Perspective: As the NIT leaves the Garden, one of basketball’s grand traditions will vanish
“It’s bittersweet,” said Dan Gavitt, the NCAA’s senior vice president of basketball, who runs the NCAA tournament and the NIT. “There’s obviously a lot of tradition connected to the NIT and New York. But this was a mutual decision that had been coming for a while.”Not surprisingly, the bottom line for the NCAA and the Garden was the bottom line. The Garden is as expensive of a rental as there is in sports: about $350,000 per night.
Army Coach Tates Locke left the job and eventually became the coach at Miami of Ohio. He was replaced by his only assistant — Bob Knight. The championship game was the last game ever coached by Joe Lapchick, the longtime St. John’s coach. He was also replaced by his one assistant: Lou Carnesecca. Knight, Lapchick and Carnesecca are in the Hall of Fame.
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