{"id":95368,"date":"2024-02-20T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casualhoya.com\/2024\/2\/20\/24077354\/links-hoyas-to-host-pitino-and-st-johns-georgetown-cooley-epps-brumbaugh-cook-styles-heath-big-east"},"modified":"2024-02-20T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T13:00:00","slug":"links-hoyas-to-host-pitino-and-the-johnnies-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/20\/links-hoyas-to-host-pitino-and-the-johnnies-on-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"LINKS: Hoyas to Host Pitino and the Johnnies on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<figure>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"St. Johns v Xavier\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/EZaG4nEzSFUdDXIW3bNLMh1kkfk=\/0x0:3600x2400\/1310x873\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/73151244\/1993070605.0.jpg\" \/><figcaption>Photo by Mitchell Layton\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pitino said, \u201cGeorgetown can definitely beat us\u201d and a couple other things. <\/p>\n<p id=\"IcPpoZ\">Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casualhoya.com\/\">Georgetown Hoyas<\/a> (8-16, 1-12) will host the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rumbleinthegarden.com\/\">St. John\u2019s Red Storm<\/a> (14-12, 6-9) on the night of Wednesday, February 21st. Tipoff at Capital One Arena is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET and the game will be broadcast on FS1, with Alex Faust and Tarik Turner on the call, as well as a radio broadcast on The Team 980 with Rich Chvotkin in his 50th season. Pitino\u2019s Red Storm is the only BIG EAST team the Hoyas have yet to see this season.<\/p>\n<div id=\"pCt5c9\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Midweek matchup against St. John&#8217;s on deck <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CapitalOneArena?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CapitalOneArena<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p> \ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2uoL7LBvzw\">https:\/\/t.co\/2uoL7LBvzw<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HoyaSaxa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HoyaSaxa<\/a> x <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgetownHoops?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GeorgetownHoops<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RawHvXp3tB\">pic.twitter.com\/RawHvXp3tB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Georgetown Hoyas (@GeorgetownHoyas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgetownHoyas\/status\/1759656824951689523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2024<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"i4aLkI\">With the matchup of first-year head coaches Ed Cooley and Rick Pitino, much of the focus will be drawn to progress\u2014or lack there of\u2014over the first season for each respective team. Neither coach appears to be happy with their squad\u2019s defensive identity. More particularly, after their loss to Seton Hall on Sunday night, Pitino took an aggressive approach with his players: calling them unathletic with poor lateral movement. Ouch.<\/p>\n<div id=\"rF17Tz\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here\u2019s some video from the Rick Pitino show tonight <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TPLQ41Q4k4\">https:\/\/t.co\/TPLQ41Q4k4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P8Hqheux3o\">pic.twitter.com\/P8Hqheux3o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamZagoria\/status\/1759440110838235507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2024<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"F6ssRs\">Frankly, it\u2019s not a great look and the anti-Pitino folk will hang their hats on this as unacceptable leadership. This humble lunch blog contributor has often said that the chef who buys groceries does not get to complain about the ingredients. Pitino see his team as on the wrong side of the bubble and in need of hard, public motivation. Some lousy second-half efforts may have recently been phoned in by the Johnnies, but there are many better ways to get a response from student-athletes. Still, among all the soundbites, Pitino gave some interesting and not-untrue rationale as to his disappointment in his team\u2019s defensive abilities (see more quotes below).<\/p>\n<p id=\"uakdW0\">With blown halftime leads in 4 of the last 5 games (not the home win over DePaul), the scouting report may be out for St. John\u2019s.  With slow starts at home for Georgetown in much of conference play, one might suggest the same for the Hoyas\u2014except the expectations were much higher (and remain to be) for the Johnnies this season. They aren\u2019t really close.