DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, and Villanova joined the new Big East. On the men's side six teams won Big East Championships as well: Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Providence, Syracuse and Villanova.In both the 2009 and 2010 season, the Villanova women captured the NCAA Cross Country Team Championship as they have largely dominated the Big East over the years with numerous Conference Titles. Record: 41 Seasons, 9205-5992, (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games). Notre Dame and the Big East reached agreement on March 13, 2013; the exit took place July 1, 2013.On November 20, 2012, Rutgers announced it would be leaving the Big East to join the Less than two weeks after Louisville announced its departure for the ACC, multiple media reports indicated that the Big East's seven remaining non-FBS schools, all Catholic institutions, were considering a mass exit from the conference.On December 31, Boise State announced they had decided to stay in the Mountain West conference, leaving the Big East, much like TCU, without ever playing a game in it. The Big East invited nine schools – four full time members (The Big East Conference sponsored championship competition in eleven men's and thirteen women's NCAA sanctioned sports.The Big East was founded by seven charter schools in 1979 (Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Georgetown, Villanova, St. John's, and Syracuse were the primary powers in the conference. With Boise State staying in the Mountain West, it was noted that San Diego State would indeed try to rejoin the Mountain West as well.In February 2013, multiple media reports indicated that the Mike Tranghese retired at the end of the 2008–09 academic year, which he announced in June 2008, and was replaced by former senior associate commissioner John Marinatto. In all, 14 member schools announced their departure for other conferences, and 15 other schools announced plans to join the conference (eight as all-sports members, and four for football only). Big East men's swimming & diving is made up entirely of charter conference members, with UConn being a charter member of the 1979 incarnation, Xavier a charter member of the 2013 incarnation, and Georgetown, Providence, Seton Hall, and Villanova being charter members of both versions. St. John's cut women's swimming & diving in 2003 due to The Big East Conference Women's Swimming & Diving Championships have been held at some of the most prestigious pools in the United States. On December 15, 2012 the Big East's seven non-FBS schools (all On March 14, 2013, it was reported that the Big East would be adding members in the next seven to ten days.At a news conference in New York City on March 20, 2013, the reorganized league was formally introduced with Butler, Xavier, and Creighton included as members. The The launch of a women's lacrosse league in the Big Ten for the 2015 season caused the The next changes to Big East associate membership came during the 2015–16 school year. Find a complete listing of all the Big East basketball teams, on ESPN.com The Big East has sponsored women's lacrosse since the 2000–01 season. In addition, two traditional basketball teams, DePaul and Marquette, were added to gain the Chicago and On October 28, 2011 it was announced by the Big 12 Conference that West Virginia accepted its invitation to join, with membership beginning in 2012. Sport Navigation Menu. The table lists residential enrollment.Liberty's men's teams are called the Flames; however, no men's teams are associate members of the Big East.UConn will field teams in men's cross country, swimming & diving, and tennis in 2020–21, but will drop all three sports in July 2021.The only category of rowing governed by the NCAA is women's heavyweight rowing.