Rick Pitino - Head Coach at St John’s University!!!
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Mike Zaun Returns
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Haven’t been posting as much, but man…what a diff a HOF coach makes. Coaching is EVERYTHING in college hoops. Getting top transfers from Kansas & UNC. Actually making blue bloods nervous. This is uncharted territory for me as a fan since 2011. We’ve recruited very well before but never with a HOF coach known for winning & developing plus X’s & O’s. No more squeaking into NCAAT as high water mark! I was admittedly a bit concerned early but Pitino has shown us we can sit back & relax!
Field this yr is strong
Trio of NCAA Tournament teams – Kansas State, Miami & Providence – to meet at 2023 Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship
NASSAU, The Bahamas – Three teams who appeared in this month’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, including Final Four participant Miami, will meet at the 2023 Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship, Nov. 17 and 19, at Baha Mar Resort. Other teams scheduled to participate include NCAA Tournament...
bahamarhoops.com
Got it.Field this yr is strong
Trio of NCAA Tournament teams – Kansas State, Miami & Providence – to meet at 2023 Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship
NASSAU, The Bahamas – Three teams who appeared in this month’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, including Final Four participant Miami, will meet at the 2023 Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship, Nov. 17 and 19, at Baha Mar Resort. Other teams scheduled to participate include NCAA Tournament...
Big difference than this field: https://bahamarhoops.com/2023/04/se...-for-2023-baha-mar-hoops-nassau-championship/
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Pitino continues to promote the SJU brand, while saving the school money required for a 90 second spot.
He is not solely recruiting basketball players. He is pitching all students to think about attending SJU as a place you can receive a good education and take pride in the basketball program.
Does anyone doubt enrollment applications will increase as does the school’s overall school rankings.
I do not think it is hyperbole to say there has never been this much overall excitement around Union and Utopia since 1985.
MugCostanza
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Pitino, like all experienced college coaches, never misses an opportunity to promote the school and program. You'll never see a guy like him or Calipari in the spotlight where they aren't wearing their school's logo on their chest.
That's why it drove me crazy when Mullin wasn't wearing any SJU stuff at Warriors championship celebrations or when he handed them the trophy on the court one year when he was the coach here.
redmen4life
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100%
he is getting us a ton of free PR. millions of dollars worth
Lavin got us a ton via his connections.
Mullin, bc he's Mullin.
with CMA that went dark very quickly.
The value add Pitino brings is hard to quantify, but definitely felt.
This year's field K St, Miami, Providence and TBD. I assume it's one of those where you play two games at home but automatically qualify for tourney at Baha Mar. This and Pink Flamingo (women's 8 team tourney) feature high majors, Nassau Championship is for mids. They run these back to back to back for 10 days of basketball on property.
6/14/23
Newsday
By Roger Rubin
Since Rick Pitino was introduced as the new St. John’s basketball coach with a guarantee to restore the Red Storm to national prominence, he has felt New York’s warm embrace. So it was again on Tuesday night when he was asked to perform the coveted first pitch before the first Subway Series game of the season and greeted with applause before throwing from the top of the mound to catcher-for-a-day Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell, who played for him at Louisville.
Pitino is a longtime baseball fan and declared himself a fan of “both teams,” but donned a St. John’s uniform with the No. 7 as a hat-tip to Mickey Mantle, suggesting that he might have grown up on Long Island rooting for the Yankees.
As for the pitch? A generous description would be “low and inside.”
In the 12 weeks since issuing his guarantee, Pitino and his staff have been incredibly active, remaking almost the entire St. John’s roster and generating anticipation for the 2023-24 season that even he can feel.
“Anytime you bring in 13 new players — and a lot of them are highly rated — there’s going to be excitement,” Pitino said. “The schedule is exciting [and] we expect to be extremely competitive. Now we just got to mesh 15 new players together.”
Pitino also said he and his staff are not done recruiting for the coming season. It seemed like St. John’s already was out of scholarships before Roselle (N.J.) Catholic guard Simeon Wilcher — a former North Carolina commit — decided Monday to join the Storm.
