Big East Conference

Big East Conference (Big East)
Established	July 1, 2013
Association	NCAA
Division	Division I (non-football)
Members	10 (All-sports Members)
Sports fielded	22 (men's: 10; women's: 12)
Region	Northeastern and Midwestern United States
Headquarters	New York City, New York
Commissioner	Val Ackerman (since 2013)
Website	bigeast.org
Locations

The Big East Conference (stylized as BIG EAST) is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in all sports except football, which is not sponsored. The conference has been officially recognized as a Division I multi-sport conference, effective on August 1, 2013.^[1] Its nucleus is composed of the "Catholic Seven" members of the Big East Conference (1979–2013): DePaul University, Georgetown University, Marquette University, Providence College, Seton Hall University, St. John's University, and Villanova University.^[2] In December 2012, these schools chose to split from the football playing schools in order to focus on basketball, and in March 2013 reached a settlement, whereby they retained the existing Big East Conference name, logos, and men's basketball tournament site. Butler University, Creighton University, and Xavier University also joined the conference on its July 1, 2013 launch date.^[3] The football-playing members of the old Big East, along with several other schools, formed the American Athletic Conference, which retains the old Big East's charter and structure. However, both conferences claim 1979 as their founding date, and the same history up to 2013.^[4][5]

Val Ackerman, former WNBA president, has been commissioner since June 26, 2013. On the same day Ackerman was named as commissioner, it announced that it will be headquartered in New York City.^[6][7][8] None of the conference's schools sponsor varsity football in the top-level Division I FBS. Georgetown, Villanova, and Butler do operate football programs in the second-level Division I FCS, though only Villanova offers scholarships to its players.

History

The original Big East

The original Big East Conference was founded in 1979 as a basketball conference, when Providence, St. John's, Georgetown, and Syracuse invited Seton Hall, Connecticut (UConn), Holy Cross, Rutgers, and Boston College (BC). Holy Cross turned down the invitation, as did Rutgers initially, while BC, Seton Hall, and UConn accepted.^[9][10][11] Villanova and Pittsburgh joined shortly thereafter under the leadership of the Big East's first commissioner, Dave Gavitt.^[12][13][14]

The conference remained largely unchanged until 1991, when it began to sponsor football, adding Miami as a full member, and Rutgers, Temple, Virginia Tech, and West Virginia as football-only members.^[15] Rutgers and West Virginia upgraded to full Big East membership in 1995, while Virginia Tech did the same in 2000. Notre Dame also joined as a non-football member effective in 1995. Temple football was kicked out after the 2004 season, but rejoined in 2012 and intended to become a full Big East member in 2013.

The unusual structure of the Big East, with the "football" and "non-football" schools, led to instability in the conference.^[16] The waves of defection and replacement brought about by the conference realignments of 2005 and 2010–13 revealed tension between the football-sponsoring and non-football schools that eventually led to the split of the conference in 2013.^[17]

The conference reorganized following the tumultuous period of realignment that hobbled the Big East between 2010 and 2013. The Big East was one of the most severely impacted conferences during the most recent conference realignment period. In all, 14 member schools announced their departure for other conferences, and 15 other schools announced plans to join the conference (eight as all-sports members, and four for football only). Three of the latter group later backed out of their plans to join (one for all sports, and the other two for football only).

The present Big East

On December 15, 2012 the Big East's seven non-FBS schools, all Catholic institutions – DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, and Villanova – announced that they had voted unanimously to separate from the Big East football playing schools, effective June 30, 2015.^[18] Among the many rumor-fueled news stories, it was reported that the so-called Catholic 7, in leaving the Big East, were looking for a more lucrative television deal than they would have received by remaining with the football schools.^[19] In March 2013, it was announced that the Catholic 7 were not only parting ways with the football playing schools on June 30, 2013, but that they would retain the Big East name, $10 million from the old conference's treasury, and the right to hold the conference's basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden.^[20]

