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— Andy McCullough

Non-revenue sports Non-revenue The Big Ten isn’t much better. No team titles or singles titles — a pair No isn’t much better. The Big Ten State captured their third straight all about the Nittany Lions. Penn It’s There is no Big Ten lacrosse. The Scarlet Knights would either have to lacrosse. The Scarlet Knights would either have There is no Big Ten made the tournament field in 2009. earned teams Big Ten Five Scarlet Knights with the area might be tougher, Recruiting the Tri-State Northwestern built a dynasty national titles — in the straight — five Stanford won. sent four teams to the NCAAs last year. The Big Ten away recruits, the that might scare Despite the brutal fall temperatures drought here isn’t as extended as the baseball drought is. The Big Ten teams Big Ten not like the conditions change: A pool is a pool. Five It’s the Much like the Big East, matter. Indoor? Outdoor? It doesn’t really Rutgers could emerge as the class of the conference. You find the best find as the class of the conference. You Rutgers could emerge won the conference title and The conferences are similar. Donald won the individual Minnesota won the national title in 2002. Luke the 2009 NCAA outdoor championships, plentyAt of fluctuation. There’s and the Big 12 rule the collegiate mats. Iowa won its third The Big Ten The teams in won the individual title last year. ’ shines on the links. But Purdue’s nor the Big East Neither the Big Ten dominates. Three of their teams — Maryland, The ACC North Carolina made the gymnastics teams and all seven Big Ten There are seven The Scarlet Knights began Big East play in 2001. They posted a winning winning a posted They 2001. in play East Big began Knights Scarlet The while also owning membership to theRutgers competes for the Big East, sport a non-revenue shined. where the Scarlet Knights have Here’s At the Big East championships in October, Rutgers finished 12th out of 14 championships in October, the Big East At Right now, the Scarlet Knights sit last in the conference. They are on pace Right now, team following the 2006-2007 season. The The university cut the men’s player has won a national title. No Big East school has ever No Big East best finish in the indoor conference championships Since 1996, Rutgers’ Under longtime Fred Hill Sr., the Scarlet Knights made the Hill Sr., Fred Under longtime head coach twice since 1983. made the NCAA Tournament The Scarlet Knights have league lacrosse East After years of negotiating and posturing, the Big had four winning seasons. They Since 2000, the Scarlet Knights have The team cross country. men’s The coach, Mike Mulqueen, also oversees Intercollegiate in the Eastern The Scarlet Knights are competitive to summit a few years ago, Rutgers is battling After rising to the sport’s finished 13th championships, the Scarlet Knights Big East last year’s At teams. The Scarlet and women’s Ballard coaches the men’s Maura After winning 14 games in 2008, the Scarlet Knights backslid last gymnastics, so Rutgers Much like with wrestling, there is no Big East : Rutgers finished 13th in the division this year but won 10 games in the EAGL team did that.EAGL LACROSSE WOMEN’S Now: conference record once (and went 3-3 twice). out of Rutgers has been excellent angling for a tournament berth. conference this year, After: league, but with Rutgers Conference. There is no Big Ten American Lacrosse and a few potential others, one could be formed. ROWING WOMEN’S Now: began Rowing Colleges. The program of Women’s Association Eastern competing at the varsity in 1977. level After: SOCCER WOMEN’S Now: ledhas Crooks Glen coach Head 2000. since season losing one just had They’ve the national title Notre Dame reached the Big East, NCAA bids. For them to five game in 2006 and 2008. After: Although no one is close to programs. manages to field competitive Big Ten schools did make the toppling perpetual champ North Big Ten Carolina, five postseason tournament in 2009. SOFTBALL Now: better than 2005, season below .500. But at least it’s for their 10th-consecutive when the team went 5-43. After: Michigan won the national title in 2005. Northwestern was the runner-up in team owns a title.2006. No Big East SWIMMING AND WOMEN’S Now: Rutgers seasons in school history. cut coincided with one of the best women’s sent one swimmer to the NCAAs in 2009. After: tournament. 