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The Big East Conferenceis a collegiate athletics conference consisting of sixteen universities in the eastern half of the United States. The conference's 17 members (16 full-time and 1 associate member) participate in 24 NCAA sports. Eight of the seventeen conference schools are football members and the Big East competes as a BCS conference in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) , the top level of NCAA competition in that sport (also known by its former designation: Division I-A). Three members have football programs but are not Big East football schools: Georgetown and Football Championship Subdivision and Notre Dame plays as an FBS independent . The other five schools Seton Hall , DePaul , Marquette , and discontinued their football programs.

History Commissioners Members Full Members Associate members Former Full Members Former Associate Members Membership timelineMen's basketball Women's basketball Champions Bowl games Notes on bowl game selection Men's lacrosse Cross country Conference facilities School Football stadium Capacity Basketball arena Capacity Baseball field Capacity Cincinnati Nippert Stadium Paul Brown Stadium 6 35,097 65,790 Fifth Third Arena 13,176 Marge Schott Stadium 3,085 Connecticut 40,000 Harry A. Gampel Pavilion 10,167 16,294 2,000 DePaul non-football school Allstate Arena (men) (women) 18,500 3,000 non-baseball school Georgetown see Patriot League 1 (men) McDonough Gymnasium (women) 20,600 2,500 Shirley Povich Field 1,500 Louisville Papa John's Cardinal Stadium 57,000 KFC Yum! Center 22,500 Jim Patterson Stadium 2,500 Marquette non-football school (men) Al McGuire Center (women) 18,717 4,000 non-baseball school Notre Dame see Division I-FBS independents 1 9,149 2,500 Pittsburgh Heinz Field 65,050 Petersen Events Center 12,508 Petersen Sports Complex 900 non-football school (men) Alumni Hall (women) 12,993 2,603 non-baseball school High Point Solutions Stadium 5 52,454 Louis Brown Athletic Center (The RAC) 8,000 Bainton Field 1,500 non-football school Madison Square Garden (some men's games) Carnesecca Arena 2 19,522 6,008 Jack Kaiser Stadium 3,500 Seton Hall non-football school (men) (women) 18,000 2,600 600 65,000 10,411 3,211 Carrier Dome 50,000 Carrier Dome 4 34,616 non-baseball school see Colonial Athletic Association 1 3 21,600 6,500 1,500 Mountaineer Field 60,000 14,000 Hawley Field 1,500 Rivalries Conference champions by year Year Men's B-ball Regular Season Champion Men's B-ball Tournament Champion Women's B-ball Regular Season Champion Women's B-ball Tournament Champion Football Champion 1979/80 Georgetown/St. John's/Syracuse Georgetown 1980/81 Boston College Syracuse 1981/82 Villanova Georgetown 1982/83 Boston College/St. John's/Villanova St. John's Providence/St. John's St. John's 1983/84 Georgetown Georgetown Pittsburgh/Villanova Pittsburgh 1984/85 St. John's Georgetown St. John's/Villanova St. John's 1985/86 St. John's/Syracuse St. John's Providence Providence 1986/87 Georgetown/Pittsburgh/Syracuse Georgetown Villanova Villanova 1987/88 Pittsburgh Syracuse Syracuse Syracuse 1988/89 Georgetown Georgetown Connecticut Connecticut 1989/90 Connecticut/Syracuse Connecticut Connecticut/Providence Connecticut 1990/91 Syracuse Seton Hall Connecticut Connecticut 1991/92 Georgetown/St. John's/Seton Hall Syracuse Miami Miami Miami 1992/93 Seton Hall Seton Hall Georgetown/Miami Georgetown Miami 1993/94 Connecticut Providence Connecticut Connecticut West Virginia 1994/95 Connecticut Villanova Connecticut Connecticut Miami 1995/96 Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut Virginia Tech/Miami 1996/97 Boston College/Villanova Boston College Connecticut Connecticut Virginia Tech/Miami/Syracuse 1997/98 Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut Syracuse 1998/99 Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut/Rutgers Connecticut Syracuse 1999/00 Syracuse/Miami St. John's Connecticut Connecticut Virginia Tech 2000/01 Boston College (east) Notre Dame (west) Boston College Connecticut/Notre Dame Connecticut Miami 2001/02 Connecticut (east) Pittsburgh (west) Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut Miami 2002/03 Boston College & Connecticut (east) Pittsburgh & Syracuse (west) Pittsburgh Connecticut Villanova Miami 2003/04 Pittsburgh Connecticut Connecticut Boston College Miami /West Virginia 2004/05 Boston College/Connecticut Syracuse Rutgers Connecticut Pittsburgh /Boston College/Syracuse/West Virginia 2005/06 Connecticut/Villanova Syracuse Rutgers Connecticut West Virginia 2006/07 Georgetown Georgetown Connecticut Rutgers Louisville 2007/08 Georgetown Pittsburgh Connecticut Connecticut West Virginia /Connecticut 2008/09 Louisville Louisville Connecticut Connecticut Cincinnati 2009/10 Syracuse West Virginia Connecticut Connecticut Cincinnati 2010/11 Pittsburgh Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut /West Virginia/Pittsburgh See also References

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