Pete Carril was working the room, shaking hands like he was running for office. It wasn't about politics. It was about coaching. Carril, Jim Phelan and Debbie Ryan, all longtime college basketball coaches, were presented Thursday with the fourth annual Joe Lapchick Character Awards. The banquet room at Chelsea Piers on the Hudson River was packed with those who played for, worked with or just admired the recipients of an award named for the Hall of Fame coach from St. John's and the New York Knicks who has always been considered one of coaching's great examples of character. Almost 40 years after his death, Lapchick is still someone who is praised for what he did decades ago. Read more: http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...-debbie-ryan-receive-lapchick-character-award
