Lamoriello was still Providence’s hockey coach when the Big East was founded in 1979. He watched as the late Dave Gavitt, his ...

UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma plans to honor the late St. John's coach Lou Carnesecca when the Huskies visit ...

Lou Carnesecca, one of the coaching icons of the early Big East, died Saturday at 99. UConn’s Jim Calhoun has fond memories ...

"There wasn't one person who disliked Lou in those Big East meetings and everybody deferred to [him]," Rick Pitino said.

Lou Carnesecca was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992, making him one of dozens of college coaches ...

Lou Carnesecca is a New York legend. Carnesecca passed away over the weekend at the age of 99. He lived a wonderful life, and ...

Lou Carnesecca, the raspy-voiced, sweater-wearing St. John's basketball coach and godfather of the Big East whose ...

St. John’s said the Hall of Fame coach ‘endeared himself to generations of New Yorkers with his wit and warmth.’ ...

A huge personality in the Big East, Carnesecca was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992 ...

Lou Carnesecca, the excitable St. John’s coach whose outlandish sweaters became an emblem of his team’s dazzling Final Four ...

Lou Carnesecca died at the age of 99 on Saturday afternoon, leaving a hole in the St. John’s community and the New York basketball scene. But for those who coached against him in the Big East, the ...