Big East Autographs
The Big East Conference (stylized as BIG EAST) is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in 10 men's sports and 12 women's sports. Headquartered in New York City, the 11 full-member schools are primarily located in Northeast and Midwest metropolitan areas. The conference was officially recognized as a Division I multi-sport conference on August 1, 2013, and since then conference members have won NCAA national championships in men's basketball, women's cross country, field hockey, men's lacrosse, and men's soccer. Val Ackerman is the commissioner.
The conference was formed after the "Catholic Seven" members of the original Big East Conference elected to split from the football-playing schools in order to start a new conference focused on basketball. These schools (DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John's, and Villanova) had announced their decision in December 2012. In March 2013, the new conference purchased the Big East Conference name, logos, basketball records, and the rights to the Big East Men's Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Garden from the football-playing members of the old Big East, who formed the American Athletic Conference (AAC), which is the old conference's legal successor. Both conferences share 1979 as their founding date, when the original conference was founded by Dave Gavitt, and the same history through 2013.
Three more schools, Butler, Creighton, and Xavier, joined the conference on its July 1, 2013, launch date. In June 2019, the Big East invited the University of Connecticut (UConn) to "re-join" the conference from the AAC, which they did on July 1, 2020. Football is not a sponsored sport, and UConn is the only member with a varsity football team in the top-level Division I FBS. Butler, Georgetown, and Villanova do operate football programs in the second-level Division I FCS. The conference also has four associate members in field hockey, and one in men's and women's lacrosse.
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Traded items with a signature of Big East
The most expensive item with a signature of Big East (SYRACUSE VS. UCONN SIGNED 16x20 COLOR PHOTO RARE BIG EAST 6 OT GAME JSA) was sold in April 2020 for $649.00 while the cheapest item (STANLEY ROBINSON AUTOGRAPHED 8X10 PHOTO UCONN HUSKIES COA BIG EAST) found a new owner for $1.25 in December 2011. The month with the most items sold (7) was December 2009 with an average selling price of $40.00 for an autographed item of Big East. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2014 with $325.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $5.00 was April 2024. In average, an autographed item from Big East is worth $42.50.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Big East were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 2009 LOUISVILLE CARDINALS FOOTBALL Team Signed Poster X49 - UofL - Big East | $29.99 |  |
| 2009 LOUISVILLE CARDINALS FOOTBALL Team Signed Poster X49 - UofL - Big East | $29.99 | |
| 2010 LOUISVILLE CARDINALS FOOTBALL Team Signed Poster X70+ - UofL - Big East | $39.99 | |
| 2010 LOUISVILLE CARDINALS FOOTBALL Team Signed Poster X70+ - UofL - Big East | $39.99 | |
| 2024 Big East Mens Basketbal Tournament Champions UConn Huskies Signature Shirt | $5.00 | |
| 2024 Big East Mens Basketbal Tournament Champions UConn Huskies Signature Shirt | $5.00 | |
| Jahmile Vader Addae Autographed 8 x 10 WVU Mountaineers Football COA Big East | $29.99 | |
| Jahmile Vader Addae Autographed 8 x 10 WVU Mountaineers Football COA Big East | $29.99 | |
| JIM DRUCKENMILLER '96 Big East Champs AUTOGRAPHED HAT RARE | $24.00 | |
| JIM DRUCKENMILLER '96 Big East Champs AUTOGRAPHED HAT RARE | $24.00 | |
| Ryan Nassib Signed Auto Syracuse Orange Mini Helmet Proof Big East NFL | $44.99 | |
 | ST JOHNS RED STORM TEAM PLAYER SIGNED 8x10 2024-2025 BIG EAST CHAMPS 10 PLAYERS | $50.00 | |
| ST JOHNS RED STORM TEAM PLAYER SIGNED 8x10 2024-2025 BIG EAST CHAMPS 10 PLAYERS | $50.00 | |
| West Virginia Mountaineers Geno Smith autograph Signed NCAA Jersey All Big East | $9.99 | |
| West Virginia Mountaineers Geno Smith autograph Signed NCAA Jersey All Big East | $9.99 | |
Latest News about Big East
Memphis AD addresses report of Tigers potentially joining Pac-12 in football, Bi (06/20/2025): After ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported Pac-12 officials have discussed of adding Memphis in football only, AD Ed Scott said his focus remains elsewhere. 
