Championship Game, but were defeated by the Michigan Wolverines in an overtime heartbreaker.