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About Conference USA...104-105 C About Conference USA .......................................................104-105 C-USA Television Schedule ........................................................ 105 C-USA Composite Schedule ........................................................ 105 C-USA Bowl Schedule ................................................................. 106 CONFERENCE USA: COMPETITION LIVES HERE Welcome to Conference USA, home to 12 nation- ally prominent, tradition-rich members in East Carolina, Houston, Marshall, Memphis, Rice, SMU, Southern Miss, Tulane, Tulsa, UAB, UCF and UTEP. This combination enhances men’s and women’s programs that are steeped in athletic success and academic prowess. Together, we are committed to excellence, integrity and leadership in athletics, academics and in our communities. Dedication to excellence is a common thread for C-USA and the guiding initiative for the league’s promising future. All C-USA institutions sponsor Division I-A football, along with several other men’s and women’s athletic programs, many of which compete regularly for NCAA Championships. C-USA sponsors competition in 19 sports - nine for men (baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis and indoor and outdoor track and fi eld) and 10 for women (basketball, cross country, golf, softball, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and fi eld and volleyball). The league sponsors numerous academic awards, including the Commissioner’s Honor Roll and the Com- missioner’s Academic Medal, indicative of outstanding achievement in the classroom. C-USA annually awards six postgraduate scholarships, along with the Sport Academic Award, Scholar Athletes of the Year and the Institutional Academic Excellence Award. SUCCESS ON THE PLAYING FIELD Conference USA performers have achieved great C-USA AND THE BCS success in competition, placing the league among the top The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) is a fi ve-game conferences in the nation. arrangement for post-season college football that is C-USA STAFF designed to match the two top-rated teams in a national Football championship game and to create exciting and competitive Commissioner: ............................... Britton Banowsky ``` Rated among the top seven conferences in matchups between eight other highly regarded teams in the nation four other games. The bowl games participating are the Executive Associate Commissioner: .. Judy MacLeod ``` 44 teams have earned bowl bids Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl, Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl. Associate Commissioner: ......................Alfred White ``` Member of the Bowl Championship Series In addition, a BCS National Championship Game will be Associate Commissioner: ..................... Kelly Carney ``` Bowl tie-ins with the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, played at one of the bowl sites. Assistant Commissioner/Football & Baseball Operations: GMAC Bowl, Bell Helicopter Armed Forces The Conference USA champion (along with the cham- Bowl, St. Petersburg Bowl, R+L Carriers New pions of the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West ........................................................Russell Anderson Orleans Bowl, Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl and Conference, the Sun Belt Conference, and the Western Assistant Commissioner/Business Affairs: Texas Bowl Athletic Conference) will have an automatic berth in one ............................................................Catrina Gibson of the fi ve bowls if, and only if: Assistant Commissioner/Sports Services: Men’s Basketball ``` Consistently rated as one of the top basketball ``` It is a Conference Champion; and Either... ............................................................. Chris Woolard leagues in the country ``` It is ranked in the top 12 of the BCS Standings Assistant Commissioner/Public Affairs: ``` 76 postseason teams (42 NCAA, 33 NIT & 1 on Bowl Selection Sunday; ...........................................Courtney Morrison Archer CBI) ``` It is ranked in the top 16 of the BCS Standings Assistant Commissioner/Compliance & Academics: ``` Three Final Four teams on Bowl Selection Sunday, and its ranking ................................................................Rob Phillippi ``` Seven Elite Eight NCAA Tournament teams in the BCS Standings is better than that of ``` One NIT Champion a champion of a conference that has an an- Director of Compliance: ....................Charolette Hunt ``` Four NIT semifi nalists nual automatic berth in one of the BCS bowl Director of Special Events: .................. Monay Wallin ``` Inaugural CBI champion games. Director of Sports Services: ...............Keisha Dunlap Director of Sports Services: ............Donyale Canada Women’s Basketball SUCCESS OFF THE FIELD ``` 