About Conference USA ...... 104-105 C-USA Television Schedule ...... 105 C-USA Composite Schedule ...... 105 C-USA Bowl Schedule ...... 106 104 CONFERENCE USA swimming, tennisand trackand individual andteam competitorsincrosscountry, golf, one nationalchampion indivingandnumerousNCAA national champions inNCAA trackand teams totheSweet16. The leaguehasalsohadthree the Women’s CollegeWorld Seriesand threevolleyball teams totheNCAA CollegeCup, Tournament bids.C-USA hassentthreemen’s soccer Inaddition,29volleyballteams,43men’s andwomen’s soccer teamsand21softballhave earnedNCAA NCAA appearances. USA teamsandindividuals havemade morethan500 Baseball Women’s Basketball Men’s Basketball Football conferences inthenation. success incompetition,placingtheleagueamongtop ConferenceUSA performershaveachievedgreat SUCCESS ONTHEPLAYING FIELD Academic Excellence Award. Award, Scholar Athletes ofthe Year andtheInstitutional postgraduate scholarships,alongwiththeSport Academic achievement intheclassroom.C-USA annuallyawardssix missioner’s Academic Medal,indicativeofoutstanding HonorRollandtheCom- including theCommissioner’s Theleaguesponsorsnumerousacademicawards, fi swimming anddiving,tennis,indooroutdoortrack women (basketball,crosscountry, golf,softball,soccer, tennis andindooroutdoortrack (baseball, basketball,crosscountry, football,golf,soccer, C-USA sponsorscompetitionin19sports-nineformen many ofwhichcompeteregularlyforNCAA Championships. AllC-USA institutionssponsorDivisionI-A football,along with severalothermen’s andwomen’s athleticprograms, initiative fortheleague’s promisingfuture. excellence isacommonthreadforC-USA andtheguiding athletics, academicsandinourcommunities.Dedicationto are committedtoexcellence,integrityandleadershipin in athleticsuccessandacademicprowess. Together, we enhances men’s andwomen’s programsthataresteeped Tulane, Tulsa, UAB,UCFandUTEP. This combination Houston, Marshall,Memphis,Rice,SMU,SouthernMiss, ally prominent,tradition-richmembersinEastCarolina, Welcome toConference USA,hometo12nation- eld andvolleyball). ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` Has produced at least four NCAA teams in in teams NCAA four least at produced Has appearances Regional Ten Super in appearances Series World College Four appearances NCAA 44 Two WNIT semi Two WNIT 16 Sweet NCAA the in team One appearances 29 WNIT Tournament 42 appearances NCAA Inaugural CBI champion CBI Inaugural semi NIT Four Champion NIT One teams Tournament NCAA Eight Elite Seven teams Four Final Three &1 NIT 33 (42 NCAA, teams 76postseason basketball top the of one as rated Consistently Bowl with tie-ins the AutoZone Bowl, Liberty Series Championship Bowl the of Member bids bowl earned have teams 44 in conferences seven top the among Rated each of the last seven seasons seven last the of each 2007, and 2005 2001 2006, CBI) country the in leagues Texas Bowl Texas and Bowl Hawai’i Sheraton Bowl, Orleans New Carriers R+L Bowl, Petersburg St. Bowl, Forces Armed Helicopter Bell Bowl, GMAC the nation fi nalists fi nalists fi eld. Overall, Conference eld. Overall,Conference CONFERENCE USA:COMPETITIONLIVESHERE fi ve softballteams to fi eld competition, eld fi eld) and10for

