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This article is about the league founded in 2013. For the previous league of the same name, see Big East Conference (1979–2013). For that league's football successor, see American Athletic Conference.
Big East Conference
(Big East)
Big East Conference logo
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.com
Locations
Big East Conference 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.[4][5] As part of the separation agreement, the basketball schools were able to retain the basketball records while the football schools retained the football records respectively. [6]

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.[7][8][9] 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

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Main article: Big East Conference (1979–2013)

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.[10][11][12] Villanova and Pittsburgh joined shortly thereafter under the leadership of the Big East's first commissioner, Dave Gavitt.[13][14][15]

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.[16] 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.[17] The waves of defection and replacement brought about by the conference realignments of 2005 and the early 2010s revealed tension between the football-sponsoring and non-football schools that eventually led to the split of the conference in 2013.[18]

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

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See also: 2010–13 Big East Conference realignment, 2010–14 NCAA conference realignment, and American Athletic Conference
A map of the eastern United States with red location markers for ten cities.
Locations of the Big East Conference member institutions

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.[19] 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.[20] Of more concern may have been the limited window in which these non-FBS schools would hold a voting majority in the conference—after the defection of certain FBS schools to the ACC but before the effective inclusion of candidate FBS schools to replace them—and, therefore, architect a conference future both aligned with their institutional interests and true to the basketball roots from which the Big East grew. Five of the seven schools constituted a majority of the conference during its enormously successful early years, prior to the inclusion of football as a conference sport; only one of the FBS schools that were to remain in the conference, UConn, shared this heritage. In March 2013, it was announced that the Catholic 7 were not only parting ways with the FBS 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.[21]

On March 14, 2013, it was reported that the Big East would be adding members in the next seven to ten days.[22] 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.[23]

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][24] 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,[25] while Rutgers University men's lacrosse played the 2014 season in the Big East before moving to the Big Ten in 2014–15.[26] 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;[27] 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.[28]

The most recent changes in Big East membership came during the 2015–16 school year. First, on December 8, 2015, the conference announced that Liberty and Quinnipiac would become associate members in field hockey effective with the 2016 season.[29] Then, on May 3, 2016, the Big East announced that Denver, already an affiliate in men's lacrosse, would move its women's lacrosse team into the league in the 2016–17 school year (2017 season).[30] In addition to the new associate members, full member Butler announced on October 21, 2015 that it would elevate its club team in women's lacrosse to full varsity status in the 2017 season and immediately begin Big East competition.[31]

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[32]
Butler University Indianapolis, IN
(848,788)		 1855 2013 Private/Non-sectarian 4,848 $157,549,000 Bulldogs Butler Blue & White
         		 2 (Midwest Regional)
Creighton University Omaha, NE
(446,599)		 1878 2013 Private/Catholic
(Jesuit)		 8,236 $439,784,000 Bluejays Blue & White
         		 1 (Midwest Regional)
DePaul University Chicago, IL
(2,722,389)		 1898 2013 Private/Catholic
(Vincentian)		 23,799 $447,196,000 Blue Demons Royal Blue & Scarlet
         		 123 (National)
Georgetown University Washington, D.C.
(672,228)		 1789 2013 Private/Catholic
(Jesuit)		 17,858 $1,461,276,000 Hoyas Blue & Gray
         		 21 (National)
Marquette University Milwaukee, WI
(599,642)		 1881 2013 Private/Catholic
(Jesuit)		 11,745 $531,700,000 Golden Eagles Blue & Gold
         		 86 (National)
Providence College Providence, RI
(179,154)		 1917 2013 Private/Catholic
(Dominican)		 4,687 $213,757,202 Friars Black, White & Silver
              		 2 (North Regional)
St. John's University New York, NY
(8,491,079)		 1870 2013 Private/Catholic
(Vincentian)		 20,448 $664,643,254 Red Storm Red & White
         		 153 (National)
Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ
(16,362)		 1856 2013 Private/Catholic
(Diocesan)		 9,627 $268,654,000 Pirates Blue, White & Gray
              		 123 (National)
Villanova University Villanova, PA
(8,525)		 1842 2013 Private/Catholic
(Augustinian)		 10,735 $501,483,015 Wildcats Blue, Light Blue & White
              		 1 (North Regional)
Xavier University Cincinnati, OH
(297,517)		 1831 2013 Private/Catholic
(Jesuit)		 6,538 $153,477,802 Musketeers Xavier Blue, Silver Gray & White
              		 6 (Midwest Regional)