On March 14, 2013, it was reported that the Big East would be adding members in the next seven to ten days.^[21] The following day, ESPN stated that the Big East would add Butler and Xavier from the Atlantic 10 Conference, as well as Creighton from the Missouri Valley Conference, with an official announcement to be forthcoming within the next week, although the institutions which were reportedly joining were refusing to comment.^[22]

At a news conference in New York City on March 20, 2013, the reorganized league was formally introduced with Butler, Xavier, and Creighton included as members. Additional announcements included details of new contracts for television and for the use of Madison Square Garden as site of the men's basketball tournament.^[3][23] It billed itself as a return to Gavitt's original vision of a strong, Northeast-based basketball conference.^[5]

During May 2013, the conference added several associate members in lacrosse and field hockey. The University of Denver joined the men's lacrosse league and started play in the 2014 season,^[24] while Rutgers University men's lacrosse played the 2014 season in the Big East before moving to the Big Ten in 2014–15.^[25] Rutgers also housed its field hockey and women's lacrosse teams in the Big East for 2013–14 before joining the Big Ten, as did Louisville in advance of its 2014 move to the ACC. The 2013–14 school year also saw the arrival of Connecticut and Temple for both women's lacrosse and field hockey, Old Dominion for field hockey only, and Cincinnati for women's lacrosse only;^[26] all of these schools remain Big East affiliates in those sports. The launch of a women's lacrosse league in the Big Ten for the 2015 season caused the American Lacrosse Conference (ALC) to dissolve after the 2014 season; two Southeastern Conference teams that had been ALC members, Florida and Vanderbilt, joined the Big East as associate members in that sport.^[27]

Member schools

Charter members

All full members of the Big East are private institutions, and all are Catholic except for Butler.

Institution	Location (Population)	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Endowment	Nickname	Colors	US News Ranking[28]
Butler University	Indianapolis, IN (843,393)	1855	2013	Private/Non-sectarian	4,667	$157,549,000	Bulldogs	Butler Blue & White	2 !2 (Midwest)
Creighton University	Omaha, NE (421,570)	1878	2013	Private/Catholic (Jesuit)	7,730	$375,221,000	Bluejays	Blue & White	1 !1 (Midwest)
DePaul University	Chicago, IL (2,718,782)	1898	2013	Private/Catholic (Vincentian)	25,398	$414,000,000	Blue Demons	Royal Blue & Scarlet	121 !121 (National)
Georgetown University	Washington, D.C. (646,449)	1789	2013	Private/Catholic (Jesuit)	16,437	$1,009,736,000	Hoyas	Blue & Gray	20 !20 (National)
Marquette University	Milwaukee, WI (598,916)	1881	2013	Private/Catholic (Jesuit)	11,599	$401,200,000	Golden Eagles	Blue & Gold	75 !75 (National)
Providence College	Providence, RI (182,911)	1917	2013	Private/Catholic (Dominican)	4,585	$167,110,000	Friars	Black, White & Silver	2 !2 (North)
St. John's University	New York City, NY (8,405,837)	1870	2013	Private/Catholic (Vincentian)	21,354	$303,057,000	Red Storm	Red & White	152 !152 (National)
Seton Hall University	South Orange, NJ (16,254)	1856	2013	Private/Catholic (Diocesan)	9,745	$224,233,000	Pirates	Blue, White & Gray	128 !128 (National)
Villanova University	Villanova, PA	1842	2013	Private/Catholic (Augustinian)	10,482	$425,000,000	Wildcats	Blue, Light Blue & White	1 !1 (North)
Xavier University	Cincinnati, OH (297,517)	1831	2013	Private/Catholic (Jesuit)	6,584	$144,700,000	Musketeers	Xavier Blue, Silver Gray & White	4 !4 (Midwest)