there arechampionsoff theplaying population. Among C-USA’s 5,000student-athletes, have ahighergraduationratethanthegeneralstudent stered bythefactthatstudent-athletesatleagueschools academic performanceamongstudent-athletes,bol- C-USA institutionsareamongthenation’s bestin SUCCESS OFFTHEFIELD of thefi Athletic Conference)willhaveanautomaticberthinone Conference, theSunBeltandWestern TheConferenceUSApions oftheMid-AmericanConference,MountainWest champion(alongwiththecham- played atoneofthebowlsites. In addition,aBCSNationalChampionshipGamewillbe Fiesta Bowl,OrangeRoseBowlandSugarBowl. four othergames. The bowl gamesparticipatingarethe matchups betweeneightotherhighlyregardedteamsin championship gameandtocreateexcitingcompetitive designed tomatchthetwotop-ratedteamsinanational arrangement forpost-seasoncollegefootballthatis TheBowlChampionshipSeries(BCS)isa C-USA AND THEBCS C-USA enjoyssigni C-USA ONTV classroom. Medal, indicativeofoutstandingachievement inthe Honor RollorreceivedtheCommissioner’s Academic dent-athletes havebeennamedtotheCommissioner’s named All-District. Inaddition, morethan15,000stu- Magazine Academic All-America honors,while405were years, 115 student-athletesearnednationalESPN The signi College Sports,which, combined,providesC-USA with tered intolong-termagreementswithboth ESPNandCBS Television Networks(formerlyCSTV). The leagueen- its partnershipswithESPNInc.andCBS CollegeSports over-the-air andsatelliteradio, andwirelessdistribution includes video-on-demand, Internet, broadband, national sports. Additionally, theCBSCollegeSportsagreement men’s and women’s basketball, and allotherconference fi cant nationalandregional exposureforfootball, ``` ``` ``` ve bowlsif,andonlyif: It is a Conference Champion; and Either... and Champion; aConference is It It is ranked in the top 16 of the BCS Standings Standings BCS 16 the of top the in ranked is It Standings BCS 12 the top of the in ranked is It games. bowl BCS the of one in berth automatic nual an- an has that aconference of a champion of that than better is Standings BCS the in ranking its and Sunday, Selection Bowl on Sunday; Selection Bowl on fi cant televisionexposurethrough fi eld aswell.In13 fi ve-game

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2 SUNDAY, East Carolina at UCF NOVEMBER 8 SATURDAY, Marshall at East Carolina at Houston Tulane Memphis at SMU Army at Rice Southern Miss at UCF at Louisiana-Lafayette UTEP NOVEMBER 15 SATURDAY, East Carolina at Southern Miss at Houston Tulsa UCF at Marshall SMU at UTEP Tulane UAB at NOVEMBER 22 SATURDAY, East Carolina at UAB at Houston UTEP Marshall at Rice UCF at Memphis Tulsa at Tulane NOVEMBER 28 FRIDAY, at East Carolina UTEP NOVEMBER 29 SATURDAY, Houston at Rice at Marshall Tulsa at Memphis Tulane Southern Miss at SMU UAB at UCF DECEMBER 6 SATURDAY, Championship Game C-USA R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl R+L Armed Forces Bowl Bell Helicopter at East Carolina Virginia West when its a new chapter in 2005-06 began season, C-USA during the 2004-05Anniversary celebrating its 10th After form the new look came together to current membership of the league. has established a strong Since its formation, C-USA a history that refl foundation, an identity and of remarkable history Thirteen years national presence. in collegiate athletics, position has reinforced the league’s next decade and beyond. setting the course for the Oct. 10 Memphis at Louisville Oct. 26 Tulsa UCF at 2 Nov. Dec. 21 UCF East Carolina at 7 p.m. CDT 7 p.m. CST 7 p.m. CDT Jan. 2 Jan. 6 AutoZone Liberty Bowl ESPN 2 GMAC Bowl Sept. 6 4 p.m. CST 7 p.m. CST Sept. 6 South Florida at UCF Sept. 6 at UTEP Texas Dec. 20 Bowl St. Petersburg