SJU Building Through Transfers Piece

[quote="redmannorth" post=311814]Just read the article and want to provide some c’arification For those who were not lucky enough to follow the team in 1984-85. The article states that team was based upon local talent and not transfers well the author is not exactly correct. The starting pg Mike Moses transferred home after playing 2 seasons at the University of Florida. The starting power forward Walter Berrywas a junior college transfer. Ron Rowan who was the back up to Mullins was a transfer from Notre Dame. Shelton Jones brother was a jc transfer from Suffolk CC. That is offthe top of my head so I can say with certainty that transfers and jc players were a key part of the final four team.[/quote]

Beat me to it. Greg Jones didn’t play as he wasn’t eligible. To add to that lists of transfers in the program that year, Bob Antonelli was a Juco transfer from a DIII school (he left the team at semester break), John Hemple was sitting out after transferring from UMass and Matt Burst transferred in from UNC after the semester break (he enrolled as a part-time student so he didn’t practice until the following fall).
 
[quote="SJU85" post=312037][quote="redmannorth" post=311814]Just read the article and want to provide some c’arification For those who were not lucky enough to follow the team in 1984-85. The article states that team was based upon local talent and not transfers well the author is not exactly correct. The starting pg Mike Moses transferred home after playing 2 seasons at the University of Florida. The starting power forward Walter Berrywas a junior college transfer. Ron Rowan who was the back up to Mullins was a transfer from Notre Dame. Shelton Jones brother was a jc transfer from Suffolk CC. That is offthe top of my head so I can say with certainty that transfers and jc players were a key part of the final four team.[/quote]

Beat me to it. Greg Jones didn’t play as he wasn’t eligible. To add to that lists of transfers in the program that year, Bob Antonelli was a Juco transfer from a DIII school (he left the team at semester break), John Hemple was sitting out after transferring from UMass and Matt Burst transferred in from UNC after the semester break (he enrolled as a part-time student so he didn’t practice until the following fall).[/quote]
Think we took Antonelli to give us a better chance at his teammate Dave Popsen whom I believe ended up at N Carolina. Antonelli was terrible and it was almost comical watching him bring the ball up the court and try an awkward spin move at midcoast and lose the ball every time.
 
Winning such a tonic obviously;
SJU press release

QUEENS, N.Y. (Jan. 4, 2019) – More than a week before the two teams are set to tip off in Carnesecca Arena, the St. John’s men’s basketball squad’s Jan. 12 game against DePaul is officially sold out.

The game will mark the Red Storm’s fourth sellout of the year and the third in as many games at Carnesecca Arena.

Limited tickets are still available to the Red Storm’s remaining Carnesecca Arena home games against Creighton (Jan. 16), Butler (Feb. 12) and Xavier (Feb. 28). Tickets are also available for the Johnnies’ home tilts at Madison Square Garden against Georgetown (Jan. 27), Providence (Feb. 9), Villanova (Feb. 17) and Seton Hall (Feb. 23)
 
[quote="stjohnnie75" post=311766]Last I saw over 75 kids decided to transfer after the first semester this year. Some already playing decent roles.[/quote]

Incredible.
 
Fabulous to get full coverage in the NYT—which no matter what it’s ‘politics’ are is the national paper of record, and an article of this length on St. John’s has been rare in recent years. The paper has hardly mentioned our wins—or even included them in multiple lists of game scores.
This is big and emblematic of what winning big does.
Luv the last paragraph:

...Now Clark is dreaming of a return to the Final Four. “It would immortalize this team forever in New York folklore and it would definitely get this program back where it needs to be,” he said.

For sure, Marvin!
From your lips to God’s ears!
 
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[quote="Paultzman" post=312123]Winning such a tonic obviously;
SJU press release

QUEENS, N.Y. (Jan. 4, 2019) – More than a week before the two teams are set to tip off in Carnesecca Arena, the St. John’s men’s basketball squad’s Jan. 12 game against DePaul is officially sold out.

The game will mark the Red Storm’s fourth sellout of the year and the third in as many games at Carnesecca Arena.

Limited tickets are still available to the Red Storm’s remaining Carnesecca Arena home games against Creighton (Jan. 16), Butler (Feb. 12) and Xavier (Feb. 28). Tickets are also available for the Johnnies’ home tilts at Madison Square Garden against Georgetown (Jan. 27), Providence (Feb. 9), Villanova (Feb. 17) and Seton Hall (Feb. 23)[/quote]

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26. St. John's The Red Storm's resume features wins over Marquette and VCU - with the lone loss coming at Seton Hall. Shamorie Ponds is averaging 19.2 points, 6.0 assists and 4.8 rebounds in 33.4 minutes per game.
 
[quote="Paultzman" post=312123]Winning such a tonic obviously;
SJU press release

QUEENS, N.Y. (Jan. 4, 2019) – More than a week before the two teams are set to tip off in Carnesecca Arena, the St. John’s men’s basketball squad’s Jan. 12 game against DePaul is officially sold out.

The game will mark the Red Storm’s fourth sellout of the year and the third in as many games at Carnesecca Arena.

Limited tickets are still available to the Red Storm’s remaining Carnesecca Arena home games against Creighton (Jan. 16), Butler (Feb. 12) and Xavier (Feb. 28). Tickets are also available for the Johnnies’ home tilts at Madison Square Garden against Georgetown (Jan. 27), Providence (Feb. 9), Villanova (Feb. 17) and Seton Hall (Feb. 23)[/quote]

If SJU reported attendence the same way Seton Hall does (half an arena sold = sellout) all games would be sellouts.
 
Just saw St John's post on Instagram that our next home game against DePaul is already sold out. I checked StubHub and the prices are the highest I've seen in awhile.

Seems like all of the positive buzz around the program is really catching on. The articles in all the local papers lately have only helped. Exciting times.
 
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