P.J. Carlesimo

How's that for a foursome? Iona had just beaten Seton Hall. V's in the finals. It's us and St. John's. We lead the whole game. And there's a tough call at the end. Reggie Carter ball fakes. The ball goes out of his hand. And he goes up and gets it. And it becomes a jump ball. And I'm yelling, you can't do that. Anyhow. The ball, our kid controls the tap, taps it to half court.

It's a Nassau Coliseum. Running player catches it and shoots a hook shot. If it was in a college gym, it would have hit the ceiling. It was like 80 feet in the air, but it's Nassau Coliseum. Doesn't hit a thing right through to send the game to overtime. Louie thinks the game's over. Runs down, jumps on me like Don Nelson, Yogi Berra. I've got Louie in my arms holding him. He thinks they won.

It's a Nassau Coliseum. Running player catches it and shoots a hook shot. If it was in a college gym, it would have hit the ceiling. It was like 80 feet in the air, but it's Nassau Coliseum. Doesn't hit a thing right through to send the game to overtime. Louie thinks the game's over. Runs down, jumps on me like Don Nelson, Yogi Berra. I've got Louie in my arms holding him. He thinks they won.

It's a Nassau Coliseum. Running player catches it and shoots a hook shot. If it was in a college gym, it would have hit the ceiling. It was like 80 feet in the air, but it's Nassau Coliseum. Doesn't hit a thing right through to send the game to overtime. Louie thinks the game's over. Runs down, jumps on me like Don Nelson, Yogi Berra. I've got Louie in my arms holding him. He thinks they won.

And he's like saying, good game. That's his way to say good game. And Brian Mahoney and Ronnie Rutledge, his assistants, are grabbing him going, Louie, coach, we got overtime. The game's not over. It was unbelievable. He was absolutely the best. And the last thing. He was a good loser. We had really good guys in our league. He and John Thompson were exactly the same.

And he's like saying, good game. That's his way to say good game. And Brian Mahoney and Ronnie Rutledge, his assistants, are grabbing him going, Louie, coach, we got overtime. The game's not over. It was unbelievable. He was absolutely the best. And the last thing. He was a good loser. We had really good guys in our league. He and John Thompson were exactly the same.

And he's like saying, good game. That's his way to say good game. And Brian Mahoney and Ronnie Rutledge, his assistants, are grabbing him going, Louie, coach, we got overtime. The game's not over. It was unbelievable. He was absolutely the best. And the last thing. He was a good loser. We had really good guys in our league. He and John Thompson were exactly the same.

When you beat him, they'd come down and shake your hand. The game was over. They'd say, we got outplayed. That was the end of it. It wasn't the refs. It wasn't, you know, anything else. It was congratulations, great job. When we were, you know... We had other guys that were great winners, and when they were good and we were terrible, they always had nice things to say.

When you beat him, they'd come down and shake your hand. The game was over. They'd say, we got outplayed. That was the end of it. It wasn't the refs. It wasn't, you know, anything else. It was congratulations, great job. When we were, you know... We had other guys that were great winners, and when they were good and we were terrible, they always had nice things to say.

When you beat him, they'd come down and shake your hand. The game was over. They'd say, we got outplayed. That was the end of it. It wasn't the refs. It wasn't, you know, anything else. It was congratulations, great job. When we were, you know... We had other guys that were great winners, and when they were good and we were terrible, they always had nice things to say.

When we finally got good and won some games, that was the end of the nice things. Louie and John were the same when they won and when they lost. He was the best. He made you feel good about being a basketball coach, Lou Carneseca. He really did. Like I said, I'm doing what Lou Carneseca does. That's a good thing.

When we finally got good and won some games, that was the end of the nice things. Louie and John were the same when they won and when they lost. He was the best. He made you feel good about being a basketball coach, Lou Carneseca. He really did. Like I said, I'm doing what Lou Carneseca does. That's a good thing.

When we finally got good and won some games, that was the end of the nice things. Louie and John were the same when they won and when they lost. He was the best. He made you feel good about being a basketball coach, Lou Carneseca. He really did. Like I said, I'm doing what Lou Carneseca does. That's a good thing.

So many of his players were there. Last thing I just thought of, it was a great line. We had the weekly writer's lunch at a Mama Leone's in New York every Tuesday. There's so many coaches in the New York area. So it was a big press meeting with all the writers, radio, TV. In those days, we had newspapers. We're all there at Mama Leone's. Raph announces his retirement October 14th.

So many of his players were there. Last thing I just thought of, it was a great line. We had the weekly writer's lunch at a Mama Leone's in New York every Tuesday. There's so many coaches in the New York area. So it was a big press meeting with all the writers, radio, TV. In those days, we had newspapers. We're all there at Mama Leone's. Raph announces his retirement October 14th.

So many of his players were there. Last thing I just thought of, it was a great line. We had the weekly writer's lunch at a Mama Leone's in New York every Tuesday. There's so many coaches in the New York area. So it was a big press meeting with all the writers, radio, TV. In those days, we had newspapers. We're all there at Mama Leone's. Raph announces his retirement October 14th.

We all started practice the 15th. He knew he was going to broadcasting. Dave Gavitt said, Raph, you're going to kill it in broadcasting. Of course, as always, Gavitt was right. But Raph waited until the 14th so his assistant, Hadi Mahan, would get the job. So Seton Hall had nothing but to do. Hadi was his top guy and deserved the job. And Raph wanted to make sure. So October 14th, he announces it.

We all started practice the 15th. He knew he was going to broadcasting. Dave Gavitt said, Raph, you're going to kill it in broadcasting. Of course, as always, Gavitt was right. But Raph waited until the 14th so his assistant, Hadi Mahan, would get the job. So Seton Hall had nothing but to do. Hadi was his top guy and deserved the job. And Raph wanted to make sure. So October 14th, he announces it.

We all started practice the 15th. He knew he was going to broadcasting. Dave Gavitt said, Raph, you're going to kill it in broadcasting. Of course, as always, Gavitt was right. But Raph waited until the 14th so his assistant, Hadi Mahan, would get the job. So Seton Hall had nothing but to do. Hadi was his top guy and deserved the job. And Raph wanted to make sure. So October 14th, he announces it.

The first Mama Leone's lunch in that year, everybody said, you know, Bill was with us for whatever, 15 years. Great guy. We're going to miss him. If anybody would like, you know, want to say something about Billy, you know, would be appreciated. Louie was always either first or last. I think he was last that day. He got up, stood up, walked over and he goes, Raftery.