The BIG EAST Conference concluded its Annual Summer Meeting with plans to build upon the many successes of the first five years of its current 10-school alignment and to address plans for the 2018-19 academic year and beyond. The meetings were held in Ponte Vedra, Fla.
Commissioner Val Ackerman led a group that included the BIG EAST’s Directors of Athletics, Senior Woman Administrators, Men’s and Women’s Head Basketball Coaches and senior conference staff.
Guests included a contingent of senior executives from FOX Sports, the conference’s television partner; the NCAA; the NABC; and Madison Square Garden, long-time home of the BIG EAST men’s basketball tournament.