Summary of Dana O'Neil's The Big East

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 Gavitt was the founder of the Big East Conference, and he was also the commissioner of it. He was universally praised as brilliant, but his real gift lay in his people skills. He was intelligent but not elitist, and everyone loved him.
#2 Gavitt was able to connect with people easily, and he was able to make connections that carried him throughout his life. He was able to lead teams to the Final Four in both basketball and baseball, and he was named New England Coach of the Year after leading Providence to the NCAA Tournament in both 1969 and 1973.
#3 Gavitt was a coach, and he was also the commissioner of the Big East conference, which was created in 1979. He believed his region, the East Coast, would benefit from a conference to rival the ACC. He never found a receptive audience, though.
#4 In 1978, the NCAA passed a rule that required teams that competed against one another in postseason tournaments to also play a full round-robin regular-season schedule. This meant that coaches would have to build a schedule that included two games against regional foes.

Sujets

• Sport
• Sports collectifs
• Basketball
• Baloncesto
• Basket-ball

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 25 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669364276
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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#1

Gavitt was the founder of the Big East Conference, and he was also the commissioner of it. He was universally praised as brilliant, but his real gift lay in his people skills. He was intelligent but not elitist, and everyone loved him.

#2

Gavitt was able to connect with people easily, and he was able to make connections that carried him throughout his life. He was able to lead teams to the Final Four in both basketball and baseball, and he was named New England Coach of the Year after leading Providence to the NCAA Tournament in both 1969 and 1973.

#3

Gavitt was a coach, and he was also the commissioner of the Big East conference, which was created in 1979. He believed his region, the East Coast, would benefit from a conference to rival the ACC. He never found a receptive audience, though.

#4

In 1978, the NCAA passed a rule that required teams that competed against one another in postseason tournaments to also play a full round-robin regular-season schedule. This meant that coaches would have to build a schedule that included two games against regional foes.

#5

In 1978, Gavitt wooed Lou Carnesecca, the head coach of St. John’s, over a plate of pasta and wine. With Georgetown, St. John’s, and Syracuse, Gavitt felt, the four schools were essential to his new league’s success.

#6

Gavitt was determined to find a team that could play in the famed Boston Garden. He turned to Boston College, a school that had suffered its blackest black eye when members of the team were accused of point shaving.

#7

The Big East was born out of a handshake agreement between Gavitt and the other conference ADs. It had no schedule, no championship plan, and not even an office. Tranghese was more than ready for whatever his boss threw at him.

#8

To get the Big East games on television, Duffy had to convert local stations to show the games. This was done by selling the game, or buying your way in.

#9

Tranghese and Duffy went to visit a man developing an idea even crazier than Gavitt’s. Bill Rasmussen grew up a die-hard baseball fan in Depression-era Illinois, listening to the Cubs on the radio at night. He fearlessly followed his instincts, quitting a job at Westinghouse to start a shipping company.

#10

The Big East was able to secure thirty-two games on television that first season, all but two of them on tape delay. The league received just $75,000 in TV revenue.

#11

On December 11, 1979, the first official Big East basketball game was played in Walsh Gymnasium on the Seton Hall campus. It was a rather unimpressive start for the league. The league needed a headline to proclaim its arrival.