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Message: [QUOTE="Aluminny69, post: 3805266, member: 103"] from WIKI "Rowe participated in the search committees which brought Hall of Fame coaches [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Calhoun']Jim Calhoun[/URL] (men's basketball) and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geno_Auriemma']Geno Auriemma[/URL] (women's basketball) to Connecticut. He also played an instrumental role in the foundation of the Big East conference.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Rowe#cite_note-:0-3'][3][/URL] Rowe was the architect of the fundraising arm for UConn athletics, which over the course of 13 years raised millions of dollars for a variety of projects including the building of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_A._Gampel_Pavilion']Harry A. Gampel Pavilion[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Rowe#cite_note-:0-3'][3][/URL] Rowe was unable to participate as assistant coach due to the US boycott of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics']1980 Olympics[/URL]. Rowe had a framed picture of the 1980 United States Olympic men's basketball team hanging on his office wall." [/QUOTE]