Associate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Endowment	Nickname	Colors	Sport(s)	Primary Conference	US News Ranking[28]
Denver !University of Denver	Denver, Colorado	1864	2013	Private	11,476	$430,000,000	Pioneers	Crimson & Gold	Men's Lacrosse	The Summit League	91 !91 (National)
Temple University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1884	2013	Public	38,648	$277,600,000	Owls	Cherry & White	Field Hockey, Women's Lacrosse	American Athletic Conference	121 !121 (National)
Connecticut !University of Connecticut	Storrs, Connecticut	1881	2013	Public	25,483	$396,500,000	Huskies	Navy Blue & White	Field Hockey, Women's Lacrosse	American Athletic Conference	57 !57 (National)
Cincinnati !University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, Ohio	1819	2013	Public	33,329	$1,004,000,000	Bearcats	Red & Black	Women's Lacrosse	American Athletic Conference	135 !135 (National)
Florida !University of Florida	Gainesville, Florida	1853	2014	Public	49,042	$1,360,000,000	Gators	Blue & Orange	Women's Lacrosse	SEC	49 !49 (National)
Old Dominion University	Norfolk, Virginia	1930	2013	Public	24,126	$168,100,000	Monarchs	Slate Blue, Silver, & Light Blue	Field Hockey	Conference USA	N/R (National)
Vanderbilt University	Nashville, Tennessee	1873	2014	Private	12,745	$3,673,000,000	Commodores	Black & Gold	Women's Lacrosse	SEC	17 !17 (National)

Former Associate members

Since the American Athletic Conference did not sponsor lacrosse or field hockey, Rutgers and Louisville joined the Big East as associate members before joining the Big Ten Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference, respectively, in 2014.

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Endowment	Nickname	Colors	Sport(s)	Primary Conference	US News Ranking[28]
Rutgers University	New Brunswick, New Jersey	1766	2013	Public	58,788	$693,500,000	Scarlet Knights	Scarlet	Field Hockey, Men's & Women's Lacrosse	Big Ten Conference	69 !69 (National)
Louisville !University of Louisville	Louisville, Kentucky	1798	2013	Public	22,293	$721,100,000	Cardinals	UofL Red & Black	Field Hockey, Women's Lacrosse	Atlantic Coast Conference	161 !161 (National)

Membership timeline

Big East Conference (1979–2013) members Big East Conference members Associate member

Men's Sports

In the 2013-14 academic year, the Big East Conference will sponsor championship competition in ten men's and twelve women's NCAA sanctioned sports. Seven schools will be associate members in three sports.^[29]

Men's sponsored sports by school

School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross Country	Golf	Lacrosse	Soccer	Swimming & Diving	Tennis	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Total Big East Sports
Butler	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	8
Creighton	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	6
DePaul	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	7
Georgetown	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Marquette	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	8
Providence	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	7
St. John's	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	6
Seton Hall	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	6
Villanova	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Xavier	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Totals	7	10	9	9	5+1†	10	5	8	7	7	77+1

^† = Associates Denver

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Big East Conference which are played by Big East schools

School	Fencing	Football	Ice Hockey	Rowing	Sailing
Butler	No	Pioneer Football League	No	No	No
Georgetown	No	Patriot League	No	Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges	Intercollegiate Sailing Association
Providence	No	No	Hockey East	No	No
St. John's	Independent	No	No	No	No
Villanova	No	Colonial Athletic Association	No	No	No

Basketball

The 2013-2014 season marked the inaugural season of the reconfigured Big East. Kicking off with media day at Chelsea Piers, the season started with much fanfare and excitement around the country's elite basketball-centric conference. Aided by the lucrative TV agreement with Fox Sports 1, almost all Big East games were televised, helping to maintain and grow Big East basketball as a national brand. For 2014, the Big East has four schools ranked in the top 20 and six schools in the top 30 recruiting classes nationally according to ESPN, Scout and Rivals rankings.

Big East Champions & Tournament Bids

Year	Regular Season Champion	Player of the Year	Tournament Champion	Tournament MVP	NCAA Tournament Bids
2013–14	Villanova	McDermott, DougDoug McDermott (Creighton)	Providence	Cotton, BryceBryce Cotton (Providence)	Villanova #2 East, Creighton #3 West, Providence #11 East, Xavier #11 Midwest
2014–15	Villanova	Arcidiacono, RyanRyan Arcidiacono (Villanova), Dunn, KrisKris Dunn (Providence)	Villanova	Hart, JoshJosh Hart (Villanova)	Villanova #1 East, Georgetown #4 South, Providence #6 East, Butler #6 Midwest, Xavier #6 West, St. John's #9 South

All-time wins & NCAA appearances

This list goes through the 2013–2014 Season.

