OT: R.I.P. Lou Carnesecca

[UCTitleTown]

A life well-lived. I think I messed up posting this tweet....

 

[CL82]

Legendary St. John's coach Carnesecca dies at 99

Hall of Fame college basketball coach Lou Carnesecca, who won more than 500 games at St. John's, has died at the age of 99.

www.espn.com

I'm very sad to hear this. He was one of the greats of the old big east.

 

[SwingDog]

Certainly a legend in the ranks of Big East coaches and college basketball. As a kid, I recall watching those classic Big East battles with St. John's and Coach Lou with his signature sweaters and animated style on the sideline. I recall him as a man of character who truly loved his players and the fans as well. Carnesecca, Massimino, Thompson, Calhoun, Carlesimo, Boeheim...what personalities, a lot of history and lots of wins. Coach Lou was right there rooting for St. John's and in the loop right to the end.

 

[Dove]

Sad to read. Break out the sweater.

 

[UCTitleTown]

99 years is a blessing. Crazy to think he was already almost 60 in the early Big East days.

Legendary St. John's coach Carnesecca dies at 99

Hall of Fame college basketball coach Lou Carnesecca, who won more than 500 games at St. John's, has died at the age of 99.

www.espn.com

 

[JB75]

Rip Louie- not many like you left.

 

[willie99]

We would be playing them close, the HCC was rocking.....

Lou calls a time out. Play resumes, the HCC resumed it's morgue status

Every single time, and it worked

RIP Louie

 

[Kathy]

RIP Louie - you will be remembered as one of the greats.

 

[djct1999]

RIP to a legend in NYC and Big East hoops.

 

[jibsey]

Louie was a nice guy but I never understood wearing red sweaters in a hot Garden or field house. Rick Majerus a very big guy also wore those hot sweaters, and sweated. Huggy wore suits but eventually went to a track suit.
Good teams but no national championships and the NIT was a big deal for a lot of his career?

 

[dogpause]

The Big East has had a lot of great coaches and Louie was certainly one of them. He was also a great and likeable character. RIP Coach C.

 

[Husky Alien]

R.I.P. to one of the best. Thank you for the memories coach Lou.

 

[Scoe]

RIP to a legend he was one hell of a character what a great life, he was about a month away from reaching 100.

 

[David 76]

Thanks for the memories. A life to be emulated.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

RIP Louie.

He was a large part of what made the original BE so much fun in its first decade.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

 

[sledog]

I remember JC describing that when UConn joined the BE, Lou would call him over ('hey Irish') and give advice.

St. John’s legendary coach Lou Carnesecca dead at 99

Lou Carnesecca, one of the most successful coaches in college basketball history during a 24-year career at St. John’s, died on Saturday. He was 99.

nypost.com

 

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[BugsyCT]

RIP Louie. I remember back in ‘85 when Gtown and St John’s were at the top of the polls (they had some memorable battles that season) and the Big East got 3 teams in the FF (Nova upsetting Gtown of course), I was just glad that UConn was playing in the same conference as those teams and hoping we’d be that good someday.

Thank goodness Jim Calhoun came along.

 

[Waquoit]

I remember JC describing that when UConn joined the BE, Lou would call him over ('hey Irish') and give advice.

My favorite story is when JC confronted him after a game about running up the score. "Hey Irish, it's tough enough coaching one team."

 

[Kolumbo]

A life well-lived. I think I messed up posting this tweet....

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[Dove]

Mike Lupica tweets...

 

[conn man]

A true Big East legend in coaching and fashion. R.I.P. Louie.

 

[Huskybass]

Louie and Chris Mullin were the class of the Big East back in the day. RIP Louie, you were one of the legends of the sport.

 

[boog204]

It's crazy to think that at one point the Big East had coaching legends like Thompson, Boeheim, Louie, Calhoun, Pitino roaming the sidelines at the same time with Dave Gavitt overseeing the whole thing. Add in dudes like Rollie, Raftery, PJ Carlesimo, Jim O'Brien and a young Calipari as an assistant. There's like 9 nattys from the above guys, tons of , and I think 6 hall of fame coaches. Crazy. RIP to Louie who was such a foundational element to my becoming addicted to college basketball in the mid 80s.