Auburn, Wed., Nov. 26, 8:00p, TruTV / 880 AM

[RedStormRising]

I followed Pitino since Louisville and I finally admit he cannot coach in this NIL world — his teams are completely disorganized and he should retire. With his payroll it is hard to do worse than he is doing right now.
His rotations are terrible — he killed dingle - he killed RJ - he will kill Jackson
Sad to say - he should retire

100%

 

[MJDinkins]

Just another year with great expectations looking like it will go nowhere. It gets exhausting getting excited about this team and then being let down consistently.

It's still early, but you wonder about the roster construction.

 

[dk423]

Weren’t we here last year? Where’s the vice doc when we need it.

We weren't preseason ranked #5 in the country.

 

[firestorm]

Well, that's an unexpected beat down. It's only Thanksgiving and there is time for this team (and CRP) to sort some things out. Not good right now.

 

[gregbodkin]

Well, that's an unexpected beat down. It's only Thanksgiving and there is time for this team (and CRP) to sort some things out. Not good right now.

Nicely understated.

 

[Amaseinyourface]

We weren't preseason ranked #5 in the country.

No but we got to five in the country after not being ranked to start BE play.

 

[Larry Wright]

At least got smoked. Better than losing close game

 

[Knight]

FINAL SCORE

ST. JOHN’S…..…..74
AUBURN………….85

BOXSCORE
https://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=622955&_gl=1*u8s5tv*_ga*MTc2MTIyNzMwNC4xNzYwODEwMTk0*_ga_2ZWVK1X7BJ*czE3NjQxOTM1MzEkbzE4JGcxJHQxNzY0MTkzNTcwJGoyNyRsMCRoMA..

 

[paultzman]

Yielding 55 points in second half not a good formula

 

[lawmanfan]

Ok well:

Bad news:

We are still not currently ready to beat good Big 10 or SEC teams.

The point guard issue remains a live problem for that level of matchup.

Good news:

We will be fine in the Big East.

Jackson and Sanon are improving.

There are 3+ months to improve before the NCAA tournament

 

[L J S A]

I will reiterate my comment from the other day that we need to get creative at the semester break. Get a G leaguer in, get a transfer, or get a high schooler with the credits to join a college team early.

Speedy guards with nice handles -- of which there are a lot at all levels of basketball -- will pick on us all year.

 

[Marillac2]

Pitino looks pissed. Pitino looks old. Pitino looks like he's wondering why he signed up for this.

He could have signed up a PG instead of 3 SGs and we wouldn’t be here.

We just got beat by a poorly coached team that couldn’t manufacture bucket. Total disgrace.

 

[SJUWillRockNYC]

This is a game we win by double digits last year. 9 point lead at half, Auburn's bigs in foul trouble hell the whole game.

Got completely outplayed by a 2nd tier SEC team. The poor roster fit was extremely evident tonight, on both ends.

Unacceptable.

These new guys suck.

 

[Mean Gene]

Just another year with great expectations looking like it will go nowhere. It gets exhausting getting excited about this team and then being let down consistently.

Again, with immense importance being put on these early season OOC and MTE games , you can’t have complete roster turnover every season. If you do , then you want your best returning player to be your PG.

 

[dk423]

No but we got to five in the country after not being ranked to start BE play.

Yeah. And, I'd argue it was proof of concept that strong point guard play is everything in college basketball. I wouldn't be so pessimistic if we had one. Darling's a nice 15mpg against some teams, and a absolute 0 against teams we need to beat in March/April.

 

[Delaware]

What an absolutely horrible loss. Got our asses kicked in the 2nd half. Not one adjustment from Pitino.

 

[paultzman]

He could have signed up a PG instead of 3 SGs and we wouldn’t be here.

We just got beat by a poorly coached team that couldn’t manufacture bucket. Total disgrace.

+ Infinity

 

[redstorm to redmen]

St. John's is too much overrated preseason ranking top 5. St. John's is Top 50 team and bubble team to NCAA 68. Rick Pitino totally failed to recruit with such a big money to have Ian, Joson, Seller, Bruce. Totally worst investment ever.

 

[SJU2000alum15]

Outscored 55-35 in the 2nd half simply embarrassing

 

[L J S A]

I followed Pitino since Louisville and I finally admit he cannot coach in this NIL world — his teams are completely disorganized and he should retire. With his payroll it is hard to do worse than he is doing right now.
His rotations are terrible — he killed dingle - he killed RJ - he will kill Jackson
Sad to say - he should retire

Were you in a coma last season?