2007-08-09 02:49:05 · 9 answers · asked by Kathy 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
It doesn't mean anything as far as academics. Its merely an association for the schools, mainly athletics. So when you say to people you attend a Big Ten school, they will know its either ohio state, penn state, u mich.. etc.
As far as athletics go, the schools in each conference (Big Ten, SEC, Big East, Pac Ten.. etc) will most likely play the teams within the conference more often, thus creating rivalries (which is great for sports). This goes for most sports in college, especially for football and basketball where each conference will spread out the earnings they get from appearances and promotions to all the schools within the conference.
Thats why Notre Dame never wants to join a conference because they make so much money and if they join any conference, they will have to give up more than they get back.
2007-08-09 02:59:00 · answer #1 · answered by MBA seeker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means it is one of the schools whose sports teams are in a specific conference in the mid-West. The schools include Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State, Purdue, Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Northwestern, Minnesota, Illinois, and Iowa. They tend to be bigger, public schools, and although the phrase "Big Ten" refers to sports, they are still referred this way in academics. People are so familiar with college sports, especially football and basketball, that it is an easy way to identify where these schools are located.
2007-08-09 02:58:30 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an athletic conference which consists of 11 schools (someone else has already listed them). Nine of them are quite similar - they are large, well-respected public universities in the upper midwest. The other two are Penn State, which is quite similar to the first nine, except that most people don't consider Pennsylvania part of the midwest, and Northwestern, which is a medium-sized, elite private university in a Chicago suburb.
People often refer to schools based on their athletic conferences because often most of the schools in an athletic conference have similar academic/cultural profiles in addition to play sports against each other. The Ivy League is the other prime example, of course.
2007-08-09 03:24:45 · answer #3 · answered by Thomas M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It refers to 11 schools that are part of the "Big Ten Conference".
The big ones are Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Wisconsin, and Penn State.
And it goes for all of their sports, not just basketball.
2007-08-09 02:58:22 · answer #4 · answered by Thomas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like Ivy League, it originally referred to a sports league. Now it is still that but also refers to 10 of the largest universities in the Midwest of the United States.
2007-08-09 03:14:12 · answer #5 · answered by Isidore Ducasse 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-17 22:08:56 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It refers to the type of Sports program and rank they have. I think specifically for Basketball.
2007-08-09 02:51:48 · answer #7 · answered by cat.tails 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NCAA conference.....it goes for all sports.
Go Buckeyes!!
2007-08-09 04:58:27 · answer #8 · answered by Holdin' on to Hope 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its ncaa conference
2007-08-09 02:51:37 · answer #9 · answered by jimmyluger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