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Julian is not going anywhere. This hypothetical sky is falling what if needs to stop.Andrew" post=414046 said:
Julian's dad played for SJU, runs a camp at SJU, the family loves SJU. As Zach has mentioned many times, while Justin and Julian are close, Julian has been in Justin's shadow and them splitting up for college has been the best thing for both. Julian is THRIVING at SJU under Coach Anderson, he's not going anywhere.
My fraternity brother, Stephen Lo Russo, who was the head student manager for St. Johns basketball from 07-11, and one of the current coaches on NY lighting knows the twins personally as they are from the same neighborhood in BK. He says that the twins prefer to be playing away from eachother as each of them have made their own path, and are shining on their own . Also says that the family would push both to stay 4 years , and graduate. We shall see
A year ago at this time, Julian Champagnie admits he was in a very different place.
For the first time in his life he was on his own. He was without his wingman, his constant companion, his other half. After playing his entire life with his twin brother, Justin, the Champagnie Brothers Act was breaking up as Justin decided to attend the University of Pittsburgh.
When it came time for Julian to make his college choice, he decided it was best for him to be a bit closer to home and St. John’s became his landing spot. There was a little bit of history with the Red Storm in the Champagnie family as father, Ranford, won a national championship with the Johnnies’ soccer program back in 1996. But still, things were bound to be different for Julian as he became a solo act.
“It definitely was an adjustment,” said Julian, who had played four seasons with Justin at Brooklyn’s Bishop Loughlin High School. “I’d been playing with him for 17 years of my life. Coming into (last year) and not being able to see his face on the court was kind of a little weird to me. But now I’m kind of used to him not being around.”
After averaging 9.9 points a game last year for the Johnnies, when he earned BIG EAST All-Freshman Team honors, Champagnie looks back at last year and sees how much the decision to go their separate ways was most assuredly the correct one.
“Yeah I think it was the right decision,” Champagnie said. “I think we were great together but we’re even better apart. We were allowed to grow by being away from each other and we’ve become our own people. People don’t look at us and say, ‘Oh he’s a twin.’ They look at us now and say, ‘That’s Justin and that’s Julian’ and we both have stuff to show for it.”
Ironically, despite having almost 400 miles between their respective campuses, the Champagnie boys have managed to keep their “twin thing” going. While Julian is currently the scoring kingpin in the BIG EAST, Justin is also tops in the ACC in scoring as well. The kicker? Both post identical 19.9 points per game averages.
Strange?
“Yeah to me it’s crazy that we have the exact same average,” Julian said with a laugh.
Julian’s game has exploded this season for the Johnnies. Already this year there have been six games in which he’s posted better than 20 points with his 29-point outing against Boston College and a 33-point eruption versus Creighton ranking as his two best performances. He has also earned BIG EAST Player of the Week honors once this season and this week landed a spot on the conference's weekly Honor Roll after he averaged 15.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and two blocks in wins over UConn and Utah Valley for the Red Storm (9-7, 3-6 BIG EAST).
And it was that huge road win at UConn that just may be the start of good things for the Johnnies this season, according to Champagnie.
“I think the UConn game was a statement game,” Champagnie said. “That was a big turnaround for us. That was us saying, ‘We’re going to figure this out.’ There were some bumps in the road but we’re going to do our best to win games. If we lose, we lose. But we’ll just come back and play hard just like we did against UConn.”
This week the schedule starts to pick up in intensity in a hurry for Champagnie and the Johnnies. First there is a Wednesday road game at DePaul, which is coming off a road win at Marquette Then UConn closes out January when the Huskies visit Carnesecca Arena on Sunday before the Johnnies play host to No. 3 Villanova to open February. It’s a very challenging portion of the schedule for sure.
“Nothing in the BIG EAST is easy but it’s not something that we’re not prepared for,” Champagnie said. “It’s going to be a tough stretch of games but we’ll be ready for it. Whatever happens we’ll go in as a team and we’ll be fighting until the end.”
