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The Big East has released the 2007-08 schedules for the 16 member schools. This year, all teams play each other once and there three home-and-homes in an 18-game conference schedule. All the schedules can be found here.

Toughest Non-Conference Games: at Memphis, at Alabama, Michigan

Big East Home-and-Homes: Louisville, St. John's and Syracuse.

Toughest Stretch: Georgetown has a reasonably tolerable balance of home and away games with the upper, middle and lower tiered teams in their schedule. They do hit a rough patch in February when they have 3 of 4 on the road in 10 days. A period that sees them going to Louisville, then back home to face Villanova followed by games at Syracuse and Providence.

Biggest Game: March 8, vs. Louisville. The end of the regular season and the game expected to decide the regular season conference championship.

The Big East has released the 2007-08 schedules for the 16 member schools. This year, all teams play each other once and there three home-and-homes in an 18-game conference schedule. All the schedules can be found here.

Toughest Non-Conference Games: at Kentucky, North Carolina (in Las Vegas Invitational), Purdue (in Indianapolis)

Big East Home-and-Homes: Georgetown, Marquette and Rutgers.

Toughest Stretch: Nothing jumps out at first, but Louisville can look forward to a big challenge for most of February. From the 4th to the 24th, the Cardinals have 4 of 6 on the road. A trip to Milwaukee to play Marquette, then home for Georgetown. After that they have two road games against unpredictable DePaul and Providence before coming home to face Syracuse. That's followed by a trip to Pittsburgh.

Biggest Game: January 5, at Kentucky. Huge game, as the in-state rivalry starts a new chapter with a new coach in Lexington.

The Big East has released the 2007-08 schedules for the 16 member schools. This year, all teams play each other once and there three home-and-homes in an 18-game conference schedule. All the schedules can be found here.

Toughest Non-Conference Games: at Wisconsin, Maui Invitational (most likely opponents) LSU and Duke

Big East Home-and-Homes: Notre Dame, Seton Hall and Louisville.

Toughest Stretch: With the new Big East schedule system, it isn't easy to have a particularly brutal stretch unless some teams make a huge jump in expectations. Marquette has a small rough patch that starts January 12 with Notre Dame coming to the Bradley Center. After that, it's two road games at Louisville and at UConn.

Biggest Game: February 4, Louisville. Last year Marquette was on its way to beating Louisville before things unraveled. Marquette stumbled the rest of the way down the stretch. The Golden Eagles need to win this game at home.

The Big East has released the 2007-08 schedules for the 16 member schools. This year, all teams play each other once and there three home-and-homes in an 18-game conference schedule. All the schedules can be found here.

Toughest Non-Conference Games: at Virginia, St. Joseph's

Big East Home-and-Homes: Georgetown, Villanova and South Florida.

Toughest Stretch: The final stretch of the conference slate will make or break Syracuse with the upper-half of the Big East competition. Starting on February 16 they face Georgetown at home. Then it's consecutive road games at Louisville and Notre Dame. After that it's home against Pitt, then a relative breather at Seton Hall before ending the regular season with Marquette on March 8.

Biggest Game: February 6, UConn. Just past the halfway point of the conference slate, and the only meeting between the two teams that have long ruled the conference. Both are looking to reassert themselves.

The Big East has released the 2007-08 schedules for the 16 member schools. This year, all teams play each other once and there three home-and-homes in an 18-game conference schedule. All the schedules can be found here.

Toughest Non-Conference Games: at Washington, Oklahoma St. and Duke (in NYC)

Big East Home-and-Homes: West Virginia, Villanova and Cincinnati.

Toughest Stretch: The tail end of the Big East schedule is brutal for Pitt. For six games in just over two weeks, Pitt will have a good idea of how far it can expect to go in the post season. Road games at Marquette and then Notre Dame, then home for games with Louisville and Cinci. After that, it's road games once more at Syracuse and West Virginia.

Biggest Game: December 20, at Madison Square Garden versus Duke. Maybe not important for the conference. This is the game Pitt fans expected and wanted last March. Instead VCU knocked off Duke. For Pitt fans, even if Duke is down a bit, this game is one by which they can measure the progress of the program.

The Big East has released the 2007-08 schedules for the 16 member schools. This year, all teams play each other once and there three home-and-homes in an 18-game conference schedule. All the schedules can be found here.

Toughest Non-Conference Games: Arkansas (in Puerto Rico), at Boston College and South Carolina (in Philadelphia)

Big East Home-and-Homes: UConn, DePaul and WVU.

