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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.

With a straight set win over China's Zhang Shuai, American actress Coco Gauff secured her spot in the US open quarter finals. In a match between the youngest and oldest players remaining in the women's singles, the 18-year-old dug deep to win 7-5, 7-5. In the second set, the 12th-seeded American defeated Zhang, 5-3, but her 33-year-old adversary defeated her twice en route to win by 4 games in a series of straight games.