ESPN or ESPN2 Dec. 6 NETWORK NFL 6 p.m. CDT Championship Game C-USA Dec. 30 3:30 p.m. CST Bowl Texas COMCAST SPORTS SOUTHEAST (CSS) CDT 9:15 p.m. Sept. 13 Memphis at Marshall Sept. 20 TBA Marshall at Southern Miss Oct. 18 2:30 p.m. CDT Memphis at East Carolina 1 Nov. 15 Nov. UAB at Southern Miss UCF at Marshall p.m. CDT 6 a.m. CDT 11 7 p.m. CST 7 p.m. CDT 3:30 p.m. CST Dec. 31 rst fi 7 p.m. CST 7 p.m. CST 7 p.m. CDT 7 p.m. CDT 7 p.m. CDT 7 p.m. CDT 7 p.m. CDT 7 p.m. CDT 7 p.m. CDT ce in Irving, in ce fi 2:30 p.m. CDT 2:30 p.m. CDT THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9 OCTOBER THURSDAY, UAB at Houston 10 OCTOBER FRIDAY, Louisville at Memphis 11 OCTOBER SATURDAY, East Carolina at Virginia at SMU Tulsa Boise State at Southern Miss at UTEP Tulane UCF at Miami (Fla.) 18 OCTOBER SATURDAY, Memphis at East Carolina Houston at SMU Marshall at UAB Southern Miss at Rice Tulsa at UTEP 25 OCTOBER SATURDAY, Southern Miss at Memphis SMU at Navy Tulane Rice at 26 OCTOBER SUNDAY, Tulsa UCF at 28 OCTOBER TUESDAY, Houston at Marshall NOVEMBER 1 SATURDAY, Rice at UTEP UAB at Southern Miss at LSU Tulane Arkansas at Tulsa 2008 C-USA TELEVISION SCHEDULE 2008 C-USA Oct. 9 UAB at Houston 8 Nov. 8 Nov. Marshall at East Carolina 15 Nov. (12 day advance) TBA (12 day advance) TBA 22 Nov. CST 2:30 p.m. advance) (12 day 28 TBA Nov. at East Carolina UTEP 2:30 p.m. CST 12 p.m. CST Sept. 25 Tulane SMU at Oct. 2 Oct. 4 Memphis at UAB SMU at UCF Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Boise State at Southern Miss Oct. 25 Tulsa at UTEP SMU at Navy 7 p.m. CDT Sept. 13 Air Force at Houston Sept. 20 TCU at SMU Sept. 27 Houston at East Carolina Sept. 27 UCF at UTEP 2:30 p.m. CDT 2:30 p.m. CDT ESPN Aug. 29 SMU at Rice Aug. 30 East Carolina at Tech Virginia a.m. CDT Oct. 3 11 Cincinnati at Marshall 7 p.m. CDT 7 p.m. CDT CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NATIONAL Sept. 6 Rice at Memphis Academy (March, 1997) as football 1996) and the United States Military (September, added East Carolina C-USA Army competition in 1997; members. ECU began league The league play in 1999. in 1998 and UAB began football sports and they beganTCU and ECU (1999) for all added football in 2003. started C-USA competition in 2001. USF April 24, 1995 in Chicago. The league’s charter members charter members The league’s in Chicago. April 24, 1995 Houston, Louisville, Cincinnati, DePaul, included Charlotte, Tulane, Miss, Saint Louis, Southern Marquette, Memphis, began athletic Eleven of the institutions UAB and USF. competition in in 1995, while Houston joined participation the fall of 1996. to the current of and after nine years, relocated headquarters were established in Chicago The league’s commissioner. Texas. Britton Banowsky was named Commissioner in Britton Banowsky was named Commissioner Texas. Mike Slive, the league’s October 2002, succeeding 2008 C-USA COMPOSITE SCHEDULE 2008 C-USA COMPOSITE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 SATURDAY, East Carolina at N.C. State Houston at Colorado State Marshall at Southern Miss Nicholls State at Memphis Texas Rice at TCU at SMU Tulane Louisiana-Monroe at Tulsa New Mexico at Alabama State at UAB UCF at Boston College New Mexico State at UTEP SEPTEMBER 25 THURSDAY, Tulane SMU at SEPTEMBER 27 SATURDAY, Houston at East Carolina Virginia Marshall at West Arkansas State at Memphis at Rice Texas North Central Arkansas at Tulsa UAB at South Carolina UCF at