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6tk8pB\">Folks are drawing parallels from Rick Pitino\u2019s rant to Ed Cooley\u2019s roster building. Yes, both had a short recruiting cycle, but the two programs are hardly in identical positions. While St. John\u2019s started with a POTY contender in the middle and stuffed their roster with high ranking transfer portal products, Ed Cooley added only a select few transfers this offseason and chose to leave 3+ scholarship spots open\u2014especially in a thin frontcourt. Both coaches, honestly, are familiar enough with the BIG EAST and should have built better rosters if they were really looking to lay foundations for now or the future.  Of course, time will tell.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inF43y\">The Johnnies\u2019 defense is not that bad, considering. Some might even say it\u2019s pretty good. Many basketball fans would swap their team\u2019s KenPom ratings with St. John\u2019s. The Johnnies\u2019 adjusted defensive efficiency (98.8) is good enough to be ranked 45th. The Hoyas adjusted defensive efficiency (112.3) is ranked 307th. You don\u2019t have to be a math minor (I was) to figure out who is in the better position. <\/p>\n<p id=\"fodRFC\">As some of the articles below explore further, Slick Rick has been in similar positions before. Pitino had the 42st ranked defense in his first year at Louisville (2002). Over the next 15 years, Louisville had 9 top-5 defenses and 13 top-25 defenses. <\/p>\n<p id=\"KPKsxJ\">Cooley, had the 238th ranked defense in his first year (2012) at Providence before ranking 78th, 94th, 42nd, 28th, 40th, 36th, 41st, 27th, 74th, 44th, and 92nd over 2013-2023. Cooley did have the 19th ranked defense in his last year at Fairfield in 2011. <\/p>\n<p id=\"O5KmGs\"><em>NB: For reference, at <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/history.php?t=Georgetown\"><em>KenPom<\/em><\/a><em>, John Thompson III had the 97th ranked defense in 2005 before rankings of 46, 21, 6, 36, 42, 55, 9, 4, 91, 33, 81, and 58 in 2006-2017. Ewing\u2019s defenses (as coach) ranked 119, 133, 125, 49 (!), 228, and 240 over 2018-2023. Craig Esherick\u2019s defenses were ranked (gulp) 19, 19, 29, 19, and 44.<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"zE9XNN\">So, yes, even the pickiest fans understood a Georgetown (re-)build would take time, but no one expected a 300th ranked defense that is worse than any of Ewing\u2019s adjusted defense rankings on KenPom. <\/p>\n<p id=\"kAYI8s\">And, yes, even with Pitino publicly embarrassing his team in that press conference, this humble lunch blog contributor is quite envious of their top-50 defense. As all fans who understand Georgetown\u2019s identity should be. <\/p>\n<div id=\"DcmqS4\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On KenPom, St. John\u2019s adjusted defensive efficiency (98.8) is good enough to be ranked 45th, which the Hoyas adjusted defensive efficiency (112.3) is ranked 307th.<\/p>\n<p>I am envious of their defensive issues. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UqYlO8dKFM\">https:\/\/t.co\/UqYlO8dKFM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philadelphia   Hoyas (@PhillyHoyas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhillyHoyas\/status\/1759657190107844932?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2024<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"QCJQW1\">Here are some incredible Pitino quotes (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DalyDoseOfHoops\">@DalyDoseOfHoops<\/a> and others):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"W5io3c\">\u201cIf I said I was disappointed, that would be the understatement of the year.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"341BBQ\">\u201cWe are so unathletic that we can\u2019t guard anybody without fouling.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"uoajCl\">\u201cI\u2019ve been .500 in the first year, but I\u2019ve always enjoyed the first year. I\u2019m not going to lie to you, this is the most unenjoyable experience of my life.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"y1VMov\">\u201c&#8230; because the game has to be played a certain way with fundamentals and this has been so disappointing. <\/li>\n<li id=\"QZASp5\">\u201cWe just lack toughness. We just don\u2019t move our feet on defense.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"pImf3G\">\u201cI knew this summer that we were in trouble.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"SlCJl2\">\u201cAnd really it\u2019s not about losing, because even in winning when I watch the film, I see unathletic plays, I see people that don\u2019t handle the ball, that are just interested in taking quick shots.\u201d <\/li>\n<li id=\"WmqwfW\">\u201cWe kind of lost this season with the way we recruited. We recruited the antithesis of the way I coach. It\u2019s a good group, they try hard, but they\u2019re just not very tough.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"btUJA4\">\u201cI don\u2019t think we were gonna win the first year anyway. This has been the most unenjoyable experience I\u2019ve had since I\u2019ve been coaching, and not because of record. The defense is just atrocious, and we just foul every time.