The college basketball world, especially in and around New York, lost one of its patron saints this past Saturday when Lou Carnesecca, the architect of the St. John’s program and its rise to national prominence, passed away at 99. Over the next few days and weeks, you’ll see many glowing tributes to Looie and his long, prosperous life, and deservedly so.

In the first of a two-part retrospective, host Jaden Daly pays homage to the patron saint of the Johnnies alongside legendary college basketball writer Dick “Hoops” Weiss, who covered Lou’s tenure in Queens from two perspectives, as an outsider with the Philadelphia Daily News and later as a columnist in the Big Apple for the New York Daily News. Join Jaden and Hoops as they look back on Looie’s life, times, and inimitable machinations as he carved out his own niche in a pro sports town, holding court alongside the Knicks, Yankees, Giants and Mets as only he could in that era.

Part two of the tribute, with former St. John’s head coach Brian Mahoney, Lou’s longtime assistant coach and right-hand man before succeeding him in 1992, will be released next week.