RIP Coach Carnesecca

RedStormNC said:
I have to think it's the one that was in lobby as you can tell that one looked crocheted with thick yarn like in the card sample. Lou's actual sweater in famous pics didn't appear that way.

I also wouldn't be surprised it Pitino's original is in tact somewhere and they just got his tailor to make a few swatches
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Lol maybe they took that out of the case and put it on Lou a few months ago when he was by the court to cover them legally. Definitely sketchy that they clarified which game Pitino wore his to, but nothing about Lou's.
 
fan since 65 said:
Clict is the official collectibles partner of SJU now. They're the ones who came up with the Coming To America promotion last week and to whom I sold my original tickets. From what I was told, they are using actual sweaters not replicas. I don't know what the % breakdown is between us and Rovell but Ed Kull is a pretty smart guy. Given the new landscape of college sports and the impending House settlement (which obviously benefits the football behemoths more) the school (and Ed) is looking to generate money any way they can.

As to Rovell, I can't comment as to his personality (since I only met him last week) but he has an amazing assortment of collectible items that he showed us a small portion of prior to the game.
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I know Ed well. He is a very smart guy.

But the collectibles industry which I also know well is full of slime and Rovell is on their Mt Rushmore. Its all just very vague as others have pointed out from an execution standpoint. I have no interest in the items but I'm more concerned at how this all went down with Coach's family etc. Just seems disingenuous. Or maybe its just too soon. My 2 cents.
 
I noticed the miniature statue is the reverse pose of the one in the lobby. This is the correct pose as the lobby statue is reversed of the actual Carnesecca in game picture that was used by the sculpture.
 

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For those at game...check to see if that sweater is still in the glass display case in lobby
 
The supposed original is in the Basketball Hall of Fame. There were many duplicates made throughout the years. But knowing Coach, who knows if he actually gave them the original sweater. The original one was given to him by Italian National team coach and fellow Hall of Fame Coach Gamba. He and Carnesecca were very close as the Italian Hoops Federation hosted us 3x in Italy on summer tours. Gamba visited Lou almost every Christmas in NYC along with Spain's coach Antonio Diaz-Miguel. Those dinners at Dante's were legendary!
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Alumni Hall said:
The supposed original is in the Basketball Hall of Fame. There were many duplicates made throughout the years. But knowing Coach, who knows if he actually gave them the original sweater. The original one was given to him by Italian National team coach and fellow Hall of Fame Coach Gamba. He and Carnesecca were very close as the Italian Hoops Federation hosted us 3x in Italy on summer tours. Gamba visited Lou almost every Christmas in NYC along with Spain's coach Antonio Diaz-Miguel. Those dinners at Dante's were legendary!
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Ed Manetta wore a sweater today that was given to him by Coach.
 
During the halftime show between the Texas- San Antonio vs Tulane game, Seth Greenberg was asked about the button he was wearing on his suit jacket lapel. See the pictures below.

He said it was in honor of Lou Carnesecca. He called him an amazing person not just as a coach but as a person and of all the lives he impacted. He said the man made the coach and said to him that is the highest compliment he can give.

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