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"2CRkrF\">\u201cDJ\u2019s been the saving grace on a very difficult experience.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"1CQT2b\">\u201cI couldn\u2019t evaluate their toughness, to be honest with you. I didn\u2019t have time to evaluate their toughness. Altogether, this is a different environment. You could build toughness, but this is different times where you\u2019re changing your team almost every year.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"hPwDVK\">\u201cLook, I don\u2019t want to say the wrong things, but I\u2019m very disappointed in my team. Oh, and credit to (Seton Hall). They were the epitome of toughness.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"pleLqS\">\u201cLook [] Joel\u2019s slow laterally, he\u2019s not fast on the court. Chris Ledlum is slow laterally, Sean Conway\u2019s slow laterally. Brady\u2019s physically weak, Drissa is slow laterally.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"SQbL4U\">\u201cAfter I spent the summer with them, I knew it was gonna be a difficult year. I knew it. I\u2019m hoping we could finish over .500 for the season.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"ztA5ag\">\u201cIt\u2019s not the job. You could be at Missouri and recruit slow players. Believe me, it\u2019s not St. John\u2019s. We had to put together a team at the last second. We will never, ever, do that again.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"Cwe4N2\">\u201cDo we have shitty facilities? Yes, we do. But we\u2019re doing something about that.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"fvsH2X\">\u201cTo be honest with you, Zach, I\u2019m just getting ready for Georgetown, because Georgetown can definitely beat us.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"UcM86m\">\u201c(Sha) did a wonderful job without NIL being exorbitant. Every one of his kids is really, really tough.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"teBsBw\">\u201cI think they\u2019re very respectful. They hear, but they don\u2019t listen. It\u2019s taken me two months to get them to throw bounce passes. It\u2019s slow progress.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"hYSe2R\">\u201cI\u2019ve been disappointed almost every game in this team, with the lack of toughness.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"8CE16z\">\u201cI\u2019m sure when you lose, everybody\u2019s disappointed. I\u2019ve been disappointed for different reasons, not the final score.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"4H8eZ5\">\u201cI tried to get AJ Storr, I tried to get others. There were circumstances that had to be done over, that were out of my control. We had to bite the bullet and clean certain things out, academically as well as athletically. It\u2019s what had to be done to start over.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"SORXke\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No amount of postgame finger-pointing to the players\u2019 shortcomings should distract from the fact that Rick Pitino is ultimately responsible for evaluating and constructing the roster.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rumble In The Garden (@rumbleSBN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rumbleSBN\/status\/1759407508735549618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2024<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"WnrYWb\">Here are the links:<\/p>\n<p id=\"VETXHG\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com\/?id=66960X1516590&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheathletic.com%2F5284673%2F2024%2F02%2F18%2Frick-pitino-st-johns-facilities-players%2F&amp;referrer=sbnation.com&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.casualhoya.com%2F2024%2F2%2F20%2F24077354%2Flinks-hoyas-to-host-pitino-and-st-johns-georgetown-cooley-epps-brumbaugh-cook-styles-heath-big-east\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" ><strong>Rick Pitino unleashes on St. John\u2019s facilities, players following loss to Seton Hall | The Athletic<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"1rIRmr\">Seton Hall limited St. John\u2019s to 33.8 percent shooting from the floor (23-of-68) and 24 percent from beyond the arc (6-of-25). The Red Storm committed 15 turnovers. Pitino did not hold back when discussing individual players, singling them out for their movement and physicality on the court.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ARJdhl\">\u201cLook: Joel [Soriano]\u2019s slow laterally, he\u2019s not fast on the court,\u201d Pitino said. \u201cChris Ludlum is slow laterally, Sean Conway\u2019s slow laterally. Brady [Dunlap]\u2019s physically weak, Drissa [Traore] is slow laterally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"U0voGV\">Pitino said that the team \u201clost this season the way we recruited.