NIT tournament founder Peter Carlesimo holds the tournament trophy, surrounded by The Orangemen before making the presentation, Nov. 26,1988 file photo at Madison Square Garden in New York. Carlesimo, the first full-time executive director of the NIT and the father of basketball coach P.J. Carlesimo, died at 87. He died Sunday night, June 22, 2003 at his home following an unspecified illness. (AP Photo/Ed Bailey)