Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Big East Women's Basketball Tournament is a conference championship tournament in women's basketball. It was first held in 1983, at the end of the 1982–83 college basketball season that was the first in which the original Big East Conference sponsored women's basketball. The tournament was conducted by the original Big East through 2013. Since the 2013 split of the conference along football lines, the tournament is conducted by a new, non-football league also known as the Big East Conference. The tournament determines the conference's champion, which receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. From 2004 through 2013, the tournament was held in the Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the XL Center (formerly known as the Hartford Civic Center). The 2014 edition was hosted by DePaul University, with opening-round games played at McGrath–Phillips Arena on the school's Chicago campus and all other games played at Allstate Arena in suburban Rosemont.Starting in 2009, the tournament expanded to include all 16 of the conference's teams at that time. The teams finishing 9 through 16 in the regular season standings played first round games, while teams 5 through 8 receive a bye to the second round. The top 4 teams during the regular season receive a double-bye to the quarterfinals. The 2013 tournament, the final one under the original Big East structure, saw 15 teams participating, following West Virginia's 2012 move to the Big 12 Conference. The tournament now features all 10 members of the current conference.. }
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- Big_East_Women's_Basketball_Tournament abstract "The Big East Women's Basketball Tournament is a conference championship tournament in women's basketball. It was first held in 1983, at the end of the 1982–83 college basketball season that was the first in which the original Big East Conference sponsored women's basketball. The tournament was conducted by the original Big East through 2013. Since the 2013 split of the conference along football lines, the tournament is conducted by a new, non-football league also known as the Big East Conference. The tournament determines the conference's champion, which receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. From 2004 through 2013, the tournament was held in the Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the XL Center (formerly known as the Hartford Civic Center). The 2014 edition was hosted by DePaul University, with opening-round games played at McGrath–Phillips Arena on the school's Chicago campus and all other games played at Allstate Arena in suburban Rosemont.Starting in 2009, the tournament expanded to include all 16 of the conference's teams at that time. The teams finishing 9 through 16 in the regular season standings played first round games, while teams 5 through 8 receive a bye to the second round. The top 4 teams during the regular season receive a double-bye to the quarterfinals. The 2013 tournament, the final one under the original Big East structure, saw 15 teams participating, following West Virginia's 2012 move to the Big 12 Conference. The tournament now features all 10 members of the current conference.".