Editing Big East Conference (1979–2013) (section)

==Lacrosse==

===Men's===
In 2010, the Big East created a men's [[lacrosse]] league with Georgetown, Notre Dame, Providence, Rutgers, St. John's, Syracuse, and Villanova participating.<ref name="bigeast.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.bigeast.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=19400&ATCLID=1479127|title=BIG EAST Announces the Formation of Men's Lacrosse League for 2010 Season – BIG EAST Conference Athletics<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=bigeast.org|access-date=May 8, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429021658/http://www.bigeast.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=19400&ATCLID=1479127|archive-date=April 29, 2009}}</ref>  Men's lacrosse is the 24th sport sponsored by the Big East Conference and is the 11th men's sport. The teams play a six-game single round-robin regular-season schedule. There was no Big East men's lacrosse championship tournament in 2010 and 2011. Instead, the Big East champion was determined by conference-game winning percentage at the conclusion of the regular season. This winner received the league's automatic bid to the 16-team [[NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship|NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship]].  The first Big East championship tournament was played beginning in the 2012 season. [[Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse|Syracuse]] dominated the sport until its switch to the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]].

Of the Big East men's lacrosse schools in the 2013 season, the final season under the original conference structure:
* Georgetown, Providence, St. John's, and Villanova became members of the reconfigured Big East. Marquette, which announced plans to add the sport for the 2014 season, is also in the new conference.
* Notre Dame and Syracuse joined the ACC, which already sponsored the sport.
* Rutgers spent the 2014 season in The American before joining the Big Ten. Since Rutgers was the only current or future full member of The American that sponsored men's lacrosse, it would remain in Big East lacrosse until the Big Ten began lacrosse competition in the 2015 season.

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!Team
!NCAA Championships
!Final Fours
!NCAA appearances
|-
|[[Georgetown Hoyas|Georgetown]]
|style ="text-align:center" |0
|style ="text-align:center" |1
|style ="text-align:center" |11
|-
|[[Marquette Golden Eagles|Marquette]]*
|style ="text-align:center" |0
|style ="text-align:center" |0
|style ="text-align:center" |0
|-
|[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse|Notre Dame]]
|style ="text-align:center" |0 
|style ="text-align:center" |2
|style ="text-align:center" |14
|-
|[[Providence Friars|Providence]]
|style ="text-align:center" |0
|style ="text-align:center" |0
|style ="text-align:center" |3
|-
|[[Rutgers Scarlet Knights|Rutgers]]
|style ="text-align:center" |0
|style ="text-align:center" |0
|style ="text-align:center" |9
|-
|[[St. John's Red Storm|<span style="display:none">Saint John's</span>St. John's]]
|style ="text-align:center" |0 
|style ="text-align:center" |0 
|style ="text-align:center" |0
|-
|[[Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse|Syracuse]]
|style ="text-align:center" |10**
|style ="text-align:center" |28
|style ="text-align:center" |30
|-
|[[Villanova Wildcats men's lacrosse|Villanova]]
|style ="text-align:center" |0
|style ="text-align:center" |0
|style ="text-align:center" |2
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan=4 | <sup>*''Marquette began Big East competition in 2013–14.''</sup><br />
<sup>**''Does not include Syracuse's [[1990 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1990 NCAA National Championship]] that was vacated by the NCAA for rules infractions.''</sup>
|}

===Women's===
The Big East has sponsored women's lacrosse since the 2000–01 season. [[Georgetown Hoyas women's lacrosse|Georgetown]] and former member Syracuse have dominated, winning ten championships (including one shared one) as of the 2012–13 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/bige/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/media-guide.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104812/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/bige/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/media-guide.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Big East Media Guide 2013-14|archive-date=March 4, 2016|access-date=November 9, 2021}}</ref>