2024-2025 Schedule

[SJUWillRockNYC]

That schedule is going to be crazy. Pitino is making power moves that I would have never imagined at Saint Johns.

You wanna be big time? Then you make big time moves.

Rick knows nothing else then being BIG TIME. This 6 years with rick is going to be one hell of a freaking blast, can't wait for it all to begin next month.

 

[otis]

CRP wants to finish his career with a national championship at StJohn’s.

 

[Notanalum]

Game would be better at the Garden….Al’s Artest year

The Garden is fantastic but this is going to be a special game. Once in a lifetime for the kids. Exactly how you attract top talent. Elevate everything from the ground up. Enjoy this time bc it will go by quickly.

 

[NCJohnnie]

Wow at the US Open stadium? That's awesome!

Duke at Arthur Ashe would be phenomenal and worth a visit to NY for me without a doubt. Have been going to the Open there for many years (not every year since we moved to NC but every 2 or 3 years). It's a wonderful venue and so easy to get to via public transportation. How about a season opener on a Saturday afternoon in early November?

 

[swish]

Duke at Arthur Ashe would be phenomenal and worth a visit to NY for me without a doubt. Have been going to the Open there for many years (not every year since we moved to NC but every 2 or 3 years). It's a wonderful venue and so easy to get to via public transportation. How about a season opener on a Saturday afternoon in early November?

Let's bring our tennis racquets and if you don't show up , it'll be your FAULT !

 

[mjmaherjr]

Arthur Ashe would be epic and that stuff gets National attention

 

[espken]

Game would be better at the Garden….Al’s Artest year

There will be many more great matchups featuring SJU at the Garden. SJU vs Duke at Ashe Stadium is groundbreaking.

 

[dk423]

Especially if St. John’s is a preseason ranked team, I think St. John’s/Duke @ Arthur Ashe on Fox would be the highest watched game of the entire college basketball season. Literally. No exaggeration.

The Ashe aspect of it is what will make non-basketball fans tune in. It will be *massive*.

I think it will likely have to be either on a Friday night in early November or a Saturday afternoon in late November/December to avoid college football conflicts.

 

[kranmars]

Calling it now. Next season Gavitt games vs. Michigan State at East Lansing and Big XII challenge vs Arizona at one of our 3 professional venues.

SJU should approach Steve Cohen and see if he will foot the bill on putting a roof over CitiField, and then creating a “Metropolitan Invitational”.

SJU would be the host school, and then add one top 25 team from the SEC, BIG 10, and BIG 12.

The latter two will be picked from the schools not part of the games against the original BE challenges (and this could work because those conferences will be monster sized in a year).

I know, not my money, but my idea.

 

[RedStormNC]

To play a college basketball game under the roof in Ashe in the winter, Pitino said, “Well, first they’ve got to make sure they have heat in the building. I know it’s enclosed but you gotta have heat.”

College Hoops At Arthur Ashe Stadium? St. John’s And Duke Are In Talks

It’s never been done before but St. John’s and Duke could play the first college hoops game in history at the 23,771-seat arena during the 2024-25 season that is the b...

www.forbes.com

 

[BrooklynRed]

To play a college basketball game under the roof in Ashe in the winter, Pitino said, “Well, first they’ve got to make sure they have heat in the building. I know it’s enclosed but you gotta have heat.”

College Hoops At Arthur Ashe Stadium? St. John’s And Duke Are In Talks

It’s never been done before but St. John’s and Duke could play the first college hoops game in history at the 23,771-seat arena during the 2024-25 season that is the b...

www.forbes.com

MJM says why--fed up by heat in CA. Or is Pitino hinting up the heat in CA?

 

[bamafan]

MJM says why--fed up by heat in CA. Or is Pitino hinting up the heat in CA?

Just run a couple of air ducts from Carnesecca to Ashe you’ll have plenty of heat.

 

[mjmaherjr]

MJM says why--fed up by heat in CA. Or is Pitino hinting up the heat in CA?

