Three more teams in this year's edition of March Madness. Three more networks to cover it. And the Big East will have its hooks in practically every nook and cranny of that new-look NCAA bracket. The NCAA selection committee released its newfangled, 68-team draw Sunday and included a whopping 11 teams from the deepest conference in the nation. Leading the way for the Big East was Pittsburgh, seeded first in the Southeast even though it didn't win a game in the conference's postseason tournament. "It has Hall of Fame coaches, great programs with storied traditions and heritage," St. John's Red Storm coach Steve Lavin said, a few minutes before his team became the 11th and final squad from the Big East to have its name announced on the selection show. "It has athletic programs that understand the value of investing the dollars that are needed to run a topflight program." Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/tournament/2011/news/story?id=6213384
