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

ESPN

Requiem for the Big East Trailers

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Cast

Narrator

Giancarlo Esposito

Self

Jim Boeheim

Self

John Thompson

Self

Lou Carnesecca

Self

Ed Pinckney

Self

Chris Mullin

Self

Patrick Ewing

Self

Jim Calhoun

Self (Archive Footage)

Dave Gavitt

Self

Mike Gorman

Self

Rollie Massimino

Self

Rick Pitino

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