Big East Commissioner Val Ackerman said in a statement that the agreement gives “all 22 of our sports - especially women’s basketball and Olympic sports - the visibility they’ve earned and the access our fans expect.”
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Ackerman stressed “none of us would like to see our unit value diminish,” and that the Big East - which had three teams advance to the Sweet 16 - would have a “point of view if it was going to be undercut in any way.”
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