the university of chicago left the big ten in 1999.
the university of chicago left the big ten in 1999.
when did the university of chicago leave the big ten?
1999
big ten member institutions are predominantly major flagship research universities with large financial endowments and strong academic reputations. large student enrollment is also a hallmark of big ten universities, as 13 of the 14 members feature enrollments of 30,000 or more students. northwestern university, the only full member with a total enrollment of fewer than 30,000 students, is the lone private university among big ten membership (the university of chicago, a private university, left the conference in 1946). collectively, big ten universities educate more than 520,000 total students and have 5.7 million living alumni. big ten universities engage in $9.3 billion in funded research each year. though the big ten existed for nearly a century as an assemblage of universities located primarily in the midwest, the conference's geographic footprint now stretches east to the atlantic ocean.
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as a 2008–09 first team pre-season all-big ten player, he was the first wolverine to earn the honor since daniel horton in 2004. although he was the leading returning scorer and top draft prospect, purdue's robbie hummel was named big ten preseason player of the year. preseason all-big ten status has not always led to regular season honors. in both 2005 and 2007, only two preseason selections made the regular season team. harris opened the 2008–09 michigan wolverines men's basketball season with a career-high 30 points in a 77–55 victory over michigan tech on november 11. the following night in the second game of the coaches vs. cancer classic, harris nearly posted a triple double when he posted 26 points, and career-highs with 10 rebounds and 8 assists in a 76–56 win against northeastern university. this quick start earned harris the november 17, 2008 big ten player of the week award. harris led the big ten conference in scoring until the second to last game of the preconference schedule when he snapped a ten-game double digit scoring streak. throughout the season, he continued to battle with fellow sophomores evan turner and talor battle for the big ten scoring leadership. on february 5, harris was selected along with kalin lucas as one of only two big ten john r. wooden award 2008–09 midseason top 30 candidates. on march 5, the national association of basketball coaches honored harris as a district 7 (big ten) first-team selection along with four other sophomores (lucas, turner, battle, and jajuan johnson). on march 9 after the conclusion of the 2008–09 big ten conference men's basketball season, he was named to the first team all-big ten by both the big ten coaches and the big ten media along with the same four sophomores. he was also chosen on march 10 by the u.s. basketball writers association for its 2008–09 men's division i district v (oh, in, il, mi, mn, wi) team, based on voting from its national membership. on march 26 harris was honored as one of four michigan men's basketball winter sports big ten academic all-conference selections.
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