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President R. Gerald Turner addresses an excited crowd during SMU’s official presentation into the Big East Athletic Conference.
President R. Gerald Turner addresses an excited crowd during SMU’s official presentation into the Big East Athletic Conference. (Sidney Hollingsworth/ The Daily Campus)
Crowds cheered and tubas bellowed as Hughes Trigg Student Center filled with more than 100 people to celebrate SMU’s joining the Big East Conference Thursday afternoon.
For the first time since the days of the Southwest Conference, SMU will be playing against prominent athletic competition.
SMU President R. Gerald Turner and Big East Commissioner John Marinatto were among those who spoke at the event.
After absorbing SMU and four other universities, Commissioner Marinatto said that the Big East will have “by far the largest footprint of any Division I conference in the