JTIII trivia answer

 

Pencils down, here's the answer.

Yesterday, I asked you who was the only Ivy League graduate other than Lou Rossini, Butch van Breda Kolff and soon to be John Thompson III to coach in the Final Four. I also told you he's been one of the most influential people in the history of basketball.

In fact, he's a Hall of Famer, and his name is Dave Gavitt.

Gavitt, a 1959 Dartmouth graduate coached the Green and led Providence to the 1973 Final Four. He then went on to be the strongest force behind the founding of the Big East Conference and its commissioner during the height of its dominance in the 1980s.

When that tenure was over, Gavitt went on to preside over the establishment of the Dream Team during his leadership of USA Basketball.

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