Associate members

Institution Location Founded Joined Type Enrollment Endowment Nickname Colors Sport(s) Primary Conference US News Ranking[32]
University of Denver Denver, Colorado 1864 2013 (men's lacrosse)
2016 (women's lacrosse)		 Private 11,809 $467,252,915 Pioneers Crimson & Gold
         		 Men's Lacrosse,
Women's Lacrosse		 The Summit League 86 (National)
Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1884 2013 Public 37,485 $372,337,000 Owls Cherry & White
         		 Field Hockey,
Women's Lacrosse		 American Athletic Conference 115 (National)
University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut 1881 2013 Public 26,541 $367,014,863 Huskies Navy Blue & White
         		 Field Hockey,
Women's Lacrosse		 American Athletic Conference 57 (National)
University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 1819 2013 Public 35,421 $1,182,039,655 Bearcats Red & Black
         		 Women's Lacrosse American Athletic Conference 140 (National)
University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 1853 2014 Public 50,350 $1,519,964,000 Gators Orange & Blue
         		 Women's Lacrosse SEC 47 (National)
Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia 1930 2013 Public 24,932 $185,642,699 Monarchs Slate Blue, Silver, & Light Blue
              		 Field Hockey Conference USA N/R (National)
Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee 1873 2014 Private 12,686 $4,046,250,000 Commodores Black & Gold
         		 Women's Lacrosse SEC 15 (National)

Future associate members

Institution Location Founded Joining Type Enrollment Endowment Nickname Colors Sport(s) Primary Conference US News Ranking[32]
Liberty University Lynchburg, Virginia 1971 2016 Private (Baptist) 14,000[f 1] $101,000,000 Lady Flames Red, White & Blue
              		 Field Hockey Big South Conference 80 (Regional: South)
Quinnipiac University Hamden, Connecticut 1929 2016 Private (nonsectarian) 9,000 $368,000,000 Bobcats Blue & Gold
         		 Field Hockey Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 11 (Regional: North)
Notes
  1. ↑ Does not include over 100,000 students enrolled in online programs.

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[32]
Rutgers University–New Brunswick New Brunswick, New Jersey 1766 2013 Public 48,378 $763,561,000 Scarlet Knights Scarlet
    		 Field Hockey,
Men's & Women's Lacrosse		 Big Ten Conference 72 (National)
University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky 1798 2013 Public 21,562 $876,825,000 Cardinals UofL Red & Black
         		 Field Hockey,
Women's Lacrosse		 Atlantic Coast Conference 168 (National)

Membership timeline

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

Men's Sports

Since the relaunch of the Big East in July 2013, it has sponsored championship competition in ten men's and twelve women's NCAA sanctioned sports. Initially, seven schools were associate members in three sports. Two associate members departed in 2014 and were replaced by two new associates. In 2016, two new associates will join, and an existing associate member will join the Big East in a second sport.[33]

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 Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 8
Creighton Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN 6
DePaul Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 7
Georgetown Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 10
Marquette Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 8
Providence Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY 7
St. John's Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN 6
Seton Hall Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN 6
Villanova Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 10
Xavier Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 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 2013–14 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 FS1, almost all Big East games were televised, helping to maintain and grow Big East basketball as a national brand. For 2014–15, the Big East had four schools ranked in the top 20 and six schools in the top 30 recruiting classes nationally according to ESPN, Scout and Rivals rankings. Villanova won the conference's first national championship since realignment in 2016.

Big East Champions & Tournament Bids

Year Regular Season Champion Player of the Year Tournament Champion Tournament MVP NCAA Tournament Bids
2013–14 Villanova Doug McDermott (Creighton) Providence Bryce Cotton (Providence) Villanova #2 East, Creighton #3 West, Providence #11 East, Xavier #11 Midwest
2014–15 Villanova Ryan Arcidiacono (Villanova), Kris Dunn (Providence) Villanova Josh Hart (Villanova) Villanova #1 East, Georgetown #4 South, Providence #6 East, Butler #6 Midwest, Xavier #6 West, St. John's #9 South
2015–16 Villanova Kris Dunn (Providence) Seton Hall Isaiah Whitehead (Seton Hall) Villanova #2 South, Xavier #2 East, Seton Hall #6 Midwest, Providence #9 East, Butler #9 Midwest

All-time wins & NCAA appearances

This list goes through the 2015–16 season.

