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4 | nebraska women's | 2013-14 Since its inception in 1896, the pursuit and attainment Big Ten Women’s Basketball Facts of academic excellence has been a priority for every Big • The Big Ten will hold its 19th annual women's basketball conference Ten member institution. But maintaining the conference’s tournament at the in in 2014. It will status as one of the preeminent athletic conferences in mark the 12th time in the last 13 years that the tournament will be held the country also endures as an important component in Indianapolis. of the Big Ten student-athlete experience. Striking that • In 2012-13, more than 50 Big Ten women's basketball games were balance between academics and athletics is integral to the televised live nationally by the , which is distributed in Big Ten’s identity, and the Big Ten’s “Honoring Legends. more than 90 million homes around the country. More than 80 more Building Leaders.” campaign links directly to the Big Ten were provided through a video stream on BTN.com, bringing the total mission. Recognized as one of intercollegiate sports’ most James E. Delany Commissioner number of games conference-wide to nearly 140 for the season. Every successful undertakings, the Big Ten strives for success Nebraska women's basketball game was seen live nationally on CBS, from its student-athletes not only on the field and in the classroom, but ESPN, BTN, BTN.com or HuskersNside in 2012-13. around the world as well. • The Big Ten finished second among all conferences in average attendance Premier Academic Institutions in 2012-13. The conference averaged 4,128 fans per contest last season, All have been granted Tier One Status by the Carnegie joining the Big 12 as the only leagues to average more than 4,000 fans per Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, a distinction awarded to game. Purdue (7th), State (10th), Penn State (15th), Nebraska just over 100 universities. Big Ten schools have produced more than 1,450 (16th), (19th) and Wisconsin (23rd) all finished among the top 25 Academic All-Americans, more than any other conference, including 46 in the schools nationally. Nebraska has ranked among the nation's top 30 teams last academic year. For the 2011 fiscal year, the Big Ten led all conferences on an annual basis for more than a decade in attendance. with over $8 billion in research expenditures, more than $2 billion more than any other conference. • Nebraska headlined a list of six Big Ten teams that advanced to the 2013 NCAA Tournament. All six of the Big Ten representatives, including Penn Successful Programs State, Purdue, Michigan, Michigan State and Iowa, advanced to the During the 2012-13 season, Big Ten institutions claimed seven national second round, while Nebraska advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16. championships: men’s soccer; Michigan men’s gymnastics; Michigan men’s and ; women’s ; Nebraska • Purdue and Iowa lead the Big Ten with 22 all-time NCAA Tournament women’s bowling; State women’s ; and Penn State wrestling. appearances. All other Big Ten schools, including Nebraska, have Over the last 10 years, the Big Ten is tied for the conference lead with national appeared in at least four NCAA tournaments since 1982. The Huskers titles in 14 different NCAA-sponsored championships, including bowling, have made 11 NCAA Tournament appearances since 1988. cross country, , , gymnastics, ice hockey, , rowing, soccer, • Big Ten teams have made eight NCAA Final Four appearances, including , swimming and diving, , and wrestling. Purdue (1999 champion, 2001 runner-up, 1994 Final Four), Michigan Student-Athlete Opportunities State (2005 runner-up), Ohio State (1993 runner-up), Minnesota (2004 Big Ten universities provide over $141 million in direct financial aid to more Final Four), Penn State (2000 Final Four) and Iowa (1993 Final Four). than 8,200 student-athletes, playing on more than 300 teams in 42 sports. The Big Ten sponsors 26 official conference sports, 13 for men and 13 Big Ten Administration for women, including the debut of men's ice hockey as an official sport Commissioner...... James E. Delany in 2013-14. In 2014-15, men's and women's lacrosse will be added as the Deputy Commissioner...... Brad Traviolia conference's 27th and 28th official sports, giving the Big Ten more official Chief Communications Officer...... sports than all conferences other than the . Senior Associate Commissioner-Television Administration...... Mark D. Rudner Almost 1,400 Big Ten student-athletes and coaches have participated in Associate Commissioner - Officiating Programs...... Rick Boyages the Olympics, winning at least 460 medals, including nearly 250 gold. Associate Commissioner - Championships...... Wendy Fallen Associate Commissioner - Compliance...... Chad Hawley Television Exposure Associate Commissioner - Governance...... Jennifer Heppel Through the Big Ten’s media agreements with CBS Sports, ABC/ESPN, FOX Associate Commissioner - Technology...... Mike McComiskey and the Big Ten Network (BTN), nearly 1,000 Big Ten events are produced Associate Commissioner - Football & Basketball Operations...... Andrea Williams and distributed nationally on an annual basis. In 2006, the Big Ten created Assistant Commissioner - Communications...... Scott Chipman BTN, the first national conference-owned television network. With more than 53 million subscribers in the United States and Canada – and more Big Ten Communications Staff outside the Big Ten region than inside – BTN allows fans to see their teams Chief Communications Officer...... Diane Dietz compete regardless of where they live. Assistant Commissioner - Communications...... Scott Chipman Attendance Associate Director of Communications...... Adam Augustine The Big Ten leads all conferences with nearly five million alumni and Associate Director of Communications...... Brett McWethy more than 460,000 students. Big Ten fans are some of the nation’s most Assistant Director of Communications...... Dan Mihalik supportive, with nearly 9.8 million patrons attending conference home Robert Hammel Communications Intern...... Sarah Andreychik contests during the 2012-13 seasons for football, men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball alone. Contact the Big Ten Office Leaders in Innovation 5440 Park Place The Big Ten first awarded the in 1915, honoring Rosemont, IL 60018 outstanding senior student-athletes who demonstrate excellence in Phone: (847) 696-1010 academics and athletics. The conference will award its 100th Medal of Fax: (847) 696-1150 Honor in May 2014. www.bigten.org The Big Ten Advisory Commission was formed in 1972. It enlists former student-athletes to serve as liaisons to the NCAA's Diversity and Inclusion Department, the Big Ten Student-Athlete Advisory Commission and other organizations. The Big Ten became the first conference to voluntarily adopt male and female participation goals after launching its Gender Equity Action Plan in 1992. In 2012, the Big Ten partnered with the Ivy League to study the effects of head injuries in sports.

