God bless you LouieNo Rollie's shirttail is keeping him out.
And God decided to bless us with You!
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RIP Coach Carnesecca
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And God decided to bless us with You!
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Stumbled across this while googling Albie Swartz. (Googling because I saw Albie listed as a Newsday All-LI team and SJU wasn’t listed as a choice.)
Never knew Carmine Calzonetti hitchhiked across Europe.
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Never knew Carmine Calzonetti hitchhiked across Europe.
A new Mr. Bones has a winner
Lou Carnesecca has a face that was-not so much molded as anvilled. Everything there is sharp and craggy, much like the Apennine cliffs of Tuscany, from which
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Stumbled across this while googling Albie Swartz. (Googling because I saw Albie listed as a Newsday All-LI team and SJU wasn’t listed as a choice.)
Never knew Carmine Calzonetti hitchhiked across Europe.
A new Mr. Bones has a winner
Lou Carnesecca has a face that was-not so much molded as anvilled. Everything there is sharp and craggy, much like the Apennine cliffs of Tuscany, from which
Cannot describe him any better:
"He runs and jumps, slides and skids, shouts and kicks, kneels and jabs the air, falls backward, waves his arms, tears his pants, punches his assistants, stomps his feet and beats his head, all contributing to a performance that induces great cries of "hot dog" from the crowd. In fact, Carnesecca is no hot dog. He is merely that kind of man who is always going to resemble a puppet gone berserk on his strings."
What a great article! Thanks for posting. That team with Warren, Depre, Abraham, Paultz & Calzonetti with Smythe & Cornelius off the bench was one of my all time favorite Johnnie teams. John Warren was a wonderful, understated college player.Stumbled across this while googling Albie Swartz. (Googling because I saw Albie listed as a Newsday All-LI team and SJU wasn’t listed as a choice.)
Never knew Carmine Calzonetti hitchhiked across Europe.
A new Mr. Bones has a winner
Lou Carnesecca has a face that was-not so much molded as anvilled. Everything there is sharp and craggy, much like the Apennine cliffs of Tuscany, from which
It is a great article. It brought back great memories at a time when I was a student at St. John's. I believe back then, the St. John's bench was in front of Section 2. For the time I was at St. John's I always got season tickets right behind the bench, usually in the second row nearer to half court. I can attest Louie always put on a show and Coach Kresse was a man of great patience!
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It was Section 2 then they moved the benches to the other side fot the 1987-88 season. Actually flipped the fans as well since Coach C. wanted to keep the same familiar faces behind him. So I moved from Section 2 CC 19-20 to Section 8 CC 1-2. Now I'm back in CC albeit in Section 3.
And I have the stubs to prove it!
You got the receipts !
Don't have the stubs to prove it but I pretty sure I was right behind you in DD 1-4. The Maven was right across from me in section 3. Didn't care for the switch as the seats changed to closer to the wall, no aisle seat. Think the Pep Band took over part of our section. Fitst time I am hearing why we were moved.
Dupre, another former Net.Stumbled across this while googling Albie Swartz. (Googling because I saw Albie listed as a Newsday All-LI team and SJU wasn’t listed as a choice.)
Never knew Carmine Calzonetti hitchhiked across Europe.
A new Mr. Bones has a winner
Lou Carnesecca has a face that was-not so much molded as anvilled. Everything there is sharp and craggy, much like the Apennine cliffs of Tuscany, from which
Joe Depre? He was inducted into.the SJU HOF a few years ago.
I believe he went to Hempstead HS.
I probably shouldn't be offended by the ethnic stereotyping, but I am.Stumbled across this while googling Albie Swartz. (Googling because I saw Albie listed as a Newsday All-LI team and SJU wasn’t listed as a choice.)
Never knew Carmine Calzonetti hitchhiked across Europe.
A new Mr. Bones has a winner
Lou Carnesecca has a face that was-not so much molded as anvilled. Everything there is sharp and craggy, much like the Apennine cliffs of Tuscany, from which
He went to Westbury high school
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I don’t know if this is true but I remember being told that Calzonetti came to St John’s on a baseball scholarship but was talked into playing point guard on the freshman team by Looie. Schollie was switched and he never played on the baseball team.
Excuse the infamous "what if" but "what if" Coach Lapchick wasn't forced to retire at the age of 65 and was able to recruit Lew Alcindor and Alcindor played three for St. John's? I think the statistics would lean heavenly towards Coach Lapchick. Don't get me wrong. I love Louie Carnesseca. He became the head coach when I was a freshman. He made me a big St. John's fan. But I think the nod has to go to Joe Lapchick over Lou Carnesseca.
What he said.