Team Records Win Pct. NCAA Tournament NCAA Sweet 16 NCAA Elite 8 NCAA Final Four NCAA Runner Up NCAA Champions
Butler 1535–1105 .581 13 5 2 2 2 0
Creighton 1496–983 .603 19 3 1 0 0 0
DePaul 1428–964 .597 22 10 3 2 0 0
Georgetown 1624–1006 .617 30 11 9 5 3 1
Marquette 1569–970 .617 31 16 7 3 1 1
Providence 1176–743 .613 18 5 4 2 0 0
St. John's 1849–981 .653 29 6 6 2 1 0
Seton Hall 1451–1046 .584 10 4 2 1 1 0
Villanova 1685–917 .648 36 17 13 5 1 2
Xavier 1418–969 .594 26 7 2 0 0 0

NCAA National Championships

School NCAA Champion Years NCAA Runner Up Years
Villanova 2 1985, 2016 1 1971
Georgetown 1 1984 3 1943, 1982, 1985
Marquette 1 1977 1 1974
Butler 0 2 2010, 2011
Seton Hall 0 1 1989
St. Johns 0 1 1952
Total 4 9

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
2015 Georgetown Georgetown Creighton Creighton, Georgetown

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 joined the Big East as one of the hottest teams in the country; at the time of the relaunch of the Big East in July 2013, the Pioneers had made six NCAA Tournament appearances in the previous eight seasons and had appeared in two Final Fours in the previous three seasons. 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 Denver Georgetown Denver (National Champion)
2016 Denver Marquette Denver Marquette (First Round), Denver (First Round)

NCAA National Championships

School NCAA Champion Years NCAA Runner Up Years
Denver 1 2015 0 N/A

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
2015 St. John's St. John's St. John's

Swimming & Diving

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

Year Tournament Champion Tournament Runner Up
2014 Xavier Georgetown
2015 Xavier Georgetown
2016 Xavier Georgetown

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
2015 Georgetown Georgetown

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 Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 11
Creighton Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY 7
DePaul Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 8
Georgetown Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 12
Marquette Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 8
Providence Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 10
St. John's Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 9
Seton Hall Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY 8
Villanova Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 11
Xavier Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 9
Totals 10 10 3+3† 6 4+5†† 10 8 6 10 8 8 10 93+8

† = Associates Connecticut, Old Dominion and Temple; Liberty and Quinnipiac will become associates in 2016

†† = Associates Cincinnati, Connecticut, Florida, Temple, and Vanderbilt; in 2016, Butler will add women's lacrosse and Denver will become an associate in that sport

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
2015–16 DePaul Chanise Jenkins (DePaul) St. John's Aliyyah Handford (St. John's) DePaul, St. John's, Seton Hall

Field hockey

The Big East began sponsoring field hockey in 1989, but conference records only indicate that a postseason tournament was held; the first recorded season of full league play was 1993, with Boston College, Connecticut, Georgetown, Providence, Syracuse, and Villanova participating. Georgetown left Big East field hockey after the 1994 season, and was replaced by incoming Big East member Rutgers. The next change in field hockey membership came in 2005, when BC left for the ACC and was replaced by Louisville. Georgetown returned its field hockey program to the Big East the next year, after which the conference's field hockey membership remained unchanged until the 2013 conference split. Shortly before the split, Old Dominion was set to join the original Big East as a field hockey associate.[34]

The conference split left both successor leagues—the reconfigured Big East and The American—with too few field hockey members to qualify for an automatic NCAA tournament berth. As a result, both leagues agreed that only the "new" Big East would sponsor the sport, and that all American members with field hockey programs would become associates. Accordingly, the Big East field hockey conference would now be made up of Big East full members Georgetown, Marquette, and Villanova; American members Connecticut, Louisville, Rutgers, and Temple; and Old Dominion, otherwise a member of Conference USA. Big East field hockey has had six members since the 2014 departure of Louisville and Rutgers for all-sports membership in conferences that sponsored the sport (respectively the ACC and Big Ten).

Liberty and Quinnipiac will become associate members starting with the 2016 season.

Year Regular Season Champion Tournament Champion NCAA Tournament Bids
2013 Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut, Old Dominion
2014 Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut
2015 Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut

NCAA National Championships

The only honors listed here are those earned by Big East field hockey members while playing the sport in the conference. In addition to these:

  • UConn had two national titles and two runner-up finishes as a member of the original Big East, but before the conference established a field hockey league.
  • Old Dominion had nine national titles and three runner-up finishes before joining Big East field hockey.
School NCAA National Champion Years NCAA Runner-up Years
Connecticut 2 2013, 2014 0 N/A

Soccer

Year Regular Season Champion Tournament Champion NCAA Tournament Bids
2013 Marquette Marquette DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, St. John's
2014 DePaul DePaul DePaul, Georgetown
2015 St. John's Butler Butler, Georgetown, St. John's

Swimming & Diving

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

Year Tournament Champion Tournament Runner Up
2014 Villanova Georgetown
2015 Villanova Georgetown
2016 Villanova Georgetown

Volleyball

All full members of the Big East sponsor women's volleyball. However, in the first season of the reconfigured 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
2015 Creighton Creighton Villanova Creighton, Marquette, Villanova

Cross Country

The 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. The 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. Villanova runners also won an individual 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 were NCAA National Champions in 2011.