Toughest Stretch: If Providence wants to make the NCAA Tournament this year, they better pile up the wins early. Their last 7 games in the season will be a brutal stretch. It starts with a trip to Pittsburgh and then home for games against Georgetown and Louisville. After that it's out to Morgantown and then Cinci. Finally the season ends with two home games with UConn and 'Nova.

Biggest Game: March 8, Villanova. The final game of the season and both teams will likely be somewhere on the bubble of the NCAA Tournament. Very likely, the winner punches their ticket. If Providence falls short, Providence Coach Tim Welsh will be updating his resume.

The Big East has released the 2007-08 schedules for the 16 member schools. This year, all teams play each other once and there three home-and-homes in an 18-game conference schedule. All the schedules can be found here.

Toughest Non-Conference Games: Gonzaga, Georgia Tech and at Indiana.

Big East Home-and-Homes: Cincinnati, Providence and Notre Dame.

Toughest Stretch: Their gauntlet actually has them home for a majority of the time, but it is still a lot of good teams to face. Starting on January 26 where they have to go play Indiana. Then they come home to Louisville and then Pitt. After that, a visit to Syracuse and returning home to play Georgia Tech and finally Notre Dame on February 13.

Biggest Game: January 5, at Notre Dame. Last year, the UConn Huskies cruised through their non-con of cupcakes and cream-puffs. Then the conference schedule began with a trip to West Virginia and the Huskies fell apart in their first tough road game. They never recovered their confidence after that and staggered to their worst season in years. Notre Dame was undefeated at home last season. A major test -- win or lose -- for the psyche of the Huskies.

The Big East has released the 2007-08 schedules for the 16 member schools. This year, all teams play each other once and there three home-and-homes in an 18-game conference schedule. All the schedules can be found here.

Toughest Non-Conference Games: LSU and at St. Joe's

Big East Home-and-Homes: Pitt, Syracuse and DePaul.

Toughest Stretch: While the Big East didn't do 'Nova many favors with the home-and-home teams, they did keep the schedule from being too loaded at any one point. The closest thing to the rough stretch comes at the end of January through the first couple weeks of February. Notre Dame, at Pittsburgh, Syracuse, at St. Joe's, Seton Hall and at Georgetown. The Pitt, Syracuse, St. Joe's stretch will be the roughest since the three games take place in only six days.

Biggest Game: February 4, at St. Joe's. Part of the Big 5, and probably the only two teams likely to make the NCAA Tournament. This game comes right after games with Pitt and Syracuse in Big East play with little time in between. A local rivalry game with what has a good chance of being a rather worn down Wildcat squad.

The Big East has released the 2007-08 schedules for the 16 member schools. This year, all teams play each other once and there three home-and-homes in an 18-game conference schedule. All the schedules can be found here.

Toughest Non-Conference Games: Kansas State (in NYC); Baylor, Wichita St. and maybe Georgia Tech (all three in Virgin Islands)

Big East Home-and-Homes: Marquette, DePaul and UConn.

Toughest Stretch: January offers a challenging period. It starts with a home game with UConn then a trip to Milwaukee to play Marquette. After a respite at home with Cinci, East Coast road games at Georgetown and Villanova before returning home for a game with Providence.

Biggest Game: February 21, Pitt. The last time Notre Dame beat Pitt will have been 5 years ago. Pitt has beaten the Irish 5 straight times. Mike Brey has never beaten Jamie Dixon and this is the kind of game Notre Dame needs to show they belong in the upper-half of the Big East.

The Big East has released the 2007-08 schedules for the 16 member schools. This year, all teams play each other once and there three home-and-homes in an 18-game conference schedule. All the schedules can be found here.

Toughest Non-Conference Games: NC State and Virginia or Penn (in Philadelphia)

Big East Home-and-Homes: Marquette, USF and Rutgers.

Toughest Stretch: The Pirates hit a deceptively rough period right at the end of January into February. They go a little way down the turnpike to play at Rutgers. A few days later they travel to Georgetown. Then they get Notre Dame at home followed by a bus trip to Philly to face Villanova. Marquette comes to them and then they have to go to West Virginia.

Biggest Game: January 3 UConn. Seton Hall moves to the Prudential Center in Newark this season. At long last leaving the Meadowlands. This will be the first conference game in the new place. Seton Hall plans to trumpet this inaugural season, so the conference opener takes on greater meaning.