With the bulk of the teams in the BIG EAST standings separated by just a couple of games, it’s a great opportunity for the Red Storm to make their move upwards as the regular season enters its final six weeks.
“In our conference you have teams that are consistently good and other teams that are up and down,” Champagnie said. “But I think the teams in the bottom half of the conference all have a shot to be in the top half. Every team, including us. So I’d say the conference is very unpredictable.”
But none of the Johnnies’ final games this season will come against Justin Champagnie and Pitt. That’s a scheduling problem Justin hopes can be remedied before the sophomore finishes his career in Queens.
“Oh definitely for sure,” Champagnie said. “Last year I kind of asked if that could happen and I hope it happens. I want to play (Justin). I think it would be fun. Pitt was in the BIG EAST before so I think it would be a good matchup.”
Any prediction of an outcome?
“I’m going with us, the Johnnies,” Champagnie said. “One hundred percent.”
Of course there is the chance that Champagnie might not have to wait until next season or later for a battle with Pitt. With a little work in the final six weeks, there is always the possibility of a meeting in the NCAA Tournament. How would that play in the Champagnie family?
“That would be really cool, honestly, to play them in the tournament,” Champagnie said. “But right now the focus on our team is we have some things to iron out as a team before we get there and I feel like we will get there. So our focus right now is just to be all locked in on the rest of our games this season.”
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For the first time in his life he was on his own. He was without his wingman, his constant companion, his other half. After playing his entire life with his twin brother, Justin, the Champagnie Brothers Act was breaking up as Justin decided to attend the University of Pittsburgh.
When it came time for Julian to make his college choice, he decided it was best for him to be a bit closer to home and St. John’s became his landing spot. There was a little bit of history with the Red Storm in the Champagnie family as father, Ranford, won a national championship with the Johnnies’ soccer program back in 1996. But still, things were bound to be different for Julian as he became a solo act.
“It definitely was an adjustment,” said Julian, who had played four seasons with Justin at Brooklyn’s Bishop Loughlin High School. “I’d been playing with him for 17 years of my life. Coming into (last year) and not being able to see his face on the court was kind of a little weird to me. But now I’m kind of used to him not being around.”
After averaging 9.9 points a game last year for the Johnnies, when he earned BIG EAST All-Freshman Team honors, Champagnie looks back at last year and sees how much the decision to go their separate ways was most assuredly the correct one.
“Yeah I think it was the right decision,” Champagnie said. “I think we were great together but we’re even better apart. We were allowed to grow by being away from each other and we’ve become our own people. People don’t look at us and say, ‘Oh he’s a twin.’ They look at us now and say, ‘That’s Justin and that’s Julian’ and we both have stuff to show for it.”
Ironically, despite having almost 400 miles between their respective campuses, the Champagnie boys have managed to keep their “twin thing” going. While Julian is currently the scoring kingpin in the BIG EAST, Justin is also tops in the ACC in scoring as well. The kicker? Both post identical 19.9 points per game averages.
Strange?
“Yeah to me it’s crazy that we have the exact same average,” Julian said with a laugh.
Julian’s game has exploded this season for the Johnnies. Already this year there have been six games in which he’s posted better than 20 points with his 29-point outing against Boston College and a 33-point eruption versus Creighton ranking as his two best performances. He has also earned BIG EAST Player of the Week honors once this season and this week landed a spot on the conference's weekly Honor Roll after he averaged 15.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and two blocks in wins over UConn and Utah Valley for the Red Storm (9-7, 3-6 BIG EAST).
And it was that huge road win at UConn that just may be the start of good things for the Johnnies this season, according to Champagnie.
“I think the UConn game was a statement game,” Champagnie said. “That was a big turnaround for us. That was us saying, ‘We’re going to figure this out.’ There were some bumps in the road but we’re going to do our best to win games. If we lose, we lose. But we’ll just come back and play hard just like we did against UConn.”
