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BIG EAST Tournament continues at MSG despite NCAA ruling

NEW YORK CITY — To end the conference’s awards ceremony, BIG EAST Commissioner Val Ackerman addressed how the league plans to deal with the rapid spread of coronavirus during this week’s conference tournament.

“We are moving forward with the tournament as planned, but it wasn’t without careful deliberation with all of our schools over the past several days including most recently this afternoon,” Ackerman said. “We recognize the fast-moving and, in many ways, unprecedented circumstances that we and other sports organizations are facing as we strive to conduct safe events for our participants and spectators.”

Ackerman said because those who are making decisions are not medical professionals, they will rely on the guidance of governmental authorities on how to best proceed given the state of COVID-19.