“I’d signed six players in a year,” Pitino said. “Now it’s a lot to sign 13 and we’re probably not even done yet — it’s almost three years of work into one. And now it’s different, totally different because in the NIL [era], we are now professional basketball. We’re not amateur basketball anymore.
“We’re just always on the market to improve the team. I’m always going to be that way. I’m looking at the European market right now to see what’s available. We’ll see from there. It’s not many. If I take one more, that’ll be it.”
Pitino also described a pair of philosophies he is using to bring St. John’s up to speed.
In recruiting, he sought three attributes. “One is very strong work ethic, two is a great athlete and three is a great shooter,” he said. “If one was missing out of those three, we didn’t take them.”
And he plans to lean heavily on the most experienced players in this first season. He pointed out the six fifth-year players on the roster and said: “I wanted to be old. If you’re going to come out strong, you’ve got to do it with upperclassmen.”
Asked if there were any locks for his starting five, he mentioned Storm captain Joel Soriano, Penn transfer Jordan Dingle and Iona transfer Daniss Jenkins, his point guard with the Gaels last year who would come upon completing his degree in summer school.”
Pitino also said that in his second season, he envisions playing eight of 10 Big East home games at the Garden and participating in the high-profile Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas tournament.
In a question about Pitino restoring St. John’s, Mets manager Buck Showalter reminisced about the Storm program when he was Yankees manager.
“There was a brand of basketball that was played there. They played on both ends of the court and they were expected [to win],” he replied. “When you thought of St. John’s basketball, they didn’t have to ask ‘who are we?’ [with] the way they played. And I’m sure that is what Rick is talking about.”
Newsday
PITINO EXCITED ABOUT MESHING HIS PLAYERS
Storm’s staff has been remaking the entire rosterBy Roger Rubin
Since Rick Pitino was introduced as the new St. John’s basketball coach with a guarantee to restore the Red Storm to national prominence, he has felt New York’s warm embrace. So it was again on Tuesday night when he was asked to perform the coveted first pitch before the first Subway Series game of the season and greeted with applause before throwing from the top of the mound to catcher-for-a-day Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell, who played for him at Louisville.
Pitino is a longtime baseball fan and declared himself a fan of “both teams,” but donned a St. John’s uniform with the No. 7 as a hat-tip to Mickey Mantle, suggesting that he might have grown up on Long Island rooting for the Yankees.
As for the pitch? A generous description would be “low and inside.”
In the 12 weeks since issuing his guarantee, Pitino and his staff have been incredibly active, remaking almost the entire St. John’s roster and generating anticipation for the 2023-24 season that even he can feel.
“Anytime you bring in 13 new players — and a lot of them are highly rated — there’s going to be excitement,” Pitino said. “The schedule is exciting [and] we expect to be extremely competitive. Now we just got to mesh 15 new players together.”
Pitino also said he and his staff are not done recruiting for the coming season. It seemed like St. John’s already was out of scholarships before Roselle (N.J.) Catholic guard Simeon Wilcher — a former North Carolina commit — decided Monday to join the Storm.
“I’d signed six players in a year,” Pitino said. “Now it’s a lot to sign 13 and we’re probably not even done yet — it’s almost three years of work into one. And now it’s different, totally different because in the NIL [era], we are now professional basketball. We’re not amateur basketball anymore.
“We’re just always on the market to improve the team. I’m always going to be that way. I’m looking at the European market right now to see what’s available. We’ll see from there. It’s not many. If I take one more, that’ll be it.”
Pitino also described a pair of philosophies he is using to bring St. John’s up to speed.
In recruiting, he sought three attributes. “One is very strong work ethic, two is a great athlete and three is a great shooter,” he said. “If one was missing out of those three, we didn’t take them.”
And he plans to lean heavily on the most experienced players in this first season. He pointed out the six fifth-year players on the roster and said: “I wanted to be old. If you’re going to come out strong, you’ve got to do it with upperclassmen.”
Asked if there were any locks for his starting five, he mentioned Storm captain Joel Soriano, Penn transfer Jordan Dingle and Iona transfer Daniss Jenkins, his point guard with the Gaels last year who would come upon completing his degree in summer school.”
