The Big East Conference will expand to having games on three networks and see a significant increase in revenues under a new six-year media rights deal announced Thursday.
Fox Sports will remain as the conference’s lead network under the new agreement, which begins with the 2025-26 season, while NBC and TNT will carry Big East games for the first time.
The conference’s 12-year deal with Fox and CBS expires at the end of the upcoming 2024-25 season and averaged $41.67 million per year. With the increased revenue, the Big East should also be on better financial footing with the Power 4 conferences, especially since it doesn’t have football.
The Big East though is considered one of nation’s premier basketball conferences and features two-time defending men’s champion Connecticut among its 11 members. UConn also returned to the Women’s Final Four this past season.
Fox signed a deal with the Big East after the seven Catholic schools separated from the football schools to form a basketball-centric conference in 2013. Butler, Xavier and Creighton also joined the conference, and UConn returned in 2020.
The new agreement will see more than 150 men’s regular-season games aired, including all league contests and conference tournament games. It will also see up to 65…
