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BIG EAST

By JohnZevzavadjian

  • Founding Schools

    Founding Schools
    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, Holy Cross, Rutgers, and Boston College.

  • Date of League created

    Date of League created
    The Big East was founded in 1979 when Providence, St. John's, Georgetown, and Syracuse invited Seton Hall, Connecticut, Holy Cross, Rutgers, and Boston College.

  • Powerhouse Schools

    Powerhouse Schools
    hroughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Georgetown, Villanova, St. John's, and Syracuse were the primary powers in the conference.

  • Rejected

    Rejected
    In 1982, Penn State applied for membership, but was rejected, with only five schools in favor

  • Football

    Football
    The inaugural Big East football season launched in 1991.

  • Football Expansion

    Football Expansion
    West Virginia and Rutgers joined the Big East as full members in 1995.

  • The Women stepping their game up

    The Women stepping their game up
    Connecticut womens basketball set the record for longest winning streak in all of NCAA women's basketball history with a 70-game winning streak stretching from 2001–2003

  • Big East Football at its peak

    Big East Football at its peak
    In football, the Big East had all eight members play in bowl games since the 2005 realignment and had seven of eight teams ranked in the Top 25.

  • Recrutting

    Recrutting
    Here is an ad about recrutting

  • Ads

    Ads
    Here is a paid ad by the Big East

  • Schools split

    Schools split
    Several schools chose to split from the football playing schools in order to focus on basketball.

  • TV Station

    TV Station
    The Big East partnered up with Fox Sports to broadcast the games.

  • Big East Magazine

    Big East Magazine
    Here is a magazine with a few college basketball players from the Big East.

  • Big East Sponsors

    Big East Sponsors
    The Big East Confrence sponsors are Fox Sponsors, Samsung, Geico, Gatorade, New York Life, Madison Square Garden, Ticketmaster, and Westwood One.

  • Media Market

    Media Market
    The Big East institution is located in seven of the largest media markets including New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago.

  • Target Market

    Target Market
    The target market of The Big East conference is for all sports fans of all ages. They are looking for people that are very passionate about the game of basketball and passionate about their teams