Lamoriello was still Providence’s hockey coach when the Big East was founded in 1979. He watched as the late Dave Gavitt, his mentor and predecessor as Providence AD, his roommate and teammate in the Cape Cod Baseball League, a groomsman at Lamoriello’s wedding and, eventually, the Big East’s first commissioner, spearheaded the new league.

Lou Carnesecca was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992, making him one of dozens of college coaches honored. His numbers during 24 years at St. John’s made him an easy choice.

The funeral for Carnesecca will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at the St. Thomas More Church on the St. John’s University campus. The funeral mass also will be live streamed on the university's website . The interment will be private.

The New York Knicks' homecoming took a somber turn on Sunday, as the team recognized the life and career of fellow Madison Square Garden staple Lou Carnesecca p

Hall of Fame men's college basketball coach Lou Carnesecca, who won 526 games during a legendary career at St. John's, died on Saturday. He was 99.

Lou Carnesecca, the excitable St. John’s coach whose outlandish sweaters became an emblem of his team’s dazzling Final Four run in 1985, has died.

Per longtime basketball journalist Peter Vecsey, New York City basketball legend Lou Carnesecca has passed away at the age of 99. Carnesecca, the longtime face

One of a kind - loving caring & passionate is what I have felt about Coach Carnesecca as I loved the many conversations we had during my time at ESPN of covering St. John’s B

There’s an extra responsibility that comes with coaching the St. John’s men’s basketball team, one rooted in the precedent that Hall of Famer Lou Carnesecca established during his legendary run. “For St.

Lou Carnesecca, the Hall of Fame men’s basketball coach who led St. John’s to a Final Four and to a winning record in each of his 24 seasons leading the program, died Saturday, the university announced.