Pitino also said that in his second season, he envisions playing eight of 10 Big East home games at the Garden and participating in the high-profile Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas tournament.
In a question about Pitino restoring St. John’s, Mets manager Buck Showalter reminisced about the Storm program when he was Yankees manager.
“There was a brand of basketball that was played there. They played on both ends of the court and they were expected [to win],” he replied. “When you thought of St. John’s basketball, they didn’t have to ask ‘who are we?’ [with] the way they played. And I’m sure that is what Rick is talking about.”
Btw if no one noticed he said we signed 13 guys! Maybe we're not done yet which has been intimated on prior threads. This guy is unbelievable! In Ricky we trust!
Nice article.6/14/23
Newsday
PITINO EXCITED ABOUT MESHING HIS PLAYERS
Storm’s staff has been remaking the entire roster
By Roger Rubin
Since Rick Pitino was introduced as the new St. John’s basketball coach with a guarantee to restore the Red Storm to national prominence, he has felt New York’s warm embrace. So it was again on Tuesday night when he was asked to perform the coveted first pitch before the first Subway Series game of the season and greeted with applause before throwing from the top of the mound to catcher-for-a-day Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell, who played for him at Louisville.
Pitino is a longtime baseball fan and declared himself a fan of “both teams,” but donned a St. John’s uniform with the No. 7 as a hat-tip to Mickey Mantle, suggesting that he might have grown up on Long Island rooting for the Yankees.
As for the pitch? A generous description would be “low and inside.”
In the 12 weeks since issuing his guarantee, Pitino and his staff have been incredibly active, remaking almost the entire St. John’s roster and generating anticipation for the 2023-24 season that even he can feel.
“Anytime you bring in 13 new players — and a lot of them are highly rated — there’s going to be excitement,” Pitino said. “The schedule is exciting [and] we expect to be extremely competitive. Now we just got to mesh 15 new players together.”
Pitino also said he and his staff are not done recruiting for the coming season. It seemed like St. John’s already was out of scholarships before Roselle (N.J.) Catholic guard Simeon Wilcher — a former North Carolina commit — decided Monday to join the Storm.
“I’d signed six players in a year,” Pitino said. “Now it’s a lot to sign 13 and we’re probably not even done yet — it’s almost three years of work into one. And now it’s different, totally different because in the NIL [era], we are now professional basketball. We’re not amateur basketball anymore.
“We’re just always on the market to improve the team. I’m always going to be that way. I’m looking at the European market right now to see what’s available. We’ll see from there. It’s not many. If I take one more, that’ll be it.”
Pitino also described a pair of philosophies he is using to bring St. John’s up to speed.
In recruiting, he sought three attributes. “One is very strong work ethic, two is a great athlete and three is a great shooter,” he said. “If one was missing out of those three, we didn’t take them.”
And he plans to lean heavily on the most experienced players in this first season. He pointed out the six fifth-year players on the roster and said: “I wanted to be old. If you’re going to come out strong, you’ve got to do it with upperclassmen.”
Asked if there were any locks for his starting five, he mentioned Storm captain Joel Soriano, Penn transfer Jordan Dingle and Iona transfer Daniss Jenkins, his point guard with the Gaels last year who would come upon completing his degree in summer school.”
Pitino also said that in his second season, he envisions playing eight of 10 Big East home games at the Garden and participating in the high-profile Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas tournament.
In a question about Pitino restoring St. John’s, Mets manager Buck Showalter reminisced about the Storm program when he was Yankees manager.
“There was a brand of basketball that was played there. They played on both ends of the court and they were expected [to win],” he replied. “When you thought of St. John’s basketball, they didn’t have to ask ‘who are we?’ [with] the way they played. And I’m sure that is what Rick is talking about.”
Great paragraphs!
glad they didnt show his actually pitch. Wasn't baba booey bad but it wasn't good6/14/23
Newsday
PITINO EXCITED ABOUT MESHING HIS PLAYERS
Storm’s staff has been remaking the entire roster
By Roger Rubin
Since Rick Pitino was introduced as the new St. John’s basketball coach with a guarantee to restore the Red Storm to national prominence, he has felt New York’s warm embrace. So it was again on Tuesday night when he was asked to perform the coveted first pitch before the first Subway Series game of the season and greeted with applause before throwing from the top of the mound to catcher-for-a-day Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell, who played for him at Louisville.
