BIG EAST CONFERENCE

The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of fifteen universities in the northeastern United States:

• Boston College
• University of Connecticut (UConn) (non-football member until 2004)
• Georgetown University (non-football member)
• University of Miami
• University of Notre Dame (non-football member)
• University of Pittsburgh
• Providence College (non-football school)
• Rutgers University
• St. John's University (non-football school)
• Seton Hall University (non-football school)
• Syracuse University
• Temple University (football-only member; scheduled for expulsion in 2004)
• Villanova University (non-football member)
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
• West Virginia University

Not all members are NCAA Division I-A teams -- some participate in the Division I-AA depending upon the sport.

Member schools participate in baseball, men's and women's basketball, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, lacrosse, women's rowing, men's and women's soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, and volleyball.

In 2004, Miami and Virginia Tech will leave the Big East for the ACC, while UConn will join the Big East in football. Temple's football program was scheduled to be expelled from the Big East due to chronic non-competitiveness and low home attendance; however, this may change with the upcoming departure of Miami and Virginia Tech.

In 2005, the conference will receive the following five schools from Conference USA:

• University of Cincinnati
• DePaul University (non-football school)
• University of Louisville
• Marquette University (non-football school)
• University of South Florida

In 2006, Boston College will leave the Big East, joining Miami and Virginia Tech in the ACC.