TicketsJune 18, 2010
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The BIG EAST Conference has announced its women's basketball home/away opponents for league contests in 2010-11.
The BIG EAST has elected to keep the same repeat opponents from 2009-10 for the upcoming 2010-11 season for its 16 women's basketball teams. It will be the same repeat opponents for the second straight year for eight of the BIG EAST teams, while the other eight will maintain the same repeat opponents for the fifth straight season. Cincinnati's repeat opponent is longtime rival Louisville.
The format for league play is a 16-game schedule, which has been in place since the 2005-06 season. Each team will play 16 conference games - seven opponents home only, seven opponents away only and one opponent both is as follows: providing additional television inventory; competitive issues/RPI implications and geographic rivalries/minimizing travel costs.
The BIG EAST captured its eighth overall and second straight NCAA National Championship in April behind Connecticut's NCAA Division I women's basketball record-breaking 78 consecutive wins. As the season progressed, UConn stayed in the spotlight, several teams sustained their annual prominent stature, while numerous others rose beyond preseason predictions, garnering national recognition. The BIG EAST was a constant in the national polls and held solid in the RPI rankings all season. The final BIG EAST regular-season standings showed overwhelming parity with new programs surfacing in the top half of the Championship bracket.
The Conference again swept the national player of the year awards, in addition to having eight different student-athletes earn all-America accolades. For the seventh straight year, the BIG EAST led all leagues nationally in Championship attendance, and home attendance figures continue to rise year-after-year as schools implement new and innovating marketing tactics. Again, the Conference upheld its national, regional and local television exposure.
In ESPN's 64 teams to watch in 2010-11, the sports network named Connecticut (No. 1), Notre Dame (No. 9), West Virginia (No. 11), Georgetown (No. 12), St. John's (No. 14), DePaul (No. 30) and Rutgers (No. 31) to its list.
Cincinnati BIG EAST Schedule
Home
Connecticut
DePaul
Louisville
Marquette
Providence
Rutgers
Seton Hall
Syracuse
Away Games
Georgetown
Louisville
Notre Dame
Pittsburgh
St. John's
USF
Villanova
West Virginia