Big East Conference

Summary

Big East Conference is an athletic conference^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of athletic_conference entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (222 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Big East Conference is in the country of United States^[3].
• Big East Conference's instance of is recorded as athletic conference^[4].
• Big East Conference's logo image is recorded as Big East Conference logo.svg^[5].
• Big East Conference's headquarters location is recorded as Providence^[6].
• Big East Conference's chairperson is recorded as Dave Gavitt^[7].
• Big East Conference's chairperson is recorded as Mike Tranghese^[8].
• Big East Conference's chairperson is recorded as John Marinatto^[9].
• Big East Conference's chairperson is recorded as Michael Aresco^[10].
• Big East Conference's has part is recorded as University of Connecticut^[11].
• Big East Conference's has part is recorded as Villanova University^[12].
• Big East Conference's has part is recorded as Georgetown University^[13].
• Big East Conference's has part is recorded as Syracuse University^[14].
• Big East Conference's has part is recorded as Seton Hall University^[15].
• Big East Conference's has part is recorded as University of Pittsburgh^[16].
• Big East Conference's has part is recorded as St. John's University^[17].
• Big East Conference's has part is recorded as Boston College^[18].
• Big East Conference's has part is recorded as University of Miami^[19].
• Big East Conference's has part is recorded as Providence College^[20].
• +1979-05-31T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Big East Conference^[21].
• Big East Conference was dissolved in +2013-00-00T00:00:00Z^[22].
• Big East Conference's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0kdtw^[23].
• Big East Conference's official website is recorded as http://www.bigeast.org/^[24].
• Big East Conference's replaced by is recorded as Big East Conference^[25].
• Big East Conference's replaced by is recorded as American Conference^[26].
• Big East Conference's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Big-East-Conference^[27].

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Founding

+1979-05-31T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Big East Conference^[21].

Leadership

Chairpersons include Dave Gavitt^[7], a basketball player^[28], 1937–2011^[29], of United States^[30], awarded the John Bunn Award^[31]; Mike Tranghese^[8], b. 1943^[32], of United States^[33]; John Marinatto^[9], an athlete^[34], 1950–2021^[35], of United States^[36]; and Michael Aresco^[10].

Operations

Big East Conference's headquarters location is recorded as Providence^[6].

Dissolution

Big East Conference was dissolved in +2013-00-00T00:00:00Z^[22].

Why It Matters

Big East Conference ranks in the top 7% of athletic_conference entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (222 views/month).^[2] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]