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Big Ten Network Headquartered in , the Big Ten Network is the first internationally “The Big Ten provides a great opportunity distributed television network dedicated to covering one of America’s premier collegiate conferences. With more than 400 live sports for every student-athlete at the University events, and virtually all of them in high definition, the Big Ten Network is the ultimate destination for Big Ten fans and of Nebraska. It is a chance to not only alumni across the country. The network is on the air 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. compete at the highest level in arguably the The network is available to an estimated 80 million households, through agreements with more than 300 cable/satellite affiliates. In 2011 and 2012, nation's best conference, but also to benefit every Big Ten home football game was nationally televised. Including road and neutral games, 99 percent (95 of 96) of Big Ten games were televised nationally in 2012, while the other road game appeared on ESPN3.com. from some amazing academic resources. Big Ten Network Facts Big Ten women's basketball is filled with MORE TELEVISION EXPOSURE • The Big Ten’s media agreements with CBS, ABC/ESPN, Fox and BTN provide the conference with its greatest television exposure ever. great teams from top to bottom every night • In 2006, the Big Ten created the first national conference-owned in the league. The Big Ten is a great fit for television network devoted to the athletic and academic programs of a single conference. The Big Ten Network launched on Aug. 30, 2007, and became the first new network in cable or satellite television history to Nebraska.” reach 30 million homes in its first 30 days.

• Since the current media agreements began in 2007-08, every home Nebraska Coach football and men’s basketball game has been produced while women’s basketball has received more coverage than any other conference.

• The Big Ten’s new media agreements have resulted in the broadcast of nearly 1,000 events nationally and regionally on an annual basis, compared to 300 events in the final year of the previous agreements.

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