Women's Big East Basketball

[Jim Johnson]

The Big East has announced the Big East opponents in Women's Basketball... (schedule is still TBA)

South Florida Bulls

Home:

Pittsburgh, DePaul, Marquette, Providence, Rutgers, Syracuse, Villanova, West Virginia

Away:

Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, St John's, Seton Hall...

I got this from the U-Conn website (PDF file):

http://www.uconnhuskies.com/AllStories/WBasketball/2005/05/23/05-06%20BIG%20EAST%20Home-Away.pdf

I wonder when the men's opponents will be released...

[Papa_Bull]

BIG EAST CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES HOME/AWAY LEAGUE OPPONENTS FOR THE 2005-06 SEASON

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The BIG EAST Conference has completed the home/away opponents for the 2005-06 women’s basketball season, as announced by the league office. As of July 1, the BIG EAST Conference will grow to a 16-team league with the additions of the University of Cincinnati, DePaul University, the University of Louisville, Marquette University and the University of South Florida.

The new format for league play will be a 16-game schedule. Each team will play 16 Conference games – seven opponents home only, seven opponents away only and one opponent both home and away, a repeat opponent. Each member will have a total of eight home and eight away games.

Four BIG EAST teams were in the Associated Press and USA Today-ESPN-WBCA final polls. Rutgers advanced to the NCAA Championship Elite 8, and ended the season with the league’s highest ranking of No. 9/7. Rutgers will face Connecticut as its repeat opponent. The Huskies were ranked No. 10/10 after bowing out of the NCAA Championship in the Sweet 16. Notre Dame, ranked No. 11/15 at the season’s end, will face new member DePaul, a constant in the top 25 during the 2004-05 season. Both teams advanced to the second round of the NCAA Championship.

