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FILE - In this March 12, 1983, file photo, St. John's coach Lou Carnesecca is carried by his team after the Redman beat Boston College 85-77 in the Big East Championship at New York's Madison Square Garden. Once the stories started being told it was hard to stop. The memories of the Big East Conference and Madison Square Garden for the past 34 years were the topic of a panel discussion Tuesday to celebrate the great relationship between conference and building. (AP Photo/G. Paul Burnett, File)

Big East to hold 35th conference tournament at The Garden

By JIM O'CONNELL - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 4, 2006 file photo, Dave Gavitt, who helped establish the Big East Conference, smiles while being honored at the Statehouse in Boston. The Big Ten and Big East will begin a series of eight games in the first week of the 2015-16 season, and the multi-day event will be named for the late Dave Gavitt. The original series, announced Monday, May 5, 2014, is for eight years. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, File)

Gavitt Tipoff Games: Big Ten, Big East series

By JIM O'CONNELL - Associated Press

Conferences to start series in 2015-16

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Hall of Famer Dave Gavitt dies at 73

By JIM O'CONNELL - Associated Press