Word: looie
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With the risk of upsetting some Looie fans, we'd have to say that it was a mistake to admit St. John's basketball coach Lou Carnessecca into the basketball hall of fame last week. The induction typifies the overrated nature of the Big East (as much as we love St. John's) and its coaches...
...then, take a brief look at Carnessecca's reign at St. John's Despite sitting smack in the middle of a basketball hotland, Looie has never won it all. In fact, he's only reached the Final Four once, while every other year, his St. John's team slips into the tournament and gets knocked out by the third round. His central weakness is his inability to accept the fact that great basketball talent lies outside the concrete jungles of New York City. His team is invariably composed of Big Apple-bred players, a fact which limits the depth...