Quotes by Dave Gavitt

“I know its a high bar. Both have withstood the test of time and have done it very well. Their impact on the Big East was significant. The rapid growth of the Big East in the 1980s where we really established ourselves was all about coaches.”

“If you start a business with only one or two stores, its going to be different when you franchise it with 20. Its a lot trickier.”

“No! Youve got to have meaning to the regular season. Right now, the balance is okay. That was my only fear when we moved to 64 teams. I was chair at the time, and I did have some trepidation that we would lessen the importance of the regular season.”

“Its really a terrific thing for Providence College. On behalf of Providence College, for a small school, to have two of their fine alumni and their fine players having taken teams to the Final Four and coaching against each other, thats pretty neat.”

“He always wanted to coach. He would come in my office and say, Lets talk coaching. I would say, Well, it is kind of hard to divorce myself of the situation since you are one of my players. So were not going to talk long.?”

“Its been a longer journey than for some of these guys, but what a thrill. Im from a little town in New Hampshire. Its not that far from Springfield mileage-wise, but its light years from shoveling snow in the driveway as a kid loving the game. All of a sudden I had an opportunity to play at the college level and coach and do other things. I just feel so privileged to be going into the Hall of Fame.”