UConn is set to leave the American Athletic Conference and join the Big East Conference, according to reports from Digital Sports Desk and the Hartford Courant’s Mike Anthony. The school is “awaiting and fully expecting” an invitation from the conference and will announce the move in the near future.
While its far from the likes of the original Big East that broke up in 2013, the current iteration of the conference still features a handful of old rivals such as DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John’s, Seton Hall and Villanova. It also includes Butler, Creighton and Xavier.