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  1. Hall of Famer Dave Gavitt dies at 73 - College Basketball News | FOX Sports on MSN

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    Sat, 17 Sep 2011

    Dave Gavitt had an impact on the world of basketball. From a career as a successful ..... praise as his coaching. ''The rest of the world has learned much from Dave Gavitt about basketball and he has taught us much more than just on the court …

  2. Big East founder Dave Gavitt dies

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    Sun, 18 Sep 2011

    Big East Conference founder Dave Gavitt has died. He was 73 years old. Gavitt died Friday night, according to Providence College. Gavitt spent 10 years as men's …

  1. At Big East home opener, Providence honors Gavitt

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    Wed, 4 Jan 2012

    Providence College honored former Friars coach Dave Gavitt , a founder and the first commissioner of the Big East ..... the day, the city renamed a street near the arena '' Dave Gavitt Way.'' The Friars are wearing ''DG'' patches in …

  2. Big East breaking up with a bang - College Basketball News | FOX Sports on MSN

    Stories

    Fri, 29 Mar 2013

    … locker room. ''But it's a chance for one more game and it will mean the Final Four.'' The Big East. The one Dave Gavitt started. The one players like Patrick Ewing, Chris Mullin and Pearl Washington vaulted to the national spotlight …

  3. Butler, Creighton, Xavier get major boost from new Big East - College Basketball News | FOX Sports on MSN

    Stories

    Thu, 21 Mar 2013

    … schools that wanted to be a part of the new Big East party. And it hearkened back to more than three decades ago, when Dave Gavitt had the crazy idea of getting a bunch of East Coast schools together for a great college basketball conference centered …

  4. Butler, Creighton, Xavier join new Big East - College Basketball News | FOX Sports on MSN

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    Wed, 20 Mar 2013

    … fall. Providence's president, the Rev. Brian Shanley, was a student at the college when its athletic director, Dave Gavitt , spearheaded the creation of the Big East in 1979. The conference's name was proposed by his father's marketing …

  5. Odom named Maui Invitational chairman

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    Tue, 27 Oct 2009

    … was chosen Tuesday to replace Big East commissioner Dave Gavitt in running the eight-team invitational celebrating ..... sports. "Being chosen as the successor to Wayne Duke and Dave Gavitt is humbling to say the least," Odom said. "You would …

  6. Louisville 78, Syracuse 61: The Cardinals win their last final Big East tournament before leaving for the ACC - College Basketball News | FOX Sports on MSN

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    Sun, 17 Mar 2013

    … thought of (Big East founder and first commissioner) Dave Gavitt and what he formed, and all of us in some way or another flourish because of Dave Gavitt . ''This was a special, special night.'' There …

  7. Jim Boeheim, Syracuse Orange take first step toward one last Big East tourney run with opening win - College Basketball News | FOX Sports on MSN

    Stories

    Thu, 14 Mar 2013

    … the Big East as we have known it. The announcement of Syracuse and Pitt leaving the Big East came the same month that Dave Gavitt , the founder of the Big East and a close Boeheim friend, died. Shortly after came news reports that unfairly put Syracuse …

  8. Georgetown star Otto Porter Jr. is Big East player of the year - College Basketball News | FOX Sports on MSN

    Stories

    Wed, 13 Mar 2013

    … the best coaches in the country. ''This will be a very good league, a league (the late Big East founder) Mr. ( Dave ) Gavitt will look down and smile upon. It will be a conference my dad and the other great coaches like Lou Carnesecca and …

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