Team	Records	Win Pct.	NCAA Tournament	NCAA Sweet 16	NCAA Elite 8	NCAA Final Four	NCAA Runner Up	NCAA Champions
Butler	1,492–1,085	.579	12	5	2	2	2	0
Creighton	0–0	–	19	3	1	0	0	0
DePaul	1,407–922	.604	22	10	3	2	0	0
Georgetown	0–0	–	29	11	9	5	3	1
Marquette	1,536–934	.622	31	16	7	3	1	1
Providence	1,358–888	.605	16	5	4	2	0	0
St. John's	1,765–927	.656	25	6	6	2	1	0
Seton Hall	1,411–1,025–2	.579	9	4	2	1	1	0
Villanova	0–0	–	35	16	12	4	0	1
Xavier	1,346–935	.590	25	7	2	0	0	0

Soccer

All full Big East member schools field men's soccer teams.

Year	Regular Season	Tournament	Runner Up	NCAA Bids
2013	Georgetown	Marquette	Providence	Creighton, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. Johns
2014	Creighton	Providence	Xavier	Creighton, Georgetown, Providence, Xavier

Lacrosse

Big East men's lacrosse is made up of charter members Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, and Villanova, as well as Denver. NCAA regulations state that there must be six teams for a league to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, and since Butler, Creighton, DePaul, Seton Hall, and Xavier only field club teams, the Big East had to look elsewhere. Both Denver and Johns Hopkins were rumored as targets for potential invitation and Denver was ultimately invited to join the Big East as a lacrosse-only member. Denver joins the Big East as one of the hottest teams in the country, having reached six NCAA Tournament appearances in the last eight years and two Final Four appearances in the last four years. The University of Denver houses most of its other sports in The Summit League; most of that league's other teams are closer to that school's Denver campus than the bulk of the Big East. There is still uncertainty to whether or not Butler, Creighton, DePaul, Seton Hall, or Xavier will elevate their programs from the club level, or if any other programs will receive lacrosse-only invitations.

Year	Regular Season	Tournament	Runner-Up	NCAA Bids
2014	Denver	Denver	Villanova	Denver (Final Four)
2015	Denver

Baseball

Big East full member schools, Butler, Creighton, Georgetown, Seton Hall, St. John's, Villanova and Xavier all field men's baseball teams. DePaul and Marquette have never fielded Big East baseball teams, while Providence fielded one until the late '90s when it was dropped and later replaced with Lacrosse.

Year	Regular Season	Tournament	NCAA Bids
2014	Creighton	Xavier	Xavier

Swimming & Diving

Big East swimming & diving is made up of charter members Georgetown, Providence, Seton Hall, Villanova and Xavier.

Year	Regular Season	Championship
2014	N/A	Xavier

Cross Country

Villanova men's cross country team won three straight NCAA National Championships in 1966, 1967 and 1968, as well as a fourth in 1970. They also finished 2nd in 1962 and 1969. Providence men's cross country team have also finished in second in 1981 and 1982.

Year	Big East Champion	NCAA Tournament Bids
2013	Villanova	Providence, Villanova
2014	Villanova	Georgetown, Providence, Villanova

NCAA National Championships

School	NCAA Runner Up	Years	NCAA National Champion	Years
Villanova	2	1962, 1969	4	1966, 1967, 1968, 1970
Providence	2	1981, 1982	0	N/A

Women's Sports

Women's sponsored sports by school

School	Basketball	Cross Country	Field Hockey	Golf	Lacrosse	Soccer	Softball	Swimming & Diving	Tennis	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Volleyball	Total Big East Sports
Butler	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Creighton	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	Y	7
DePaul	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Georgetown	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
Marquette	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Providence	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
St. John's	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Seton Hall	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	8
Villanova	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Xavier	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Totals	10	10	3+3†	6	3+5††	10	8	6	10	8	8	10	91+8

