NEW YORK -- The BIG EAST Conference hosted men’s and women’s basketball events this weekend with programs aimed at helping student-athletes succeed on and off the court and after their college careers are over.
For men’s basketball, Freshmen Fundamentals assists first-year student-athletes with the transition from high school to college and the elite level of BIG EAST basketball. All 36 freshman on league rosters participated. Transition Game aims at upperclassmen, helping assist women’s players in the shift from college to being a professional.
“We’re so glad all of you are part of the BIG EAST family,” said BIG EAST Commissioner Val Ackerman.