\u201d He said that the players don\u2019t align with how he coaches.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2s1uG9\">\u201cWe recruited the antithesis of the way I coach, with speed, quickness, fundamentals, strength and toughness,\u201d Pitino said. \u201cIt\u2019s a good group, they try hard, but they\u2019re just not very tough.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"P7eQhx\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Red Storm has nothing on us. <\/p>\n<p>This week both the women\u2019s and men\u2019s teams will take on St. John\u2019s at home. The women play first at the McDonough Arena Tuesday February 20th at 7pm. The men will play Wednesday the 21st at 7pm at Capital One Arena. We are SO ready. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YA18dWxYbU\">pic.twitter.com\/YA18dWxYbU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Georgetown NIL Store (@GeorgetownNIL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgetownNIL\/status\/1759422503607271789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2024<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"Yk9L0f\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/02\/18\/sports\/dont-overreact-to-rick-pitinos-first-year-failure-at-st-johns\/\"><strong>Rick Pitino blaming everything but himself for first-year St. John\u2019s failure is terrible look | New York Post<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"1xqknQ\">Now, it\u2019s a matter of record that, while Pitino\u2019s entire college-coaching career has been a case study in program rehabilitation, he has never had a complete first-year turnaround. Mostly, he has taken over programs that were dying or decaying \u2014 file St. John\u2019s under the latter \u2014 and sold a system and a promise in Year 1 before starting to do serious winning in Year 2.<\/p>\n<p id=\"LOdw01\">At Boston U., it was 17-9 followed by 21-9 and a regular-season ECAC-North title. At Providence, it was 17-14 followed by 25-9 and a rollicking ride to the Final Four. At Kentucky, it was 14-14 in Year 1, 22-6 and a regular-season SEC title in Year 2. At Louisville, it was 19-13 his first year followed by 25-7 and a Conference USA championship his second. And Iona went from 12-6 (though they did win the MAAC Tournament) in 2021 to 25-8 in \u201922.<\/p>\n<p id=\"PayHLW\">On one hand, this is exactly the blueprint. The Johnnies are still probably going to hit 18 wins. It is only a delicious irony that, if they do, they will match what Mike Anderson did his final season before being shamefully dismissed for cause so St. John\u2019s could scrape together the shekels to pay Pitino.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"UHdu5B\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rock bottom.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gA4HS0jH5m\">https:\/\/t.co\/gA4HS0jH5m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rumble In The Garden (@rumbleSBN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rumbleSBN\/status\/1759377023061958981?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2024<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"IuO27N\"><a href=\"https:\/\/redstormsports.com\/news\/2024\/2\/18\/mens-basketball-st-johns-falls-to-seton-hall-68-62\"><strong>St. John\u2019s Falls to Seton Hall, 68-62 | St. John\u2019s University Athletics<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"Dp3ZeO\">The St. John\u2019s men\u2019s basketball (14-12, 6-9) fell to Seton Hall (17-9, 10-5), 68-62, on Sunday at UBS Arena.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ai2LsJ\">Red Storm point guard Daniss Jenkins posted 17 points, six assists, five rebounds, three steals and one block against the Pirates. St. John\u2019s center Joel Soriano finished with 13 points and 12 rebounds for his 12th double-double of the season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"L4IAyD\">Seton Hall was led by Al-Amir Dawes, who finished with a game-high 19 points and hit three 3-pointers. Kadary Richmond recorded 18 points and 11 rebounds while Dre Davis had 15 points and seven boards for the Pirates.<\/p>\n<p id=\"dwKtWG\">Soriano scored 11 of the team\u2019s first 25 points and put the Red Storm up by 11 with a jumper from the free-throw line at the 8:11 mark. St. John\u2019s outscored the Pirates 13-5 over the next five minutes to build its largest lead of the contest. Jenkins scored five points during the spurt, including his second 3-pointer of the half, before a pair of free throws from Nahiem Alleyne and a layup by Zuby Ejiofor extended the lead to 38-19 with 3:09 on the clock.<\/p>\n<p id=\"WdFEZp\">Seton Hall managed to trim the deficit to 12 by intermission with Richmond\u2019s putback layup, followed by four free throws from Dawes. St. John\u2019s led 41-29 at the break.