^† = Associates Connecticut, Old Dominion and Temple

^†† = Associates Cincinnati, Connecticut, Florida, Temple, and Vanderbilt

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Big East Conference which are played by Big East schools

School	Fencing	Ice Hockey	Rowing	Sailing	Water Polo
Creighton	No	No	West Coast Conference	No	No
Georgetown	No	No	Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges	Intercollegiate Sailing Association	No
Providence	No	Hockey East	No	No	No
St. John's	Independent	No	No	No	No
Villanova	No	No	American Athletic Conference	No	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Basketball

Year	Regular Season Champion	Player of the Year	Tournament Champion	Tournament MVP	NCAA Tournament Bids
2013–14	DePaul	Marissa Janning (Creighton)	DePaul	Jasmine Penny (DePaul)	DePaul
2014–15	DePaul, Seton Hall	Brittany Hrynko (DePaul)	DePaul	Megan Podkowa (DePaul)	DePaul, Seton Hall

Soccer

Year	Regular Season Champion	Tournament Champion	NCAA Tournament Bids
2013	Marquette	Marquette	DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, St. John's
2014	DePaul	DePaul	DePaul, Georgetown

Swimming & Diving

Big East swimming & diving is made up of charter members Butler, Georgetown, Providence, Seton Hall, Villanova and Xavier.

Year	Regular Season	Championship
2014	N/A	Villanova

Volleyball

All full members of the Big East sponsor women's volleyball. However, in the first season of the "new" Big East in 2013, Providence was an affiliate member of the America East Conference. The Friars joined Big East volleyball in 2014.

Year	Regular Season	Tournament	Runner Up	NCAA Bids
2013	Marquette	Marquette	Creighton	Creighton, Marquette
2014	Creighton	Creighton	Seton Hall	Creighton, Marquette, Seton Hall

Cross Country

Providence women's cross country team have been crowned NCAA National Champions in 1995 and 2013, as well as finishing 2nd in 1990 and 2012. Villanova women's cross country team won two straight NCAA National Championships in 2009 and 2010 and six straight NCAA National Championships in 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994. They also won a solo NCAA National Championship in 1998, as well as placing 3rd in 1995, 2nd in 1996 and 3rd in 2011. The Georgetown women's cross country team won the NCAA National Champions in 2011.

Year	Big East Champion	NCAA Tournament Bids
2013	Providence	Butler, Georgetown, Providence, Villanova
2014	Georgetown	Georgetown, Providence

NCAA National Championships

School	NCAA Runner-up	Years	NCAA National Champion	Years
Villanova	1	1996	9	1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2009, 2010
Providence	2	1990, 2012	2	1995, 2013
Georgetown	0	N/A	1	2011

National team championships

Thru July 2, 2014 ^[30]

School	Total	Men	Women	Nickname
Villanova University	19	10	9	Wildcats
Providence College	3	1	2	Friars
St. John’s University	2	2	0	Red Storm
Georgetown University	2	1	1	Hoyas
Marquette University	1	1	0	Golden Eagles
Butler University	0	0	0	Bulldogs
Creighton University	0	0	0	Bluejays
DePaul University	0	0	0	Blue Demons
Seton Hall University	0	0	0	Pirates
Xavier University	0	0	0	Musketeers

