The Johnnies, Syracuse, Georgetown, Providence, Seton Hall. Connecticut and Villanova, made the cornerstone of the Big East.
Lou Carnesecca, the excitable St. John’s coach ... Villanova teams coached by Rollie Massimino and Georgetown teams coached by John Thompson and led by Patrick Ewing. It was then the saga ...
Georgetown won the national semifinal ... and Billy Singleton led St. John's to the No. 4 seed in what would be Lou Carnesecca's last deep run in the NCAA Tournament. The Johnnies beat No ...
joining Georgetown, Seton Hall and Providence ... Of St. John's now-31 NCAA tournament appearances, 18 came under Lou Carnesecca's 24 years at the helm. Since Carnesecca retired after 1992 ...
The storied college basketball coach, then 66, told college hoops writer Adam Zagoria that "I would bring St. John's to the Elite level not seen since Louie (Carnesecca) roamed the sidelines." ...
The team appears primed to return to a level of glory they haven't enjoyed since the late-great Lou Carnesecca and they have Rick Pitino to thank for getting them to this point. Pitino's No. 1 ...
JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST They hoisted Lou Carnesecca on their shoulders the first time St. John’s won the Big East Conference Tournament in 1983. “Like [predecessor] Joe Lapchick ...
NEW YORK (AP) — In the long and storied history of New York City basketball, nobody wore it quite like Lou Carnesecca ... we tried everything,” Carnesecca said of Georgetown, which then ...