Pitino is a longtime baseball fan and declared himself a fan of “both teams,” but donned a St. John’s uniform with the No. 7 as a hat-tip to Mickey Mantle, suggesting that he might have grown up on Long Island rooting for the Yankees.
As for the pitch? A generous description would be “low and inside.”
In the 12 weeks since issuing his guarantee, Pitino and his staff have been incredibly active, remaking almost the entire St. John’s roster and generating anticipation for the 2023-24 season that even he can feel.
“Anytime you bring in 13 new players — and a lot of them are highly rated — there’s going to be excitement,” Pitino said. “The schedule is exciting [and] we expect to be extremely competitive. Now we just got to mesh 15 new players together.”
Pitino also said he and his staff are not done recruiting for the coming season. It seemed like St. John’s already was out of scholarships before Roselle (N.J.) Catholic guard Simeon Wilcher — a former North Carolina commit — decided Monday to join the Storm.
“I’d signed six players in a year,” Pitino said. “Now it’s a lot to sign 13 and we’re probably not even done yet — it’s almost three years of work into one. And now it’s different, totally different because in the NIL [era], we are now professional basketball. We’re not amateur basketball anymore.
“We’re just always on the market to improve the team. I’m always going to be that way. I’m looking at the European market right now to see what’s available. We’ll see from there. It’s not many. If I take one more, that’ll be it.”
Pitino also described a pair of philosophies he is using to bring St. John’s up to speed.
In recruiting, he sought three attributes. “One is very strong work ethic, two is a great athlete and three is a great shooter,” he said. “If one was missing out of those three, we didn’t take them.”
And he plans to lean heavily on the most experienced players in this first season. He pointed out the six fifth-year players on the roster and said: “I wanted to be old. If you’re going to come out strong, you’ve got to do it with upperclassmen.”
Asked if there were any locks for his starting five, he mentioned Storm captain Joel Soriano, Penn transfer Jordan Dingle and Iona transfer Daniss Jenkins, his point guard with the Gaels last year who would come upon completing his degree in summer school.”
Pitino also said that in his second season, he envisions playing eight of 10 Big East home games at the Garden and participating in the high-profile Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas tournament.
In a question about Pitino restoring St. John’s, Mets manager Buck Showalter reminisced about the Storm program when he was Yankees manager.
“There was a brand of basketball that was played there. They played on both ends of the court and they were expected [to win],” he replied. “When you thought of St. John’s basketball, they didn’t have to ask ‘who are we?’ [with] the way they played. And I’m sure that is what Rick is talking about.”
I don’t care if he threw it at his own feet just keep the recruits comingglad they didnt show his actually pitch. Wasn't baba booey bad but it wasn't good
Great post !
St John’s was 4 th on All Time College BB Wins , 20 years ago . We ate now 9 th.
Pitino should be able to move us up a few notches before he’s done at SJU .
Notre Dame is about 30 wins above us and they are catchable in a couple of years . Assuming all good things .
Syracuse is ahead of us too, as is Temple but, are not out of reach in the next 5-6 years .
We are ahead of Villanova , UCOnn, G’Town among the current BE teams .
4 th in All Time Wins was quite a accomplishment for the School . Too bad we had the 20 years of troubles .
Ever onward .
Pitino should be able to move us up a few notches before he’s done at SJU .
Notre Dame is about 30 wins above us and they are catchable in a couple of years . Assuming all good things .
Syracuse is ahead of us too, as is Temple but, are not out of reach in the next 5-6 years .
We are ahead of Villanova , UCOnn, G’Town among the current BE teams .
4 th in All Time Wins was quite a accomplishment for the School . Too bad we had the 20 years of troubles .
Ever onward .
And had some wins removed
Now that Pitino got all the easy stuff done like recruiting, scheduling/MSG etc...is he gonna get a new logo & uniforms before the season?...lol