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Sunday, March 10, 2013  The SU women's basketball team opened up their postseason Big East Tournament play with a 61-56 victory over Villanova on Sunday night.

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  A person familiar with the negotiations says the Big East football schools will get almost all of a $110 million pot in a deal that will allow seven departing basketball schools to keep the name Big East and start playing in their own conference next season.

Monday, February 18, 2013  A loss to rival Connecticut in their final Big East Conference meeting has cost the Syracuse Orange two spots in the latest Associated Press college basketball poll.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  UConn stifled Syracuse by a score of 66-58 Wednesday night at the XL Center in Hartford. It's UConn's first win over Syracuse since the 2011 Big East Tournament.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  Breanna Stewart has been the toast of the game at every level of basketball she's ever played at, and has already started to impress in her freshman season at the University of Connecticut.

Saturday, January 19, 2013  Cicero-North Syracuse alum Breanna Stewart, now a freshman star for the Huskies finally got the chance to play against her hometown team.

Monday, December 31, 2012  Michael Carter-Williams scored a career-high 18 points and added 13 assists and No. 7 Syracuse beat Central Connecticut State 96-62 on Monday, giving Orange coach Jim Boeheim his 902nd career win.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012  The Atlantic Coast Conference has announced its presidents and chancellors have unanimously voted to add Louisville as the replacement for Maryland.

Monday, November 12, 2012  UConn freshman and former Cicero-North Syracuse star Breanna Stewart scored 21 points in her college debut Sunday as No. 2 Connecticut routed the College of Charleston 103-39 to win its 17th consecutive season opener.

Saturday, October 27, 2012  The victory gives the Orange the top seed in next week's BIG EAST Championship. Syracuse will face No. 4 seed Providence in the first semifinal on Friday at 5 p.m. at Louisville's Trager Stadium. UConn receives the second seed and will play No. 3 seed Louisville on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, October 19, 2012  Alec Lemon had eight catches for 166 yards to help set up three touchdowns, caught an 11-yard scoring pass, and Syracuse beat Connecticut 40-10 on Friday night to spoil Huskies coach Paul Pasqualoni's return nearly eight years after he was fired by the Orange.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012  This is Pasqualoni's first trip back to his old Syracuse stompin' grounds since he was fired in December of 2004 after 14 seasons with the Orange, and he isn't planning on getting too sentimental.

Thursday, September 13, 2012  Retiring after three national titles in a 26-year career at Connecticut, Jim Calhoun is thanking everyone who helped him turn the Huskies into a basketball powerhouse.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012  A person familiar with the situation says that Connecticut men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun is retiring and plans to announce his decision on Thursday.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012  One night after winning being named the 2012 Gatorade Female High School Athlete of the Year, former C-NS basketball star Breanna Stewart was walking the red carpet at the ESPY Awards.