Official Site of the Big East · Sep 25, 2016
BIG EAST Hosts Second Annual Freshmen Fundamentals
Freshmen Fundamentals 2016NEW YORK – “This is not just about basketball,” said BIG EAST Commissioner Val Ackerman, “it’s about you as a person.”
The BIG EAST Conference hosted its second annual Freshmen Fundamentals Sept. 24-25, a program designed to educate and assist men’s basketball student-athletes in the transition from high school to the elite level of BIG EAST basketball on and off the court.
Stu Jackson, Senior Associate Commissioner for Men’s Basketball, told the group of 26 freshmen, “Our objective is to provide opportunities for you to learn and interact with a group of professionals to help set you on a path that will help you through college and beyond.”