Question: The DePaul Blue Demons are a member of a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in all sports except what?
Context: The 2016–17 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.  They played almost all of their home games at Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois, though they scheduled two regular-season games at the considerably smaller McGrath–Phillips Arena, the regular home of the DePaul women's team, on the school's Chicago campus.  The Blue Demons, members of the Big East Conference, were led by head coach Dave Leitao, in the second year of his current tenure and fifth overall at DePaul.  They finished the season 9–23, 2–16 in Big East play to finish in last place.  They received the No. 10 seed in the Big East Tournament.  They lost in the first round of the Big East Tournament to Xavier. The 2013–14 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.  The Blue Demons, led by fourth year head coach Oliver Purnell, played their home games at the Allstate Arena, with two home games at McGrath-Phillips Arena, and were members of the newly reorganized Big East Conference.  They finished the season 12–21, 3–15 in Big East play to finish in last place.  They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament where they lost to Creighton. The 2014–15 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.  The Blue Demons, led by fifth year head coach Oliver Purnell, played their home games at the Allstate Arena, and were members of the Big East Conference.  They finished the season 12–20, 6–12 in Big East play to finish in a tie for seventh place.  They lost in the first round of the Big East Tournament to Creighton. The Big East Conference (stylized as BIG EAST) is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in all sports except football, which is not sponsored.  The conference has been officially recognized as a Division I multi-sport conference, effective on August 1, 2013. The DePaul Blue Demons are the athletic teams that represent DePaul University, located in Chicago, Illinois.  The Blue Demons participate in NCAA Division I and are a member of the Big East Conference.  They were not affiliated with any circuit until it helped establish the Great Midwest Conference in 1991.  It subsequently became a charter member of Conference USA from 1995 until its move to the original Big East in 2005.  DePaul and the other six Catholic, non-FBS schools announced on December 15, 2012 their separation to eventually form a new conference that would carry the Big East name. The 2015–16 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.  They played their home games at the Allstate Arena, and were members of the Big East Conference.  Dave Leitao returned to Chicago to lead the Blue Demons for the second time, following a three-year tenure from 2002–2005.  They finished the season 9–22, 3–15 in Big East play to finish in ninth place.  They lost to Georgetown in the first round of the Big East Tournament. The 2011–12 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.  The Blue Demons, led by second year head coach Oliver Purnell, played their home games at the Allstate Arena, with three home games at McGrath-Phillips Arena, and were members of the Big East Conference.  They finished the season 12–19, 3–15 in Big East play to finish in last place.  They lost in the first round of the Big East Tournament to Connecticut. The 2012–13 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.  The Blue Demons, led by third year head coach Oliver Purnell, played their home games at the Allstate Arena, with two home games at McGrath-Phillips Arena, and were members of the Big East Conference.  They finished the season 11–21, 2–16 in Big East play to finish in last place.  They lost in the first round of the Big East Tournament to Rutgers. The DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team represents DePaul University in Chicago.  The school is one of the seven core schools that left the original Big East Conference in 2013 to form the current Big East Conference.  Before joining the original Big East in 2005, the Blue Demons previously competed in Conference USA, the Great Midwest Conference, and the North Star Conference.  The women’s basketball team began competing in the IAIAW in 1974-1975 under coach Debbie Miller and had their first winning season two seasons later, obtaining an 11-10 record under current coach Doug Bruno. The DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball program is the NCAA Division I intercollegiate men's basketball program of DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois.  The team has competed in the Big East Conference since the league's relaunch in 2013, after having been a member of the original Big East since 2005.  The Blue Demons expect to play home games at the new Wintrust Arena at the McCormick Place convention center on Chicago's Near South Side, which is scheduled to open for the 2017–18 season.  Previously, their home court had been Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois.
Answer: football