Facilities

School	Soccer stadium	Cap.	Basketball arena(s)	Cap.	Baseball park	Cap.	Softball park	Cap.	Lacrosse stadium	Cap.
Full Members
Butler	Butler Bowl	5,647	Hinkle Fieldhouse	9,100	Bulldog Park	500	Butler Softball Field	500	Non-Lacrosse school
Creighton	Morrison Stadium	6,000	M:CenturyLink Center Omaha W:D. J. Sokol Arena	18,320 2,950	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha	24,505	Creighton Sports Complex	1,000	Non-Lacrosse school
DePaul	Wish Field	1,000	M:Allstate Arena W:Sullivan Athletic Center	17,500 3,000	Non-baseball school		Cacciatore Stadium	1,000	Non-Lacrosse school
Georgetown	North Kehoe Field	1,625	M:Verizon Center W:McDonough Gymnasium	20,035 2,500	Shirley Povich Field	1,500	Guy Mason Field	200	Multi-Sport Field	2,500
Marquette	Valley Fields	1,600	M:BMO Harris Bradley Center W:Al McGuire Center	18,850 4,000	Non-baseball school		Non-softball school		Time Warner Cable Stadium Hart Park Stadium W:Valley Fields	7,000 5,500 1600
Providence	Hendricken Field	1,000	M:Dunkin' Donuts Center W:Alumni Hall	12,400 1,854	Non-baseball school		Raymond Field (RI)	250	Lennon Family Field	1,000
Seton Hall	Owen T. Carroll Field	1,800	M:Prudential Center W:Walsh Gymnasium	18,711 2,600	Owen T. Carroll Field	600	Essex County Mike Shepard, Sr. Field	300	Non-Lacrosse school
St. John's	Belson Stadium	2,168	M:Madison Square Garden M&W:Carnesecca Arena [lower-alpha 1]	19,979 5,602	Jack Kaiser Stadium	3,500	Red Storm Field	250	DaSilva Memorial Field	1,200
Villanova	Villanova Soccer Complex	1,500	M&W:Wells Fargo Center M&W:The Pavilion [lower-alpha 2]	20,328 6,500	Villanova Ballpark at Plymouth	1,500	Villanova Softball Complex	250	Villanova Stadium	12,500
Xavier	Xavier University Soccer Complex	1,000	Cintas Center	10,250	J. Page Hayden Field	500	Non-softball school		Non-Lacrosse school
Associate Members
Cincinnati	Women's lacrosse-only member								Sheakley Athletics Center	1,200
Connecticut	Member only for field hockey and women's lacrosse								George J. Sherman–Family Sports Complex	2,000
Denver	Men's lacrosse-only member								Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium	2,000
Florida	Women's lacrosse-only member								Donald R. Dizney Stadium	1,500
Temple	Member only for field hockey and women's lacrosse								Geasey Field	N/A
Vanderbilt	Women's lacrosse-only member								Vanderbilt Soccer/Lacrosse Complex	2,400

Notes:

See also

• Big East Conference (1979–2013)
• American Athletic Conference
• Conferences that formed under similar circumstances to the Big East:
  • Atlantic Coast Conference, formed by 7 schools that withdrew from the Southern Conference in 1953
  • Big Eight Conference and Missouri Valley Conference, both formed by schools that split from the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA) in 1928, although both factions initially retained the MVIAA name
  • Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League, an NCAA Division III men's volleyball-only conference formed in 2014 by 6 schools that withdrew from the Continental Volleyball Conference, plus two other schools that had been announced as incoming CVC members
  • Mountain West Conference, formed by 8 schools that withdrew from the Western Athletic Conference in 1999
  • Southeastern Conference, formed by 13 schools that withdrew from the Southern Conference in 1932
  • Southern Athletic Association, an NCAA Division III conference formed by 7 schools that withdrew from the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference in 2012, plus one other invited member
• West Coast Conference, a conference with similar makeup, based in the Western United States

References

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Big East Conference Full members Butler Bulldogs Creighton Bluejays DePaul Blue Demons Georgetown Hoyas Marquette Golden Eagles Providence Friars St. John's Red Storm Seton Hall Pirates Villanova Wildcats Xavier Musketeers Associate members Cincinnati Bearcats (women's lacrosse) Connecticut Huskies (field hockey, women's lacrosse) Denver Pioneers (men's lacrosse) Florida Gators (women's lacrosse) Old Dominion Monarchs (field hockey) Temple Owls (field hockey, women's lacrosse) Vanderbilt Commodores (women's lacrosse) History Big East Conference (1979–2013) 2010–13 Big East realignment

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