John Thompson, the first of the Georgetown coaches with that name, was sitting on a raised area just feet from where John Thompson III was accepting the trophy for Big East Coach of the Year. Tuesday's presentation brings JT III, as he is known, within two seasonal awards of his Hall of Fame father. It almost seemed like closure when the award was presented. John Thompson won the award after the Big East's first season in 1979-80. John Thompson III won it for the season that will be the last of the Big East as we know it. Seven Catholic members have left with others leaving in a year or two. The surviving Big East football schools will play on with others schools joining over the next few years. JT III doesn't care about any of that now. Read more http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...hompson-iii-georgetown-hoyas-honored-big-east
