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Requiem for the Big East

Requiem for the Big East

All was not quiet on the Eastern Front

2014•1h 44m•7.0/10
Documentary

Ratings

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7.0/10(8)

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.

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Production

ESPN Films, ESPN

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Giancarlo Esposito

Giancarlo Esposito

Narrator

Jim Boeheim

Self

John Thompson

John Thompson

Self

Lou Carnesecca

Lou Carnesecca

Self

Ed Pinckney

Self

Chris Mullin

Chris Mullin

Self

Patrick Ewing

Self

Jim Calhoun

Self

Dave Gavitt

Self (Archive Footage)

Mike Gorman

Self

Rollie Massimino

Self

Rick Pitino

Rick Pitino

Self

Michael Tranghese

Self

Dwayne Washington

Self

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