The clouds and misty rain that shrouded North Carolina's Kenan Stadium for most of Saturday afternoon were an apt metaphor for the ever-changing world of college athletics. Less than 24 hours after Big East founder Dave Gavitt had died, the ACC was... Full Article at Albany Times-Union
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Dave was a great man ... a renaissance man who was at the forefront of all that was good in college basketball. One reason I wanted to coach at UConn was so that I could be in Dave Gavitt's league. … Without Dave there is no Big East, and without the Big East there would never have been a UConn as we ha...
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It is especially sad, considering today is certainly one of those days, with everything in the news about our league ... I would love nothing more than to call him and ask him simply, 'What do you think?' and 'What should we do?' Sadly, we cannot do that.
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Dave will be missed incredibly by me as a mentor and friend ... He was always such a big picture guy, and he has done more for the sport of basketball than anyone in my lifetime. His impact on athletics in the Eastern part of the country is immeasurable, and the Big East Conference, created through his ...
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