PROVIDENCE, R.I. (BIGEAST.org) – The BIG EAST Conference has announced the league opponents and game sites for its men’s basketball teams for the 2009-10 season.
In 2009-10, the BIG EAST will play an 18-game conference schedule, allowing teams to face 12 opponents once and three opponents twice. It will mark the third year of the 18-game schedule, which began for the 2007-08 season. All 144 regular-season conference games will again be televised, either by CBS Sports, the ESPN family of networks or ESPN Regional Television.
In 2007-08, the BIG EAST tied its own NCAA record by placing eight schools into the NCAA Championship. This past season, the BIG EAST advanced seven teams to the NCAAs. The conference was the first to have five teams reach the NCAA regional semifinals and the first to have four squads reach the regional finals. Connecticut and Villanova advanced to the Final Four.
The decisions regarding repeat opponents are based on natural interest, geography, rivalries, television contractual obligations and competitive balance.
The full 2009-10 conference schedule will be announced at a later date.
CINCINNATI Home Connecticut, DePaul, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Providence, USF, Syracuse, Villanova Away Connecticut, Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Rutgers, St. John’s, Seton Hall, USF, West Virginia
CONNECTICUT Home Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, St. John’s, Seton Hall, West Virginia Away Cincinnati, Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Providence, Rutgers, USF, Syracuse, Villanova
DE PAUL Home Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Providence, Rutgers, St. John’s, USF, Syracuse, West Virginia Away Cincinnati, Connecticut, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Villanova
GEORGETOWN Home Cincinnati, Connecticut, Notre Dame, Rutgers, St. John’s, Seton Hall, USF, Syracuse, Villanova Away DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Providence, Rutgers, Syracuse, Villanova, West Virginia
LOUISVILLE Home Cincinnati, Connecticut, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Rutgers, St. John’s, USF, Syracuse, Villanova Away Connecticut, DePaul, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Syracuse, West Virginia
MARQUETTE Home DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Providence, Rutgers, USF, Villanova Away Cincinnati, Connecticut, DePaul, Providence, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Syracuse, Villanova, West Virginia
NOTRE DAME Home Cincinnati, Connecticut, DePaul, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. John’s, USF, Syracuse, West Virginia Away Cincinnati, Connecticut, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Rutgers, Seton Hall, USF, Villanova
PITTSBURGH Home DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Providence, Rutgers, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Villanova, West Virginia Away Cincinnati, Connecticut, Marquette, Notre Dame, St. John’s, Seton Hall, USF, Syracuse, West Virginia
PROVIDENCE Home Connecticut, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Rutgers, Seton Hall, USF, Syracuse, West Virginia Away Cincinnati, DePaul, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, St. John’s, USF, Syracuse, Villanova
RUTGERS Home Cincinnati, Connecticut, DePaul, Georgetown, Notre Dame, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Syracuse, Villanova Away DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Providence, Seton Hall, USF, West Virginia
ST. JOHN’S Home Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Providence, Seton Hall, Villanova, West Virginia Away Connecticut, DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, USF, Syracuse
SETON HALL Home Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Syracuse, West Virginia Away Connecticut, Georgetown, Pittsburgh, Providence, Rutgers, St. John’s, USF, Villanova, West Virginia
USF Home Cincinnati, Connecticut, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Providence, Rutgers, St. John’s, Seton Hall, West Virginia Away Cincinnati, DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, Providence, Syracuse, Villanova
SYRACUSE Home Connecticut, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. John’s, USF, Villanova Away Cincinnati, DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Providence, Rutgers, Seton Hall, West Virginia
VILLANOVA Home Connecticut, DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Notre Dame, Providence, Seton Hall, USF, West Virginia Away Cincinnati, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, St. John’s, Syracuse, West Virginia
WEST VIRGINIA Home Cincinnati, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Seton Hall, Syracuse, Villanova Away Connecticut, DePaul, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. John’s, Seton Hall, USF, Villanova
Each school’s three repeat opponents are in italics
Courtesy: Associated Press
