BIG EAST Conference Statement

9/20/2011 12:00:00 AM | General

Sept. 20, 2011

NEW YORK -- Included below is a statement from the BIG EAST Conference following a Tuesday meeting.

"Our membership met this evening and we are committed as a conference to recruit top level BCS caliber institutions with strong athletic and academic histories and traditions. We have been approached by a number of such institutions and will pursue all of our options to make the BIG EAST Conference stronger than it has ever been in both basketball and football."