Editing Big East Conference (1979–2013) (section)

===Full members===
{| class="wikitable sortable"  style="text-align:center; width:100%;"
|-
!Institution
!Location<br />(Population)
!Founded
!Type
!Enrollment
!Year<br />Joined
!Nickname
!Endowment
!Current Conference
|-
| [[University of Cincinnati]]<ref name=about-UC>{{Cite journal | url=http://www.uc.edu/about/ucfactsheet.html#enrollment | title=UC Facts, University of Cincinnati | publisher=University of Cincinnati | access-date=March 9, 2012 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306104152/http://www.uc.edu/about/ucfactsheet.html#enrollment | archive-date=March 6, 2012 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> 
| [[Cincinnati|Cincinnati, Ohio]]<br />(309,317)
| 1819
| Public
| 41,357
| 2005
| [[Cincinnati Bearcats|Bearcats]]
| $1,004,000,000
| [[Big 12]] 
|-
| [[University of Connecticut]]<ref name=uconn-factsheet>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.uconn.edu/pdf/UConn_Facts_2009.pdf |title=UConn Fact Sheet 2008 |publisher=University of Connecticut |date=January 2008 |access-date=December 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216043319/http://uconn.edu/pdf/UConn_Facts_2009.pdf |archive-date=February 16, 2010  }}</ref>
| [[Storrs, Connecticut]]<br />(15,344)
| 1881
| Public
| 30,034
| 1979
| [[Connecticut Huskies|Huskies]]
| $447,700,000
| [[Big East Conference|Big East]] (Independent in football) 
|-
| [[University of Louisville]]<ref>{{Cite journal | url=http://louisville.edu/about/profile.html#enrollment | title=Profile > University of Louisville: It's Happening Here | publisher=University of Louisville | access-date=August 8, 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080924211500/http://louisville.edu/about/profile.html| archive-date= September 24, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
| [[Louisville, Kentucky]]<br />(741,096)
| 1798
| Public
| 23,262
| 2005
| [[Louisville Cardinals|Cardinals]]
| $762,300,000
| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
| [[University of Pittsburgh]]
| [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]<br />(305,704)
| 1787
| [[Commonwealth System of Higher Education|Public/State-Related]]<ref>{{Cite journal | url=http://www.pdehighered.state.pa.us/higher/cwp/view.asp?A=6&Q=41016 | title= PA Higher/Adult Ed.: State-Related Universities | publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Education | access-date=August 8, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060926193213/http://www.pdehighered.state.pa.us/higher/cwp/view.asp?A=6&Q=41016 |archive-date = September 26, 2006}}</ref> 
| 28,823
| 1982
| [[Pittsburgh Panthers|Panthers]]
| $2,032,798,000
| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
| [[Rutgers University]]
| [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]]<br />(55,181)
| 1766
| Public
| 38,912
| 1995
| [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights|Scarlet Knights]]
| $603,083,000
| [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
|-
| [[University of South Florida]] 
| [[Tampa, Florida]]<br />(335,709)
| 1956
| Public
| 47,122
| 2005
| [[South Florida Bulls|Bulls]]
| $339,000,000
| [[American Athletic Conference|The American]]
|-
| [[Syracuse University]]
| [[Syracuse, New York]]<br />(145,170)
| 1870
| Private/Non-sectarian
| 20,407
| 1979
| [[Syracuse Orange|Orange]]
| $849,157,000
| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|}