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In his new role, Gavitt will set the strategic direction for and oversee the operation and management of the Division I, II and III men’s basketball championships.
Joe Bailey, Interim Commissioner of the BIG EAST Conference, held his first teleconference with the national media Wednesday afternoon, discussing a range of issues relative to the conference and college athletics.
The Tigers will begin competing in the BIG EAST in the 2013-14 academic year.
The BIG EAST Conference will honor the memory of its founder and first commissioner Dave Gavitt with a moment of silence at every school’s first conference home men’s and women's basketball game. Gavitt, who founded the conference in May of 1979, passed away on September 16.
BIG EAST Conference Founder and former Commissioner Dave Gavitt passed away Friday night
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