Requiem for the Big East

Mar 16, 2014

1h 44m

★ 7.0

All was not quiet on the Eastern Front

Overview

The meteoric ascension of the Big East conference, and how in less than a decade, it became the most successful college basketball league in America.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

ESPN Films

Requiem for the Big East Trailers

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Cast

Narrator

Giancarlo Esposito

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Jim Boeheim

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John Thompson

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Lou Carnesecca

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Ed Pinckney

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Chris Mullin

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Patrick Ewing

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Jim Calhoun

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Dave Gavitt

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Mike Gorman

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Rollie Massimino

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Rick Pitino

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