25 at last year’s placed in the Top TENNIS WOMEN’S Now: won a singles titles. Rutgers placed a player on the all-conference team inever both 2008 and 2009. After: from Northwestern won the doubles title in 2006. AND FIELD WOMEN’S TRACK Now: Outdoor was better: They took fourthwas seventh. once. After: and SEC. can’t hang with the likes of the Big 12, Pac-10 Big Ten WOMEN’S Now 2006 to 2009, they won 10 games total. The conferenceprocess. From champion, Notre Dame, lost in the first round of the NCAAs in 2009. After: Coach Russ Rose built a powerhouse there, with 102 national title last year. tournament bids. victories and 29 straight consecutive Football, of course, provides the impetus for any conference realignment. In realignment. the impetus for any conference of course, provides Football, of playing near built-in recruiting tool coaches will lose the , men's for the Big East at conference play and then home during potential a look at the of the sports? But what about the rest Here's Tournament. sports non-revenue future of the Big Ten: at Rutgers if it joins the BASEBALL Now: national Conference’s four times last decade. The Big East NCAA Tournament clout was hurt last conference team to by the defection of Miami in 2004. The in 2007. Series was Louisville make the College World After: power conferences are the ACC, The or out West. baseball either down South since Michigan in 1984. team has not made the CWS A Big Ten and SEC. Pac-10 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Now: 14th at nationals. Four title and finished won the Big East teams. Syracuse 25. schools made the Top other Big East After: 25. other schools made the Top at nationals. Two took seventh MEN’S GOLF Now: won the NCAA Championship. school has ever No Big East After: championship for Northwestern in 1999. MEN’S LACROSSE Now: of the pack, a notch lowerbegan play this season. Rutgers sits in the middle than national powerhouse Syracuse. After: play as an independent or hope schools like rejoin a conference like the ECAC, will agree to join another conference.Michigan add the sport Syracuse — and MEN’S SOCCER Now: teams made the Big East finished 14th in the conference last season. Five one. NCAAs this season. Connecticut has two national titles and St. John’s After: berth. national titles. their 34th consecutive won seven The Hoosiers have AND FIELD MEN’S TRACK Now: year and two last titles in outdoor track won two more in individual Big East teams finished no Big East the indoor championships this year, At indoor track. 10. in the Top After: 2010 NCAA indoor champion the 30. At teams finished in the Top no Big Ten 10. teams reached the Top ships, two Big Ten WRESTLING Now: private schools such as Bucknell, Association, a league of mostly Wrestling to the NCAA and Marshall and Princeton. Rutgers sent four wrestlers Franklin this winter. Tournament After: wrestlers won national titles. Six Big Ten team title this year. straight BASKETBALL WOMEN’S Now: be could juggernaut, St. John’s maintain its foothold. Connecticut is the nation’s a deep, difficult league. It’s 10 team next year. a Top After: losing games against nearby opponents. But C. Vivian Stringer dominated the once. Big Ten CROSS COUNTRY WOMEN’S Now: Virginia finished sixth. won the national title. West out of 16 teams. Villanova After: 10. the Top one (Minnesota) cracked could not match her pace: Only the Big Ten GOLF WOMEN’S Now: conference championship. Knights finished last in 2009’s After: won the national title last year. FIELD HOCKEY Now: to startseason. They dropped 10 straight and finished with just twovictories. Before 2008, Rutgers had not experienced a winning season since 1999. After: taken the past eight NCAA titles. Before that? — have Forest and Wake last year. teams made the Tournament Michigan in 2001. Three Big Ten GYMNASTICS WOMEN’S Now: in 1995. The Scarlet Knights Gymnastics League Atlantic helped form the East won the conference title. never have After: One, Michigan, made the Nationals round of 12. No NCAA Regionals this year. ics ist tat a* ion S or Educat EPT. EXPENSES (2008-09) hletics DEPT. At $73,643,345 $55,652,636 $71,116,910 $84,542,142 $81,404,459 $70,322,993 N/A $119,859,608 N/A $57,707,608 $89,643,069 EPT. EXPENSES (2008-09) hletics DEPT. At $58,354,222 $53,368,035 N/A N/A $58,355,426 $58,931,534 $44,780,811 $35,213,059 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A . John’s* West Virginia South Memphis Temple Central Florida LOUISVILLE Villanov Notre Dame* Georgetown* St *basketball only ) ary ) ary ional f , Nat ase ti b ata te BIG ATLANTIC a l (Sa ll Coach sketba l (Sa ll Coach sketba a a ake Forest .C. St Boston College W N Maryland carolina n. Duke Virginia Virginia Tech Cincinna UConn omen’s B omen’s B W ($310,000) Jolette Law ($175,000) Legette-Jack Felisha ($233,908) Borseth Kevin BortonPam Beth Combs Itoro Coleman W C. Vivian Stringer ($970,922) Mike Carey Quentin Hillsman (N/A) Agnus Berenato ($306,254) [08-09] ($1.4m) Jeff Walz Jamelle Elliott ($200,000) ($125,000) Jose Fernandez Muffet McGraw Williams-Flournoy Terri Mitchell Terri Phil Seymore DEPAUL hletics finance d ge at PROVIDENCE ) ary ) ary T how THINGS could shake OUT: y colle a od . TE A TE l (Sa ll Coach sketba l (Sa ll Coach sketba a a Men’s B ($405,000) Crean ($2.36m) Tom McCaffery ($1.1m) Fran ($1.3m) Izzo ($1,7m) Tom Smith ($1.8m) Tubby ($1.1m) [2007] ($2.5m) DeChellis ($500,000) Ed ($843,000) ($1.25m) Men’s B ($650,000) ($2m) ($1.3m) ($1.6) ($1.6m) ($2.25m) ($750,000) ($325,000) Willard Kevin John Thompson III Lavin Steve Davis Keno Purnell Oliver SOURCES: USA T USA SOURCES: VIER V ashington ashington St XA alifornia C W UCLA StA W UNL San Diego ST ) ary ) ary MARQUETTE TE TE A

