Big East Crossover Opponents Announced

June 8, 2000

PROVIDENCE, RI – The BIG EAST Conference has announced thecross-divisional men’s basketball league games for the 2000-01 season. Thesematch-ups will supplement 12 division games.

Each BIG EAST team will play a 16-game conference schedule. The BIGEAST will consist of two seven-team divisions for the upcoming season witheach divisional opponent meeting on a home-and-home basis. Each team willthen play four games against teams from the other division.

Miami’s divisional opponents will be Boston College, Connecticut,Providence, St. John’s, Villanova and Virginia Tech. The Hurricanes’crossover games will consist of home clashes with Seton Hall and WestVirginia, and road contests versus Pittsburgh and Syracuse.

Dates and times have yet to be determined.

BIG EAST Divisions, which are yet unnamed:

The 2000-01 cross-divisional opponents for each team are as follows:

HomeAway Boston College:Rutgers, SyracuseNotre Dame, West Virginia Connecticut:Notre Dame, PittsburghSeton Hall, Syracuse Miami:Seton Hall, West VirginiaPittsburgh, Syracuse Providence:Georgetown, PittsburghRutgers, Seton Hall St. John’s:Georgetown, SyracuseNotre Dame, Rutgers Villanova:Rutgers, Seton HallGeorgetown, West Virginia Virginia Tech:Notre Dame, West VirginiaGeorgetown, Pittsburgh Georgetown:Villanova, Virginia TechProvidence, St. John’s Notre Dame:Boston College, St. John’sConnecticut, Virginia Tech Pittsburgh:Miami, Virginia TechConnecticut, Providence Rutgers:Providence, St. John’sBoston Collge, Villanova Seton Hall:Connecticut, ProvidenceMiami, Villanova Syracuse:Connecticut, MiamiBoston College, St. John’s West Virginia:Boston College, VillanovaMiami, Virginia Tech