Are Gonzaga and the Big East the big winners from the NCAA's new revenue sharing (06/11/2025): Basketball-centric athletic programs would seemingly have an advantage under the settlement, but the answer largely depends on how strict pay-for-play rules are enforced. Big East Conference moving its headquarters to Manhattan's Empire State Building (06/03/2025): The new office will feature almost 8,000 square feet of space and put the conference even closer to Madison Square Garden, where it has held its men’s basketball tournament for the past 43 years. Why Kevin Willard moving from Maryland to Villanova is a good sign for the Big E (03/30/2025): Is revenue sharing shifting the college basketball landscape yet again? One thing is certain: Maryland got a taste of its own medicine Fact Check: The Big East is not a mid-major conference (03/26/2025): Ross Dellenger saw Big East fans’ colorful comments and clarified, but his story brings up an interesting narrative
Older News Stories about Big East
WATCH: Cedar Grove-Belgium football discusses 14th-straight win over rival Oostb (09/2024): Griffin Knight had a big game with a receiving touchdown and two interceptions as Cedar Grove-Belgium defeated Oostburg in a battle of Big East unbeatens. Mike DiMauro: Once again, football (not basketball) the path to UConn's salvatio (08/2024): Aug. 24—How ironic, indeed, that UConn's athletic hierarchy, which myopically sent the football program to Elba a few years back with the basketball-centric move to the Big East, needs football more than a lung as it begs its way into the Big 12. The news of State U's latest dalliance with a power c Mike Aresco retiring as AAC commissioner after long championing for leagues outs (12/2023): Mike Aresco became the fourth commissioner of the Big East Conference in 2012, and oversaw the reconstitution of that organization into the AAC a year later. WVU's offense dominates as Mountaineers roll Bearcats 42-21 on Senior Day (11/2023): Nov. 19—MORGANTOWN — Quarterback Garrett Greene accounted for 364 total yards and four touchdowns and Jahiem White had 279 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns as West Virginia's offense was dominant in a 42-21 victory over Cincinnati Saturday afternoon at Milan Puskar Stadium. In the first meeting USA TODAY Sports has an old Big East rival in a bowl game for Rutgers football (10/2023): Rutgers football has a good bowl projection from USA TODAY. A look at Penn State's 2023 football opponents (08/2023): Aug. 25—West Virginia Mountaineers Last season: 3-6 Big 12 (tied for seventh), 5-7. Coach: Neal Brown, fifth season, 22-25. Last conference title: 2011 (Big East). Last bowl appearance: 2021. Returning starters: 14 (six offense, seven defense, punter). Player to watch: RB CJ Donaldson. Delaware Blue WillUConnshift from Big East to Power Five conference? Why some say move may be (07/2023): Jul. 5—And who knows where the university's athletic ambitions and opportunities will intersect in the meantime. Life as UConn knows it in the basketball-centric conference could go on for another decade, sure. It's also possible, and probable, that sometime in the coming years or months or weeks or UConn is reportedly a target for Big 12 expansion, but that comes with questions (05/2023): The UConn Huskies — reigning NCAA men’s basketball champions — only recently returned to the Big East, but are rumored to be a candidate for Big 12 expansion. Ailing Orange look to finish strong vs. up-and-down BC (11/2022): After fighting through injuries all season, the Big East-turned-Atlantic Coast Conference rivals look to finish strong in their 56th all-time meeting. The Eagles (3-8, 2-5) were shut out last week at Notre Dame, 44-0, a week after they had knocked off then-No. 16 NC State. Syracuse battled in last Mora trying to make an independent UConn competitive (08/2022): STORRS, Conn. (AP) Jim Mora is taking over UConn's football team during a time of conference mega-mergers, trying to figure out where his independent Huskies might fit into the new landscape. The former NFL and UCLA coach is charged with rebuilding a program that left the American Athletic Confere Could ‘Backyard Brawl’ renewal provide hope for future of Bedlam? (04/2022): A renewal of the old Big East rivalry between West Virginia and Pittsburgh should serve as a springboard to continue Bedlam after Oklahoma goes to the SEC. UConn's Nika Muhl named Big East Defensive Player of the Year (03/2022): UConn's Nika Muhl has been named the Big East Defensive Player of the Year. Villanova is going to be a problem in March. Plus, what happened to the 76ers la (02/2022): Collin Gillespie scored a career-high 33 points as the Wildcats reminded Providence who runs the Big East Realignment revisited: The beginning of the end for Big East football (07/2021): How college football's massive realignment shift in 2011 set the stage for Big East football to go under. Big East commissioner: 'If our campuses aren't open, we will not have athletes c (05/2020): Big East commissioner Val Ackerman discussed the hurdles, and timeline, for sports to return to her league in 2020-21. Boise State files lawsuit against Mountain West (01/2020): In a lawsuit filed last week in Idaho, Boise State alleges that the MWC reneged on two promises the league made when the Broncos agreed to stay -- and not leave for the Big East -- in 2012.
