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 (non-football member)
- 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 member)
- Seton Hall University (non-football school)
- Syracuse University
- Temple University
- 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.
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