Requiem for the Big East takes a nostalgic look at the rivalries and successes that catapulted the Big East to groundbreaking success. Told primarily through the lens of famed Big East coaches Jim Boeheim, Lou Carnesecca, Rick Pitino and John Thompson, former Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese, and some of its most iconic players including Patrick Ewing, Chris Mullin and Ed Pinckney, the film encapsulates the era and region in which the Big East was born.  Launched in 1979 the same year that ESPN was born the Big East used the burgeoning cable TV network and the media as a whole to help spread its gospel to fans and future players across the nation. But with success came a price, and the super conference eventually found itself in a new era, fighting for survival.