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Game #14: Notre Dame 65, St. John’s 71 - Post Game Media
Black and Green Irish Men’s Basketball Report : That was embarrassing. No excuses, you don’t lose to a team like St. John’s if you plan on succeeding this year. In Big East play, there’s no moping after wins or sugarcoating losses…. All of a sudden Monday is ...
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Game #14: Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs St. John’s - Preview
“Forget any excuses. Forget that we won’t have Mase this season. Forget that we didn’t have Malik. Forget that Justin Burrell is trying to learn how to play with a shield on his face. We didn’t play with the kind of effort you need to play in this league.” - ...
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Rob Thomas
Noted that St. John’s forward Rob Thomas hasn’t been on the court… And I wonder why not. Injury? Grades? or just bad substitution patterns?       
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Andy Katz on St. John’s and DePaul
ESPN’s Andy Katz posts on what he thinks college basketball needs to remain strong and healthy , focusing on teams and schools with name recognition. In the Big East: In the Big East: St. John’s and DePaul must be players again. These are two storied programs in the sport. ...
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St. John’s Schedule: Big East, January
03 Notre Dame | 11 @ Pittsburgh | 15 Connecticut | 18 @ Villanova | 22 Cincinnati | 24 Rutgers | 28 @ West Virginia Schedule: November | Schedule:December Now for the conference part of the schedule. I held off on writing/ posting this because watching a team ball against the worst teams ...
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Game #13: St. John’s at Providence Friars Pre-Game Notes
Not much media for this tilt. Statsheet Matchup . The vegas spread has St. John’s losing by 8.5. Matchup and notes from the Providence Journal . Providence Journal asks if the Providence Friars are ready for the Big East . They hope to start with a positive note, with St. ...
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No Cowher for the Jets
According to the NY Post, former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher decided he is not interested in the Jets job . He wanted his own personnel man and no Brett Favre meddling. Who wouldn’t want Brett Favre meddling? In between interceptions, he’s the best “ white-TO ...
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Game #13: St. John’s at Providence Friars Preview
Cross-posted at Friar Blog, which has a preview from the Providence side; and Johnny Jungle, with additional information. Please read both for the wraparound blog information experience. We lost quite a few players but our other guys just have to step up and play, that’s just how ...
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Game #12: Miami (FL) Hurricanes at St. John’s Preview
“…it only takes a five or six minute span to change the game. We didn’t execute a few times. They were able to open a three-point game and get a cushion. We didn’t have enough stops to respond. Those are things we will learn from and get better.” - Norm ...
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Game #11: St. John’s vs Virginia Tech Hokies
Cross posted on Johnny Jungle as Calm by the Storm In the first game of the Holiday Festival - without Justin Burrell - a surprise - Rob Thomas gets the start! And he contributed until his thigh injury/ cramp - 11 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 blocks - though against a team that gets their ...
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Game #10: St. John’s vs. Marist (Holiday Festival)
The St. John’s invitational, aka the Aeropostale Holiday Festival, is back. And the squad finally gets some time in the Garden. The first match-up is against the Red Foxes of Marist College, that fine institution on the banks of the Hudson… in Poughkeepsie, that not-so-fine ...
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Justin Burrell Breaks Bone in Face
According to sources and told to me this morning, and officially posted by the NY Daily News, Justin Burrell is out for the Marist and likely the Virginia Tech games. He was hit in the face with an elbow that broke a bone. Not sure how long a player has to be out before he can play with a mask ...
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Public Stupidity Meets a Starbury Target
Skimming an article on USA Today this morning, I saw the kind of invective that just makes this blogger hate the nature of internet comments. There is an article, about Stephon Marbury’s stasis, and the commenters come out with the: "This guy is so dumb its frightening."  ...
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Game #9: St. John’s vs Bethune-Cookman
Bethune-Cookman? Really? It’s one thing to bring in a slate of beatable opponents to your campus to take their whippings, to enhance the positive feeling in your team, to work on rotations and plays, and to puff up the win total. It’s another thing entirely to bring a bottom of ...
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