This week the schedule starts to pick up in intensity in a hurry for Champagnie and the Johnnies. First there is a Wednesday road game at DePaul, which is coming off a road win at Marquette Then UConn closes out January when the Huskies visit Carnesecca Arena on Sunday before the Johnnies play host to No. 3 Villanova to open February. It’s a very challenging portion of the schedule for sure.
“Nothing in the BIG EAST is easy but it’s not something that we’re not prepared for,” Champagnie said. “It’s going to be a tough stretch of games but we’ll be ready for it. Whatever happens we’ll go in as a team and we’ll be fighting until the end.”
With the bulk of the teams in the BIG EAST standings separated by just a couple of games, it’s a great opportunity for the Red Storm to make their move upwards as the regular season enters its final six weeks.
“In our conference you have teams that are consistently good and other teams that are up and down,” Champagnie said. “But I think the teams in the bottom half of the conference all have a shot to be in the top half. Every team, including us. So I’d say the conference is very unpredictable.”
But none of the Johnnies’ final games this season will come against Justin Champagnie and Pitt. That’s a scheduling problem Justin hopes can be remedied before the sophomore finishes his career in Queens.
“Oh definitely for sure,” Champagnie said. “Last year I kind of asked if that could happen and I hope it happens. I want to play (Justin). I think it would be fun. Pitt was in the BIG EAST before so I think it would be a good matchup.”
Any prediction of an outcome?
“I’m going with us, the Johnnies,” Champagnie said. “One hundred percent.”
Of course there is the chance that Champagnie might not have to wait until next season or later for a battle with Pitt. With a little work in the final six weeks, there is always the possibility of a meeting in the NCAA Tournament. How would that play in the Champagnie family?
“That would be really cool, honestly, to play them in the tournament,” Champagnie said. “But right now the focus on our team is we have some things to iron out as a team before we get there and I feel like we will get there. So our focus right now is just to be all locked in on the rest of our games this season.”
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· Web Release QUEENS, N.Y. (Feb. 2, 2021) – For the third time in as many tries, a member of the Red Storm has been named the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association’s Player of the Week, as Julian Champagnie claimed the honor for the second time this season on Tuesday.
Maybe we need a thread dedicated to Julians push for BE POY recognition.
His BE ranks-
ppg - 19.7 (1st)
Rebs - 7.3 (7th)
Steals - 1.4 (7th)
Blocks - 1.2 (8th)
3fg Made - 46 (3rd)
3fg% - 43.4% (5th)
FT Made - 76 (4th)
FT % - 85.5% (2nd)
hey Julian, is it too much to ask for you to start handing out a few assists every now and again??
His BE ranks-
ppg - 19.7 (1st)
Rebs - 7.3 (7th)
Steals - 1.4 (7th)
Blocks - 1.2 (8th)
3fg Made - 46 (3rd)
3fg% - 43.4% (5th)
FT Made - 76 (4th)
FT % - 85.5% (2nd)
hey Julian, is it too much to ask for you to start handing out a few assists every now and again??
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Last season even WITH LJ, he was regarded as our only player with nba potential.
I am the first to say I am astounded at his improvement since then. I cant even draw a great comparison in our history. He's not flashy but man he does everything well.
Great kid and player. If he keeps this trajectory who knows how good he can become.
I am the first to say I am astounded at his improvement since then. I cant even draw a great comparison in our history. He's not flashy but man he does everything well.
Great kid and player. If he keeps this trajectory who knows how good he can become.
SJUFAN2" post=418123 said:
Beast of the East" post=413915 said:Maybe they are the Van Arsdale twins.richard A Steinfeld" post=413908 said:
Dick Van Arsdale: 921 G, 16.4 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 3.3 APG
Tom Van Arsdale: 929 G, 15.3 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 2.2 APG
maybe Justin will transfer in - how sweet that would be
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I thought of Sealy and also George Johnson. Maybe somewhere in the middle.fuchsia" post=418163 said:
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Beast of the East" post=418137 said: