SEC–Big East Challenge
The SEC–Big East Challenge was an in-season NCAA Division I men's college basketball series, matching up teams from the Southeastern Conference and the original Big East Conference. The event, which was held each season from 2007 to 2012, took place in early December each year, before the start of conference play.
| Conference | Big East Conference Southeastern Conference |
|---|---|
| League | NCAA Division I |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Ceased | 2012 |
| Sports fielded | |
| Last champion(s) | Big East Conference |
| Most titles | Big East Conference (3) |
| TV partner(s) | ESPN |
The original six-year contract for the series expired in 2013 and was not renewed. This was likely an effect of the 2010–13 Big East Conference realignment, which resulted in the members of the original Big East splitting up into the football-sponsoring American Athletic Conference (marketed as "The American" and the legal successor to the original Big East) and a new, non-football Big East Conference in the summer of 2013. The SEC proceeded to establish a new series with the Big 12 Conference called the Big 12/SEC Challenge.