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JAKE FENNER of MADISON SQUARE GARDEN: The original Big East Conference is dead, but it will never die. The 'old' Big East Conference held its final tournament this week, with all of its founding members (except UConn). It was the last time basketball fans in the United States would see some of the most legendary programs in the world's Most Popular Arena: Madison Square Garden, the Mecca of College Basketball, in the United States. The Big East Conference combined some of America's top college basketball programs into one supergroup that represented flashiness, brutality, and beauty, which was never to be overflowing. Some people were defiant to the heat when the conference began in 2013.

Pete Carril, the rumpled, smoke-smoking basketball coach who led Princeton to 11 appearances in the NCAA Tournament, where his teams stunned formidable opponents and rattled March Madness with old-school basics, died Monday. He was 92. Carril's family's statement, which said he died "fully" this morning, was published by Princeton. It was not for cause of death. We kindly ask you to protect our privacy at this time as we process our loss and handle necessary procedures.' More information will be available in the coming days,' the advance said. Carril, a Hall of Famer, taught his teams in a distinctive and throwback brand of ball: the Princeton offense, a game marked by perseverance, intelligence, swift movement, and backdoor layoffs that often resulted in layups.