As the world approaches Year 3 of the COVID-19 pandemic, its impact on the sports world is still zero fun.

A new year brings new uncertainties, and a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in college athletics hasn’t helped establish any stability.

Why and how is this Big East women’s basketball season shaping to be unlike any other?

As the non-conference slate dwindles and the first full month of the college basketball season lies ahead in December, league play in the Big East will tip off in full force.

It’s always great to have college basketball on the screen again, but November basketball certainly isn’t the most polished version of it.

Back like they never left, UConn dominated the Big East last season, sporting a perfect 18-0 record in conference play, after ending their seven-year hiatus in the American Athletic Conference. The undefeated conference mark propelled the Huskies into their seemingly annual, deep NCAA Tournament run, as UConn secured their 13th consecutive Final Four appearance last season.

The uneven and unpredictable Big East women’s basketball season comes to a conclusion this week with the conference tournament set to begin on Friday. Some teams (UConn, Marquette and Butler) played an 18-game conference schedule. Another, Xavier, played just 10. Everyone else landed somewhere in between. 

Eleven days after they were upset by Arkansas, Connecticut is poised to once again claim the #1 ranking in the country. 

Some Big East teams have played 10 games this season. Others have managed to get in just five. 

With all the postponements, cancelations, and programs on pause, it's difficult to say exactly where we are in the Big East season. Some programs have played a robust schedule, others are just getting started. But it's not too early to dig into the stats and try to make sense of where each team sits in the standings.

The number of unbeaten teams in the Big East is down to three, with UConn flexing their muscles last week against Villanova. Here's a look at last week’s takeaways and what to watch for this week:

It's a shortened week in Big East women's basketball with one set of games on Tuesday before teams go quiet until after Christmas. Here's a look at last week’s takeaways and what to watch for this week:

Just over half of the Big East has started conference play, but that’s about to change this week with the remaining teams getting their feet wet against conference foes. Here’s what to watch for across the conference.