The Big East announced Thursday that it decided to cancel its non-conference hours for fall sports.
The decision applies to men’s and women’s cross-country, field hockey, soccer and men’s and women’s volleyball. There is no timetable for a decision on basketball scheduling.
No decision on competition and championships has been made at the conference, Big East said in its statement.
The Greater East said it would continue to monitor the situation and update as appropriate.
The movements occur amid the coronavirus pandemic, causing programming changes across the country in all divisions. At the Power 5 level, The Pac-12 and Big Ten have also canceled non-conference games for fall sports, including soccer. The ACC and SEC have announced that they are delaying the start of the fall season for all sports, except soccer, at least until September 1.
The Mid-American Conference on Thursday, citing “caution for the health and well-being of student athletes, coaches, and others involved,” said it would postpone the start of field hockey, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, women’s volleyball, and cross country for men and women until September 3.
That decision aligns with the start of the soccer season for MAC and would allow all fall sports to start at the same time. Any confrontation affected by the postponements would be left to the individual schools.
The West Coast Conference delayed the start of its fall sports season on Thursday until September 24, affecting men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s soccer, and women’s volleyball.
Men’s and women’s basketball are not scheduled to start playing until November 10, and the BYU and San Diego soccer teams are not affected by the WCC announcement.
Meanwhile, the Horizon League decided that it would delay the start of fall sports until October 1 and that each school will determine the rescheduling of non-conference contests affected by the delayed start. Affected sports include men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball, and cross country for men and women.
ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg contributed to this report.
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