Rutgers A l (Sa ll Coach tba l (Sa ll Coach tba TE ($2.07m) Bill Stewart ($878,000) Doug Marrone (N/A) ($979,288) Bill Wandstedt ($1.45m) ($1.6) Butch Jones ($1m) Skip Holtz ($1.82m) ($3m)* Brian Kelly None Kelly Kevin Andy Talley None None None None Foo Foo Ron Zook ($1.025m) ($658,750) Bill Lynch ($3.02m) Kirk Ferentz Rich Rodriguez ($2.52m) Mark Dantonio ($1.81m) Tim Brewster ($1m) (N/A) Fitzgerald Pat ($3.72m) Jim Tressel ($1.09m) Danny Hope ($825,000) ($1.48m) A PAC-10 *according to .com sources ada anford Oregon Arizona Oregon ST St USC Boise sT Fresno sT Nev

Syracuse LA SALLE FORDHAM ity) ac ity) ac ap ap T THEIR OWN ADDITIONS. Here’s A LOOK A y man, man, y Pittsburgh t ll arena (C sketba ll arena (C sketba a a B Hall (16,618) Assembly Hall (17,456) Assembly Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Crisler Arena (13,751) Breslin Center (16,280) (14,321) Arena (8,117) Welsh-Ryan City Arena (19,500) Value (15,261) (14,123) Center (17,230) Kohl (8,000) Rutgers Athletic The Coliseum (14,000) (31,000) Center (12,508) Events Pederson (10,027)/XL Center (16,294) Gampel Pavilion New Downtown Arena (22,000) Fifth-Third Arena (13,176) Sun Dome (10,411) Joyce Center (11,418) (10,000) Center (20,173) Verizon Center (21,600) (6,500)/Wachovia The Pavilion Center (18,850) Bradley (6,008)/MSG (20,000) Dunkin Donuts Center (13,000) (18,500) B t the Rose Bowl? .

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Nebraska . adium (C adium (C . ll st tba ll st tba . Rutgers (52,454) Milan Puskar Stadium (60,000) Carrier Dome (52,000) Heinz Field (65,050) Rentschler Field (40,000) Cardinal Stadium (60,000+) John’s Papa (35,100) Raymond James Stadium (65,857) Notre Dame Stadium (80,795) [FBS Ind.] None Multi-Purpose Field (2,500) [FCS] Stadium (12,500) [FCS] Villanova None None None None Foo Foo Memorial Stadium (70,000) Memorial Stadium (52,692) Kinnick Stadium (70,585) Michigan Stadium (110,001) Spartan Stadium (75,005) Bank Stadium (50,805) TCF Ryan Field (49,256) Stadium (102,329) Stadium (107,282) Beaver Stadium (62,500) Ross-Ade Camp Randall Stadium (80,321) BIG 12 VENTURE Illinois omen’s omen’s Kansas St St Iowa Kansas Texas Oklahoma St Texas Tech Oklahoma Texas A&M he league’s par league’s he W 11 12 12 13 12 12 11 19 13 9 12 13 10 12 9 12 12 10 9 13 9 13 12 6 9 10 8 W t T. BONA ST. TON George WASHING

Indiana AFF 9 7 8 8 10 9 8 8 13 7 12 10 6 7 7 7 Men’s teams Men’s teams 10 10 10 12 11 11 8 18 14 9 11 or or owl when when owl ct ct B Iowa TON DAY ose ose DUQUESNE te hletic dire At Glass Fred Gary Barta David Brandon Mark Hollis Joel Maturi Jim Phillips Gene Smith Timothy M. Curley Morgan Burke Barry Alvarez Tim Pernetti Pastilong Ed Daryl Gross Pederson Steve Jeff Hathaway Jurich Tom Mike Thomas Doug Woolard Jack Swarbrick Joe Quinlan TBA Vince Nicastro Cottingham Steve Chris Monasch Robert Driscoll Jean Ponsetto hletic dire At R a AR-LEDGER ST The Big Ten already expanded once before, in 1990, when it added added it when 1990, in before, once expanded already Ten Big The conference another of possibilities the about hear you when So “Where have you heard that before?” before?” that heard you have “Where Ten Big the to central still are Pittsburgh and Nebraska Interestingly, idea, new a is expansion conference that notion the at laughed Duke uburn Penn State as the 11th school. Penn viewed, is sports college way the changing Ten Big the and expansion blood. Ten’s Big the in it’s — remember just expansion discussion — as is Rutgers, Syracuse, Missouri and even Syracuse, expansion discussion — as is Rutgers, a realityNotre Dame— that could become in the coming months. to be shot down. Byers’ attempt, isn’t likely and, unlike Georgia Tech Miami Michigan Alabama LSU Ole Miss Arkansas A Miss. St he 1946 1946 he t -10 AND SEC hinting A TIONWIDE RESTRUCTURING, with THE PAC . t h h $6,000,827 $1,046,975 $2,073,205 $5,445,260 $1,161,561 $1,226,011 $1,457,543 $1,373,034 ent (millions) Endowm $1,112,010 $1,226,505 $766,262 $174,800 $883,182 $266,701 $285,500 $268,650 $122,110 $245,574 ent (millions) Endowm $544,992 $315,121 $658,248 $1,837,216 $254,684 $599,712 $832,924 $275,398 $4,795,303 t SEC

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