CINCINNATI

Repeat

Georgetown

Home Games

Louisville

Notre Dame

Pittsburgh

Rutgers

St. John's

South Florida

West Virginia

Away Games

Connecticut

DePaul

Marquette

Providence

Seton Hall

Syracuse

Villanova

CONNECTICUT

Repeat

Rutgers

Home Games

Cincinnati

Georgetown

Marquette

Providence

St. John's

South Florida

West Virginia

Away Games

DePaul

Louisville

Notre Dame

Pittsburgh

Seton Hall

Syracuse

Villanova

DEPAUL

Repeat

Notre Dame

Home Games

Cincinnati

Connecticut

Louisville

Pittsburgh

St. John's

Syracuse

Villanova

Away Games

Georgetown

Marquette

Providence

Rutgers

Seton Hall

South Florida

West Virginia

GEORGETOWN

Repeat

Cincinnati

Home Games

DePaul

Notre Dame

Providence

Rutgers

St. John's

Seton Hall

South Florida

Away Games

Connecticut

Louisville

Marquette

Pittsburgh

Syracuse

Villanova

West Virginia

LOUISVILLE

Repeat

Syracuse

Home Games

Connecticut

Georgetown

Marquette

Notre Dame

Providence

South Florida

Villanova

Away Games

Cincinnati

DePaul

Pittsburgh

Rutgers

St. John's

Seton Hall

West Virginia

MARQUETTE

Repeat

St. John's

Home Games

Cincinnati

DePaul

Georgetown

Pittsburgh

Providence

Rutgers

Seton Hall

Away Games

Connecticut

Louisville

Notre Dame

South Florida

Syracuse

Villanova

West Virginia

NOTRE DAME

Repeat

DePaul

Home Games

Connecticut

Marquette

Pittsburgh

Providence

Seton Hall

South Florida

Villanova

Away Games

Cincinnati

Georgetown

Louisville

Rutgers

St. John's

Syracuse

West Virginia

PITTSBURGH

Repeat

South Florida

Home Games

Connecticut

Georgetown

Louisville

Providence

Rutgers

Seton Hall

Syracuse

Away Games

Cincinnati

DePaul

Marquette

Notre Dame

St. John's

Villanova

West Virginia

PROVIDENCE

Repeat

Seton Hall

Home Games

Cincinnati

DePaul

Rutgers

St. John's

Syracuse

Villanova

West Virginia

Away Games

Connecticut

Georgetown

Louisville

Marquette

Notre Dame

Pittsburgh

South Florida

RUTGERS

Repeat

Connecticut

Home Games

DePaul

Louisville

Notre Dame

St. John's

Seton Hall

Syracuse

Villanova

Away Games

Cincinnati

Georgetown

Marquette

Pittsburgh

Providence

South Florida

West Virginia

ST. JOHNS

Repeat

Marquette

Home Games

Louisville

Notre Dame

Pittsburgh

Seton Hall

South Florida

Villanova

West Virginia

Away Games

Cincinnati

Connecticut

DePaul

Georgetown

Providence

Rutgers

Syracuse

SETON HALL

Repeat

Providence

Home Games

Cincinnati

Connecticut

DePaul

Louisville

South Florida

Syracuse

West Virginia

Away Games

Georgetown

Marquette

Notre Dame

Pittsburgh

Rutgers

St. John's

Villanova

USF

Repeat

Pittsburgh

Home Games

DePaul

Marquette

Providence

Rutgers

Syracuse

Villanova

West Virginia

Away Games

Cincinnati

Connecticut

Georgetown

Louisville

Notre Dame

St. John's

Seton Hall

SYRACUSE

Repeat

Louisville

Home Games

Cincinnati

Connecticut

Georgetown

Marquette

Notre Dame

St. John's

West Virginia

Away Games

DePaul

Pittsburgh

Providence

Rutgers

Seton Hall

South Florida

Villanova

VILLANOVA

Repeat

West Virginia

Home Games

Cincinnati

Connecticut

Georgetown

Marquette

Pittsburgh

Seton Hall

Syracuse

Away Games

DePaul

Louisville

Notre Dame

Providence

Rutgers

St. John's

South Florida

WEST VIRGINIA

Repeat

Villanova

Home Games

DePaul

Georgetown

Louisville

Marquette

Notre Dame

Pittsburgh

Rutgers

Away Games

Cincinnati

Connecticut

Providence

St. John's

Seton Hall

South Florida

Syracuse

http://www.bigeast.org/sports/wbball/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=172

[Papa_Bull]

2004-05 STANDINGS

(FINAL)

 League Games  All Games

 W L Pct. H A W L Pct. H A N

*Rutgers (9/7) 14 2 .875 8-0 6-2 28 7 .800 13-0 7-5 8-2

Notre Dame (11/15) 13 3 .813 7-1 6-2 27 6 .818 14-2 11-2 2-2

#Connecticut (10/10) 13 3 .813 7-1 6-2 25 8 .758 15-3 7-3 3-2

Boston College (25/23) 10 6 .625 5-3 5-3 20 10 .667 11-3 7-5 2-2

Villanova (rv/rv) 10 6 .625 6-2 4-4 19 12 .613 9-3 7-6 3-3

Georgetown  7 9 .438 4-4 3-5 12 16 .429 8-6 3-9 1-1

West Virginia  7 9 .438 5-3 2-6 21 13 .618 14-3 5-8 2-2

St. John's  7 9 .438 4-4 3-5 20 11 .645 7-4 9-6 4-1

Seton Hall  6 10 .375 4-4 2-6 14 14 .500 8-5 5-7 1-2

Pittsburgh  5 11 .313 1-7 4-4 13 15 .464 2-8 9-6 2-1

Syracuse  4 12 .250 3-5 1-7 13 16 .448 8-7 4-8 1-1

Providence  0 16 .000 0-8 0-8 1 27 .036 1-12 0-12 0-3

* - Regular-season champion

# - 2005 BIG EAST Champion

NOTE: Standings reflect seeding for BIG EAST Championship

( ) - AP/USA Toady-ESPN-WBCA Polls; rv- received votes

http://www.bigeast.org/sports/wbball/

[79 Bull]

I really wish the men had just 1 mirror game so we played every team every year like the women.

[USFCollin]

From the SID's office today:  

http://gobulls.usf.edu/Sports/News.asp?i=1637&s=Basketball

UConn, Notre Dame, and Louisville on the road.. piece of cake!  Also Rutgers and DePaul at home, so I guess this BIG EAST thing is going to be pretty easy.  We're also playing LSU away and Michigan State at the Dome out of conference, who both made it to the Final Four last year.  What's with the cupcake scheduling by women's basketball?  You expect to only play MOST of the Top 10 and have a decent strength of schedule?

[Papa_Bull]

It looks like we have a pretty balanced conference Home and Away schedule:

H 1. Rutgers 14-2, 28-7 (Elite 8 )

A 2. Connecticut 13-3, 25-8 (Sweet 16)

A 3. Notre Dame 13-3 27-6 (NCAA 2nd round)

H 4. DePaul 13-1, 25-4 (NCAA 2nd round)

A 5. Louisville 11-3, 22-8 (NCAA 1st round)

H 6. West Virginia 7-9, 21-13 (WNIT final)

- 7t. South Florida 9-5, 20-10 (WNIT 2nd round)

A 7t. St. John's 7-9, 20-11 (WNIT 2nd round)

H 9t. Marquette 8-6, 18-11 (WNIT 1st round)

H 9t. Villanova 10-6, 19-12 (WNIT 1st round)

A 11. Seton Hall 6-10, 14-14

HA 12. Pittsburgh 5-11,13-15

H 13. Syracuse 4-12, 13-16

A 14. Georgetown 7-9, 12-16

A 15. Cincinnati 4-10, 9-19

H 16. Providence 0-16, 1-27

PS I got those WL from the rutger's board. Since we were actually 21-11 maybe they didn't include post season games in the W/L column. I didn't check.

[GarySJ]

It's good that Rutgers and UConn are in alternating years. That way we will always have a marquee WBB home game. Those are two of the top programs nationally. Plus the LSU type OOC games will be good too.

Great things are afoot.