The Big East also announced Monday that the league's coaches selected Kadeem Batts of Providence and Michael Carrter-Williams of Syracuse to share the Most Improved Player Award.

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John's leading 27-26, was a close back-and-forth match with Sampson's 11 points leading the Red Storm and Batts' seven points driving the Friars.

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But it's the characters from De Niro's Jimmy Conway to the ill-fated Billy Batts who fans just can't seem to let go of.

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