UTEP 2 OCTOBER THURSDAY, Memphis at UAB 3 OCTOBER FRIDAY, Cincinnati at Marshall 4 OCTOBER SATURDAY, Tulsa Rice at SMU at UCF at Southern Miss UTEP Tulane Army at of men’s basketball and basketball and of men’s basketball on women’s ESPN/ESPN2 and both tournament champion- ship games. as well as corporate mar- as well as corporate and website keting rights, CSTV. production through College com, part of CBS The agreement Sports. with ESPN extends the current conference’s regular season football package to include the broadcast of the confer- Football Cham- ence’s pionship Game. It also encompasses distribution Commissioner Britton Banowsky THURSDAY, AUGUST 28 THURSDAY, Buffalo at UTEP 29 AUGUST FRIDAY, SMU at Rice AUGUST 30 SATURDAY, vs. East Carolina (Charlotte) Tech Va. Southern at Houston Illinois State at Marshall Memphis at Mississippi Louisiana-Lafayette at Southern Miss at UAB Tulsa South Carolina State at UCF SEPTEMBER 6 SATURDAY, Carolina at East Virginia West Houston at Oklahoma State Marshall at Wisconsin Rice at Memphis State at SMU Texas Auburn Southern Miss at Alabama at Tulane Texas at North Tulsa Atlantic UAB at Florida South Florida at UCF at UTEP Texas SEPTEMBER 13 SATURDAY, Tulane East Carolina at Air Force at Houston Memphis at Marshall Rice at Vanderbilt Tech SMU at Texas Arkansas State Southern Miss at Tennessee UAB at and quickly was formed in 1995 Conference USA The top conferences. emerged as one of the nation’s on conference unveiled its name, logo and commissioner GOVERNANCE Big 12, Pac-10 of the seven confer- is one Ten, Big East, Big ACC, and SEC, Conference USA Along with the NCAA ences having significant representation in the The Presidents of the member governance structure. Board of Directors. R. institutions serve as the league’s as chair of the of SMU currently serves Turner Gerald Board. PROMISING FUTURE A PROUD HISTORY; A footprint is concentrated with 12 The conference’s ofmembers in nine states and a combined area population rep- nearly 17 million. More than 1.1 million living alumni With a renewed schools across the nation. resent C-USA commitment to community involvement, the conference has begun development of several initiatives to maintain with fans and alumni cities, as well as strong ties in C-USA schools also place a priority C-USA across the country. on giving back to their communities through volunteer service with local and national organizations. C-USA IN THE COMMUNITY C-USA 106 CONFERENCE USA TEXAS BOWL ST. PETERSBURG BOWL AUTOZONE LIBERTY BOWL the game,falling20-13. USA andSouthwestConference rival TCU in Bowl. Inthatmeeting, HoustonfacedoldC- Last seasonwasthefi ference USA hadanaf Houston Texans. of-the-art ReliantStadium,homeof theNFL’s Entertainment, thebowlisplayedat thestate- by LoneStarSports& seasons. Operated for the2008and2009 Texas BowlinHouston will beapartofthe Conference USA www.StPetersburgBowl.comWeb site: ...... Telephone: ...... TBA Media RelationsDirector: ...... TBA Manager ofSpecialEvents: ...... TBA Manager, Sales&Marketing: ...... TBA Executive Director: ...... TBA BigEastSelection Opponent: ...... Network: ...... ESPN2 Capacity: ...... 43,000 Stadium: Field ...... Tropicana Where: ...... St. Petersburg,Fla. When: 20-3:30p.m.CST ...... December S game totakeplaceintheSunshineState. Petersburg Bowlwillbethesixthpostseason Thiswillbethe been apartofbowlgameinFlorida. 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