42 NCAA Tournament appearances C-USA institutions are among the nation’s best in Associate Director of Marketing & Events: ``` 29 WNIT appearances academic performance among student-athletes, bol- ..................................................................Emily Agler ``` One team in the NCAA Sweet 16 stered by the fact that student-athletes at league schools Associate Director of Media Relations: Debbie Davis CONFERENCE USA ``` Two WNIT semifi nalists have a higher graduation rate than the general student Assistant Director of Media Relations: ... Tod Meisner population. Among C-USA’s 5,000 student-athletes, Baseball there are champions off the playing fi eld as well. In 13 Coordinator of Student-Athlete Services: 104 ``` 44 NCAA appearances years, 115 student-athletes earned national ESPN The ..............................................................Callie Hubbell ``` Four College World Series appearances in Magazine Academic All-America honors, while 405 were Administrative Assistant:..................... Carmen Jones 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2001 named All-District. In addition, more than 15,000 stu- ``` Ten Super Regional appearances dent-athletes have been named to the Commissioner’s ``` Has produced at least four NCAA teams in Honor Roll or received the Commissioner’s Academic Creative Services Consultant: each of the last seven seasons Medal, indicative of outstanding achievement in the ............................................Erika Amstadt Hirschfi eld classroom. In addition, 29 volleyball teams, 43 men’s and women’s Coordinators of Offi cials: soccer teams and 21 softball teams have earned NCAA C-USA ON TV Tournament bids. C-USA has sent three men’s soccer C-USA enjoys signifi cant television exposure through Baseball: ..........................................Richard Fetchiet teams to the NCAA College Cup, fi ve softball teams to its partnerships with ESPN Inc. and CBS College Sports Men’s Basketball: ....................................Dale Kelley the Women’s College World Series and three volleyball Television Networks (formerly CSTV). The league en- Women’s Basketball: ........................ Patty Broderick teams to the Sweet 16. The league has also had three tered into long-term agreements with both ESPN and CBS Football: ...............................................Gerald Austin national champions in NCAA track and fi eld competition, College Sports, which, combined, provides C-USA with Soccer: .................................................. David Harris one national champion in diving and numerous NCAA signifi cant national and regional exposure for football, individual and team competitors in cross country, golf, men’s and women’s basketball, and all other conference Softball: ............................................Lurline Hamilton swimming, tennis and track and fi eld. Overall, Conference sports. Additionally, the CBS College Sports agreement Volleyball: ........................................Marcia Alterman USA teams and individuals have made more than 500 includes video-on-demand, Internet, broadband, national NCAA appearances. over-the-air and satellite radio, and wireless distribution as well as corporate mar- April 24, 1995 in Chicago. The league’s charter members After celebrating its 10th Anniversary during the 2004-05 keting rights, and website included Charlotte, Cincinnati, DePaul, Houston, Louisville, season, C-USA began a new chapter in 2005-06 when its production through CSTV. Marquette, Memphis, Saint Louis, Southern Miss, Tulane, current membership came together to form the new look com, part of CBS College UAB and USF. Eleven of the institutions began athletic of the league. Sports. The agreement participation in 1995, while Houston joined competition in Since its formation, C-USA has established a strong with ESPN extends the the fall of 1996. foundation, an identity and a history that refl ects the league’s conference’s current The league’s headquarters were established in Chicago national presence. Thirteen years of remarkable history regular season football and after nine years, relocated to the current offi ce in Irving, has reinforced the league’s position in collegiate athletics, package to include the Texas. Britton Banowsky was named Commissioner in setting the course for the next decade and beyond. broadcast of the confer- October 2002, succeeding Mike Slive, the league’s fi rst ence’s Football Cham- commissioner. pionship Game. It also C-USA added East Carolina (September, 1996) and the encompasses distribution United States Military Academy (March, 1997) as football Britton Banowsky of men’s basketball and members. ECU began league competition in 1997; Army Commissioner women’s basketball on in 1998 and UAB began football play in 1999. The league ESPN/ESPN2 and both added TCU and ECU (1999) for all sports and they began
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