Shaw and Crouthamel Address Media Regarding BIG EAST Conference Expansion

Women's Lacrosse13

vs Cal3

Mar 3|Final

Men's Basketball62

at Louisville77

Mar 3|Final

Women's Basketball70

vs California59

Mar 5|Final

Softball

vs UAlbany

Mar 6|Cancelled

Softball

vs UMBC

Mar 6|Cancelled

Women's Lacrosse

Mar 6|5 PM

vs Virginia Tech

Women's Basketball

Mar 6|5 PM

vs Louisville

Softball

Mar 7|12:30pm

vs UAlbany

Men's Lacrosse

Mar 7|1 p.m.

at #11/#11 Johns Hopkins

Men's Basketball

Mar 7|4:30 PM

vs Pittsburgh

Chancellor Kenneth Shaw
and Athletics Director
Jake Crouthamel

Shaw and Crouthamel Address Media Regarding BIG EAST Conference Expansion

11/4/2003 9:49:19 PM | Men's Basketball, Football

Transcript from Chancellor Shaw and Jake Crouthamel Press Conference

Syracuse University Chancellor Kenneth Shaw and Athletics Director Jake Crouthamel addressed the media at a press conference at the Carrier Dome Tuesday night regarding The BIG EAST Conference's announcement earlier that day that five schools will join the league. Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette and South Florida will begin competition in the BIG EAST in 2005-06.

Beginning that season, the BIG EAST will be comprised of 16 schools. Eight of those schools, including Syracuse, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Florida and West Virginia will make up the BIG EAST football conference.

Syracuse is one of the founding members of The BIG EAST Conference which formed in 1979.