The good thing is I’m already used to outrageous food and drink prices at the US Open so the prices for the game won’t phase me. We need our own official drink like the Honey Duece for the open. I’d suggest The Johnnie Duece or Johnnie Juice

 

[ADORAZ]

A few more things about the scheduling announcement I haven't seen mentioned yet:

1. Cragg gets a lot of heat from some posters, but as AD he's played a role in these Duke negotiations. May still have gotten done under a different AD, but it certainly helps that he worked there for decades.

2. With conferences going to 20 games (and 11 OOC games), it's now significantly more difficult to schedule blue bloods (or any major program). This is one reason our scheduling under CMA was so lackluster compared to Lavin/Mullin. Getting an OOC game with Duke is a very big deal, especially in 2024.

3. Alabama at MSG! Not much talk about this, obviously they're still seen as a football school, but Alabama these past few years has been really good. This is a major SEC school that was just the overall #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament this year.

Pitino's right that this will likely be the best OOC schedule in St. John's history.

 

[espken]

Duke, St. John's in Talks to Play CBB Game at Arthur Ashe Stadium, Rick Pitino Says

There has never before been a college basketball game played at Arthur Ashe Stadium. St. John's men's basketball head coach Rick Pitino is working to change…

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St. John’s in advanced talks to play Duke at Arthur Ashe Stadium, Alabama at Madison Square Garden in 2024-25

The Red Storm are on the brink of making a monumental spectacle official

www.rumbleinthegarden.com

https://www.si.com/college/duke/basketball/duke-basketball-considering-arthur-ashe-stadium-10-23

 

[Amaseinyourface]

If Ashe is included in the season tickets, it’s reason to buy them.

With no return game mentioned (Bama return was referenced) I would think it will be a neutral court.

 

[kranmars]

A few more things about the scheduling announcement I haven't seen mentioned yet:

1. Cragg gets a lot of heat from some posters, but as AD he's played a role in these Duke negotiations. May still have gotten done under a different AD, but it certainly helps that he worked there for decades.

2. With conferences going to 20 games (and 11 OOC games), it's now significantly more difficult to schedule blue bloods (or any major program). This is one reason our scheduling under CMA was so lackluster compared to Lavin/Mullin. Getting an OOC game with Duke is a very big deal, especially in 2024.

3. Alabama at MSG! Not much talk about this, obviously they're still seen as a football school, but Alabama these past few years has been really good. This is a major SEC school that was just the overall #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament this year.

Pitino's right in that this will likely be the best OOC schedule in St. John's history.

Good post, and I will add something with #2. As conferences become larger, having the Garden as home will be advantageous again.

Prior to the mega conferences, blue bloods scheduled their own games at the Garden against other blue bloods.

Now, conference games will be taking the majority of their schedule, those same blue bloods will find playing SJU at the Garden more attractive because that may be the only way to get to play there.

 

[espken]

Now, conference games will be taking the majority of their schedule, those same blue bloods will find playing SJU at the Garden more attractive because that may be the only way to get to play there.

Now that NIL is in play and student athletes are essentially ‘pros’, I can eventually see the season starting in October, allowing room for an additional 8 non conference games.

 

[espken]

Alabama local channel excited about playing SJU. Times have changed.

 

[mattc]

A few more things about the scheduling announcement I haven't seen mentioned yet:

1. Cragg gets a lot of heat from some posters, but as AD he's played a role in these Duke negotiations. May still have gotten done under a different AD, but it certainly helps that he worked there for decades.

2. With conferences going to 20 games (and 11 OOC games), it's now significantly more difficult to schedule blue bloods (or any major program). This is one reason our scheduling under CMA was so lackluster compared to Lavin/Mullin. Getting an OOC game with Duke is a very big deal, especially in 2024.

3. Alabama at MSG! Not much talk about this, obviously they're still seen as a football school, but Alabama these past few years has been really good. This is a major SEC school that was just the overall #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament this year.

Pitino's right that this will likely be the best OOC schedule in St. John's history.

We played Duke OOC basically every year from 1999-2019 let's not act like Cragg split the atom here.