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"pP6NjB\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Half <\/p>\n<p>St. John\u2019s &#8211; 41<br \/>Seton Hall &#8211; 29<\/p>\n<p>St. John\u2019s has its largest lead in Big East play this season. But feels like it should be much bigger. Still 20 minutes to go need to close this one out. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sjubb?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sjubb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TorresOnSJU (@TorresOnSJU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TorresOnSJU\/status\/1759351944722714817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2024<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"tTqatj\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shupirates.com\/news\/2024\/2\/18\/mens-basketball-pirates-overcome-19-point-deficit-to-down-st-johns-68-62\"><strong>Pirates Overcome 19-Point Deficit to Down St. John\u2019s, 68-62 | Seton Hall University Athletics<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"1oAt42\">St. John\u2019s extended their lead to 19 with 3:09 to go before halftime before the Pirates started being aggressive and getting to the foul line. Davis scored the Pirates\u2019 next four points before a layup by Richmond and four-straight points at the free throw line by Dawes capped off a 10-3 run that closed the first half and trimmed its deficit to 12 at the break, 41-29.<\/p>\n<p id=\"iRl0xL\">Seton Hall flipped the script in the second half and it started on the defensive end. The Pirates went on an 18-4 run that turned an 11-point deficit in to a two-point lead, 47-45, with 8:15 to go. In that span of 11-plus minutes, The Hall held St. John\u2019s to just one made field goals as the Red Storm went 1-of-10 from the floor. After St. John\u2019s drew within one with 7:58 to play, Dylan Addae-Wusu (Bronx, N.Y.) converted a traditional three-point play that made it a two-possession game and it gave the Pirates their largest lead of the game to that point, 50-46.<\/p>\n<p id=\"gDytoI\">St. John\u2019s went back in front by one, 53-52, on a three-point basket with just over five minutes left but The Hall used a 9-0 run, highlighted by a Dawes three at the top of the arc that made it a four-point game, that gave the Pirates a commanding 61-53 lead.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"VOugnL\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What an impressive comeback and win by Seton Hall. The Pirates improve to 5-5 Q1 which is very good for a bubble team. <\/p>\n<p>If Seton Hall wins out at home they\u2019ll be in the NCAA tournament. Think they can still get in by winning 2 of 3 at home, while avoiding a loss to DePaul.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brad Wachtel (@Brad_Wachtel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brad_Wachtel\/status\/1759370745107423685?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2024<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"2xcffT\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rumbleinthegarden.com\/2024\/2\/17\/24075096\/st-johns-vs-seton-hall-mens-basketball-preview-and-game-thread\"><strong>St. John\u2019s vs. Seton Hall men\u2019s basketball preview and game thread | Rumble In The Garden<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"hxmNbJ\">Back in his introductory press conference last March, Rick Pitino named Joel Soriano the team\u2019s captain. The first three months went smoothly for Soriano, but he\u2019s been put to task after a stretch of uncharacteristically poor performances. He was benched in his last game against Providence, but his woes continued by fouling out after scoring 9 points on eight shots. Zuby Ejiofor was more efficient in his time on the floor and he helped ignite the Red Storm\u2019s first half rally after falling into an early 13-point hole.<\/p>\n<p id=\"HGc7v0\">The on-court results hint to another start for Ejiofor, but Pitino could go back to the big man he christened as this season\u2019s team captain. On Friday night\u2019s edition of MSG Network\u2019s Red Storm Report, Rick Pitino said he pointed out instances where Soriano could give better effort and mentioned that Soriano had \u201ca few good days of practice\u201d. We\u2019ll find out Pitino\u2019s decision at center shortly before tip-off.<\/p>\n<p id=\"XGLU6p\">Second-Half Sloppiness &#8211; I didn\u2019t even bother creating a new sub-header for this section because this has been a months-long storyline haunting St. John\u2019s. Wednesday night\u2019s game was the fifth time St. John\u2019s lost a conference game despite leading at halftime. Their first half plus-minus in those five games were +27, while their second half plus-minus slides to -59.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"8emspH\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rick Pitino throwing his current cast under the bus only makes those he will target with a full offseason of recruiting feel even more special and want to play for him. He is playing chess via the media. 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