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Storm Falls Without Stith

February 9, 2012 by

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When St. John’s took the court Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden, they were missing the lone holdover from last year’s NCAA tournament team. Malik Stith, the 5’11″ junior guard known affectionately as ‘Pops’, chose to leave the team for personal reasons and will stay on as a student-manager.  Without his presence on the bench, […]

Game Preview: Cincinnati @ St. John’s

February 8, 2012 by

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Overview: The last time these two teams met, the Red Storm (10-13, 4-7 in Big East) shocked the Bearcats (16-7, 6-4 in Big East) at Fifth Third Arena on a last minute tip-in by Maurice Harkless. St. John’s went into the game on a two game losing streak and had yet to win a road game. […]

Suds Scene: Moving Beyond Lindsey

December 25, 2011 by

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The Suds Scene By John Sudolsky – Special to Sweet, Sweet Lavin What Red Storm fans saw in the past two games was a team without one of their huge playmakers; Nurideen Lindsey. Lindsey, a sophomore point guard and member of Steve Lavin’s first recruiting class decided to transfer at the end of his first […]

No NBA, No Problem

October 10, 2011 by

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After a 7 hour meeting today, NBA commissioner David Stern announced that the league has cancelled the first two weeks of the season. With this news he added that not only does this mean the season will start late, if at all, but those games missed will not be made up. Also stated by Stern, […]

How to Move Forward: Big East Style

October 10, 2011 by

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There seems to be a lot of people clambering for St. John’s and the other basketball only schools to consider forming their own conference to combat the Big East.  (See Quinn’s update from today)  This idea would make sense from a on-the-court basketball perspective, but from a money and national attention standpoint, it’s suicide. Everyone […]

Now A Reality: Up To You

September 30, 2011 by

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Dear newcomers, You’re no longer just a group of commitments.  You’re not just a list of names or a collection of YouTube links.  Your high school, AAU, and prep school statistics are now nothing but past accomplishments – a part of history.  The slate is clean.  You have a brand new group of people to […]

NCAA is Misguided

September 17, 2011 by

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An article published this morning by Lenn Robbins of the New York Post about the three ineligible recruits stated: Another source close to one of the families told The Post that each of the players are certified as learning disabled, which allowed them to take three summer classes, one more than the NCAA allows for […]

A Big Split?

September 17, 2011 by

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If you didn’t believe that it is all about football until now, I’d like to welcome you to the club.  Late on Friday night, it was widely reported that Syracuse and Pittsburgh have begun negotiations with the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) to join forces and leave the Big East.  These schools are obviously seeking to […]

A Crunch Time Dilemma

September 16, 2011 by

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Every winning team has one.  You watch the Dukes, the North Carolinas, the UConns, the Syracuses and they all always seem to have one.  Years went by where St. John’s didn’t have one.  No matter how talented or how well-coached a team may be, it is always going to find itself in the tense situations. […]

What Does This Mean?

September 15, 2011 by

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Whether we like or not, St. John’s will be significantly short-handed during at least the beginning of the upcoming 2011-12 season.  It was reported and later confirmed on Thursday afternoon that Norvel Pelle, Amir Garrett, and JaKarr Sampson have each been ruled academically ineligible to be a part of the St. John’s Red Storm basketball […]

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