NEW YORK – The spring 2021 League of Legends™ season starts Saturday for the BIG EAST esports teams. Nine teams will participate in the nine week tournament which will feature 18 rounds and 72 matches.

Competing schools include: Butler, Connecticut, DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John’s, Seton Hall and Villanova. The teams will compete in League of Legends™ Summoners Rift.

The spring competitions will consist of a best-of-one double round robin, with each team playing each other team once. Each team will play two matches per week. Starting side choice will be randomly predetermined such that each team has first side choice in half their games, and one game with first side choice against each opponent. The competition will be run by Battlefy.

Regular season play will start Jan. 23, the conference playoffs are scheduled for March 15-March 21 with the finals March 22-28.

Four matches have been selected each week to be live streamed on the Electronic Gaming Federation’s Official Twitch channel, along with the newly launched BIG EAST Twitch channel. The rest of the matches can be available on the individual school Twitch channels.

The first matches live on the Official EGF Twitch will be Seton Hall vs. Butler at 1 p.m., Georgetown vs. DePaul at 3 p.m. Live on the BIG EAST Twitch with Connecticut vs. Providence and Marquette vs. Villanova.

Below is the schedule for the live matches through Feb. 6. The live schedule is subject to change week to week.

The full bracket with stats and standings can be found here.

To follow updates on social media, follow #BIGEASTesports. For more on the BIG EAST Conference’s involvement in Esports visit www.BIGEAST.com/esports.

EGF/BIG EAST Twitch Broadcast Schedule (As of 1/22)

Saturday, Jan. 23

Seton Hall vs. Butler, 1 p.m. (OfficialEGF)

Georgetown vs. DePaul, 3 p.m. (OfficialEGF)

Connecticut vs. Providence, 1 p.m. (BIGEASTesports)

Marquette vs. Villanova, 3 p.m. (BIGEASTesports)

Saturday, Jan. 30

Seton Hall vs. Providence, 1 p.m. (OfficialEGF)

Butler vs. Marquette, 3 p.m. (OfficialEGF)

Butler vs. St. John’s, 1 p.m. (BIGEASTesports)

Georgetown vs. Connecticut, 3 p.m. (BIGEASTesports)

Saturday, Feb. 6

DePaul vs. Villanova, 1 p.m.  (OfficialEGF)

Seton Hall vs. Villanova, 3 p.m. (OfficialEGF)

Providence vs. Marquette, 1 p.m. (BIGEASTesports)

St. John’s vs. Marquette, 3 p.m. (BIGEASTesports)

All times are Eastern.