Rothman Institute, based in Philadelphia, PA, is a global leader in Orthopedic science and technology. Rothman Institute’s sports medicine team evaluates more than 80,000 sports injuries and performs more than 10,000 surgeries each year.
The Big East Conference (stylized as BIG EAST) is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in all sports except football, which is not sponsored. The conference has been officially recognized as a Division I multi-sport conference, effective on August 1, 2013. Its nucleus is composed of the "Catholic Seven" members of the Big East Conference (1979–2013): DePaul University, Georgetown University, Marquette University, Providence College, Seton Hall University, St. John's University, and Villanova University.