Special to BIG EAST.com
NEW YORK – Once more assuming its position as one of the sport’s foremost thought leaders, the BIG EAST Conference hosted its fourth annual Basketball Roundtable on Friday.
Featuring panelists from member schools, broadcasters, journalists, TV and sports industry executives, the gathering attracted a full room at the Westin Grand Central just hours before the tipoff of the BIG EAST Men’s Basketball Tournament presented by Jeep semifinals across town at Madison Square Garden.
“This is the chance that we get to take every year to get experts in higher education and sport of basketball to talk about some of the current topics, current trends and the opportunities and challenges before the game and sport of college basketball, “ said BIG EAST commissioner Val Ackerman in her opening remarks.