NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES – The BIG EAST and Riot Games, the creator of League of Legends, today announced a partnership to launch the spring 2019 BIG EAST League of Legends championship. Seven of the BIG EAST Conference’s 10 schools will participate in the competition, which features the most played PC video game in the world.
The participating teams include: Butler, DePaul, Marquette, Providence, St. John’s, Seton Hall and Villanova. Following a regular-season, which will start in January 2019, the top four teams will compete for the BIG EAST League of Legends championship title with the winner and runner-up earning berths to the League of Legends College Championship Play-in, with a chance to reach the League of Legends College Championship.