FILE - In this March 9, 2016, file photo, Big East Conference Commissioner Val Ackerman smiles during a press conference in New York. The Big East Conference extended the contact of Commissioner Val Ackerman through June 2021. The league announced the three-year extension on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, three days after the conference played its men's basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden for the 36th consecutive year.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)