Fall-American: Movin' Marvin isn't Only Hopeless Hoop Standout

"Movin'" Marvin Barnes' rap sheet was moving on up in mid-January after the three-time Providence All-American, now 59, was arraigned in Rhode Island on a charge of soliciting a 17-year-old minor for sex after they met through his Rebound Foundation for at-risk youths. Barnes' previous indiscretions are too numerous to mention but are summarized among 50 former All-Americans included in CollegeHoopmedia.com's "Bad Boys of Basketball."

The formation of the Big East Conference wouldn't occur for another seven years after Barnes powered the Friars to the 1973 Final Four. While Barnes isn't among the derelicts, the Big East has had about 10 former all-league selections become pokey bound after Chicago product Kelly Whitney, one of Seton Hall's all-time top 20 scorers (1,498 points from 2002-03 through 2005-06), was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty in Newark to burglary, criminal restraint and conspiracy to commit burglary stemming from him allegedly masterminding a break-in where he and Pirates player Robert Mitchell robbed eight people, including several SHU students, at gunpoint in mid-March 2010 in a private home near the South Orange campus. Mitchell, who testified against Whitney, was sentenced to five years' probation.