Marquette (MSG), Sat., Jan. 20, 12 Noon, FOX

[Jack Williams]

If you can’t make stout stop by 114 at halftime

Definitely will

 

[NCJohnnie]

Pitino postgame presser included in recap.

St. John’s Late Rally Falls Short Against No. 17/18 Marquette at MSG - St. John's University Athletics

The St. John's men's basketball team dropped a heartbreaker to No. 17/18 Marquette (13-5, 4-3 BIG EAST), 73-72, on Saturday before a crowd of 12,214 inside M...

redstormsports.com

Thanks for this. Nice job by coach in the presser. I have no complaints with shot Daniss had to win it - just didn't go in. Wasn't crazy about Ledlum's corner three though.

 

[Andrew]

Next time I would like to meet Monte. Must have just missed him. I actually liked the last play just wish it went to someone else. Not sure you can trust Brady yet but could have used Dingle.

 

[SLYFOXX1968]

They are 2 all time greats at SJU. Clutch shot makers.

Dwight Hardy too.

And Hatten may have been the best of the all given lack of talent around him

All of those mentioned are elite players . They proved that time and time again during their careers .

 

[RedStormNC]

Mike Vaccaro thoughts

St. John’s not sealing statement win only raises stakes during daunting stretch

All along, St. John’s and its believers had circled this stretch, understood we would learn so much about them as they stacked these eight games.

nypost.com

 

[NCJohnnie]

Mike Vaccaro thoughts

St. John’s not sealing statement win only raises stakes during daunting stretch

All along, St. John’s and its believers had circled this stretch, understood we would learn so much about them as they stacked these eight games.

nypost.com

Great article by Vaccaro. Completely agree with what he says about the Nova game. Wouldn't it be wonderful to beat them twice??

 

[Silly Donovan]

I believe the man who revolutionized the 3 point shot in college basketball realizes that and will get them in time.

They will be lining up In the transfer portal to play for him this April

And this year he can be selective in who fits his system best. Will not have to add a whole roster on the fly.

Am I being too optimistic in thinking that Jordan Dingle is going to come back and do his best Aaron Wheeler impersonation for the rest of the season?

Because I have it on good authority that that's exactly what's going to happen.

I don’t believe that the NCAA will give Dingle another year, not that he would take it anyway.

 

[Marillac2]

Great article by Vaccaro. Completely agree with what he says about the Nova game. Wouldn't it be wonderful to beat them twice??

Beating them twice is probably our best path to the tournament.

I will be placing my first sports bet in years when we play Marquette @ Marquette. They will very likely destroy us there.

 

[NCJohnnie]

I don’t believe that the NCAA will give Dingle another year, not that he would take it anyway.

Main Man is not talking about Dingle getting another year. Aaron Wheeler (my guy) made his turnaround in January of his last year for us.

 

[paultzman]

Strength is a big one, today Mitchell sent him flying while driving to the hoop, and last game the same thing happened.

Sure, adjusting to BE is a leap for most recruits. Everyone should remember that when they pencil in Jaiden Glover for 10 points & 5 rebounds a game as a Frosh. SJ fans canonize new guys w the best of them & set ourselves up for disappointment.

 

[Section3]

Not “fascinated” by him and think he is still developing. Just saying he was thrust into big minutes by Rick because we were down two guards & did ok, net of his cold outside shooting. He was not reason we lost today. I prefer modest minutes for him myself, but Rick decides that.
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the noise at MSG today reminded me of the old days or at last back to Dwight Hardy

 

[Section3]

That number may not be exciting but I’d venture to say 95% of those were Johnnies fans, so it was loud. Students came in ten minutes late, would be nice to have more

It was just about all SJ and appeared to be a s large a crowd as Providence which was 14K+…be interested to see the final count

 

[Notanalum]

12,500 today including the suites which were open

The place didn’t fill up until 1215. Gotta lie about the start time next game

 

[paultzman]

It is clear COVID affected more than coaching staff. Logical.

 

[Andrew]

Great article by Vaccaro. Completely agree with what he says about the Nova game. Wouldn't it be wonderful to beat them twice??

Absolutely great article. It sums up what a lot of us feel.

 

[paultzman]

“Shit, this is tougher than I thought”

 

[mjmaherjr]

Next time I would like to meet Monte.

The sane words uttered by thousands of spring break girls at club med

 

[Boo Harvey]

You’re right. Joel Soriano was just too quick to handle and broke free then found a wide open Jenkins standing on the 3 pt line because of a defensive lapse. Marquette was powerless!

It had nothing to do with forcing the ball to a center that never has the ball in his hands at that part of the court and playing off a 30% 3 pt shooter in a one point game.

Nope. Marquette was just going to take what we shoved down their throats.

Every coach in America wants a 3 pointer from a guy who is shooting 30% when they are down 1.

There were four seconds left and we had to go the length of the court. Of course a Jenkins three is not our first option if we can run our stuff with time on the clock. But with four seconds left that was a tremendous look from someone who can hit the shot. If we were in that situation ten times, I’m not sure we’d get a better look.

 

[Demo]

Respectfully disagree. Not sure if you are at the providence game that one was disgraceful for fans but this one was rocking

Did not attend the Providence game. Had my kids with me and was telling them about the days when I was in school coming to the Garden and watch the old SJU/Georgetown/Syracus games and felt like the roof was lifted from the noise. May have been me but I didn’t get that feeling like back then when the crowd was chanting defense on every possession.

 

[Boo Harvey]

Completely disagree. Throwing the ball to Soriano and watching him take two dribbles on an assinine scale of 1-10 was an 11. After Soriano gets the ball, your options are limited. You get the ball to Jenkins on a fast inbounds he races down the court, drives into the lane to draw a foul or kick out for a better shot. Horrific last play.

To be clear, I wouldn’t have designed it for Soriano to handle the ball with four seconds left, but it worked out well for us and Jenkins got a good clean look. Some of you guys are acting like there were 10 second left and we were inbounding the ball at half court.