Year Big East Champion NCAA Tournament Bids
2013 Providence Butler, Georgetown, Providence, Villanova
2014 Georgetown Georgetown, Providence
2015 Providence Georgetown, Providence, Villanova

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

Lacrosse

The Big East began sponsoring women's lacrosse in the 2001 season with Boston College, UConn, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Rutgers, Syracuse, and Virginia Tech. The original lineup stayed in place until Virginia Tech and BC left for the ACC, respectively in 2004 and 2005. The conference replaced BC with Loyola (Maryland) for the 2006 season, and the Greyhounds remained an associate member until the school joined the Patriot League, which already sponsored women's lacrosse, in 2013. Originally, the conference championship was decided solely by league play; a postseason tournament was added starting in the 2007 season with the top four teams qualifying, a format that exists to this day. The next changes in women's lacrosse membership came in the 2009 season, when Cincinnati and Louisville (both of which had only added varsity lacrosse for the 2008 season)[35][36] brought their teams into the Big East. Villanova followed in the 2010 season.[37]

As in the case of field hockey, the 2013 conference split left the Big East and The American with too few lacrosse teams for an automatic NCAA bid. Also in a parallel with field hockey, the two conferences agreed that only the reconfigured Big East would sponsor the sport, with all women's lacrosse teams from The American becoming associate members. The first season of women's lacrosse in the reconfigured league in 2014 would thus include Cincinnati, UConn, Georgetown, Louisville, new varsity team Marquette, Rutgers, Temple, and Villanova. The Big East would lose Louisville and Rutgers after that season, respectively to the ACC and Big Ten, replacing them with Florida and Vanderbilt (the only two SEC schools sponsoring the sport) after the demise of the American Lacrosse Conference.[37]

For the 2017 season, Butler will add varsity women's lacrosse and Denver will bring its women's lacrosse team into the league, giving the Big East 10 members in the sport.

Year Regular Season Tournament Runner-Up NCAA Bids
2014 Louisville Louisville Georgetown Louisville, Georgetown (both Second Round)
2015 Florida, Georgetown Florida Connecticut Florida (Second Round)
2016 Florida Florida Temple

National team championships

Thru July 2, 2015 [38]

This list includes NCAA championships. Excluded from this list are all national championships earned outside the scope of NCAA competition, including Division I FBS football titles (0), women's AIAW championships (2 by Old Dominion), equestrian titles (0), and retroactive Helms Athletic Foundation titles (1 by St. John's).

NCAA championships won by Big East associate members in their Big East sports are also included, but those schools' championships in sports that they currently house outside the Big East are excluded. These schools are indicated in italics.

School Total Men Women Co-ed Nickname
Villanova 19 10 9 0 Wildcats
Old Dominion 9 0 9 0 Monarchs
Connecticut 4 0 4 0 Huskies
Providence 3 1 2 0 Friars
Georgetown 2 1 1 0 Hoyas
Denver 1 1 0 0 Pioneers
Marquette 1 1 0 0 Golden Eagles
St. John's 2 1 0 1 Red Storm
Butler 0 0 0 0 Bulldogs
Creighton 0 0 0 0 Bluejays
DePaul 0 0 0 0 Blue Demons
Seton Hall 0 0 0 0 Pirates
Xavier 0 0 0 0 Musketeers

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See also: List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships and List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championships

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 Chapey Field at Anderson Stadium 3,000 M:Dunkin' Donuts Center
W:Alumni Hall		 12,400
1,854		 Non-baseball school Glay Field 250 Chapey Field at Anderson Stadium 3,000
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 (plus women's lacrosse in 2016–17) 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:

  1. ↑ St. John's men generally play their Big East home schedule in Madison Square Garden and their non-conference home schedule on campus at Carnesecca Arena. In 2012-13, St. John's played only one non-conference game at MSG and two Big East games on campus.[39]
  2. ↑ For certain high-profile home games, Villanova uses the Wells Fargo Center, and previously used the Spectrum. In 2005–06, Villanova played three home games at the Wells Fargo Center and the rest on campus at The Pavilion. In 2006, the Wells Fargo Center was also a first-round site for the NCAA Tournament. Under NCAA rules, a venue is not considered a home court unless a school plays four or more regular-season games there; this enabled Villanova to play its first two tournament games at the Wells Fargo Center (but Villanova was not considered the host school for that sub-region – the Atlantic 10 Conference was). This situation occurred again in 2009, with Villanova playing (and winning) its first two tournament games at Wells Fargo Center.

See also

References

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  33. ↑ BIGEAST.COM - The Official Website of the BIG EAST Conference
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