After Connecticut’s defensive battle for the championship, there’s plenty of talk disparaging the value of an NCAA Tournament title. That’s a bunch of baloney and discredits one of the toughest post-season formats of any sport at any level.
Tag: St. John’s
St. John’s Loses Game, Kennedy for NCAA Tournament
St. John’s didn’t just lose a Big East quarterfinal game on Thursday, as they also lost D.J. Kennedy for the NCAA Tournament. That will hurt the Red Storm, and with what he’s experienced in helping them to this point, you have to feel for the young man.
Officiating Controversy Hits Big East Tournament
Wednesday’s games at the Big East Tournament included a controversy at the end of one game that may not go away anytime soon.
St. John’s Playing Like an Experienced Team
St. John’s is a senior-laden team and playing like one with their 3-0 start in the Big East.
St. John’s Rolls Over UCONN
There wasn’t a great deal on the X and O side to discuss. St. John’s, from tap to buzzer, simply wanted it more. The Red Storm snapped a nine-game losing streak to UCONN, defeating the Huskies 73-51 in the opening round of the Big East Tournament.
The Notebook
Some notes on Syracuse using the 2-3 zone defense successfully, Fairleigh Dickinson coming alive in 2010, a doubleheader coming up and St. John’s reversal of fortune in early conference games.
Friars, Red Storm Reverse Growth Stages For a Night
Sunday night, two teams that at first glance seem to be in different development stages matched up. At the end, it was the younger, less mature team that played like the veteran, more mature team and took home the win.
Aeropostale Holiday Festival Wrap-Up
A day after handily defeating Marist in the semifinal, St.John’s met their match. Virginia Tech defeated the Red Storm 81-67 before slightly over 2000 at Madison Square Garden . The win gave Virginia Tech a second straight Aeropostale Holiday Festival title. Tech defeated St.John’s is last year’s championship.
St. John’s falls in Holiday Festival – and on Hard Times
It was crushing news to Norm Roberts and his staff last month when informed that their best player, Anthony Mason Jr. would miss the entire season with a foot injury. It only got worse when Justin Burrell sustained a facial fracture after being hit by teammate Sean Evans in practice last Thursday. So with its top two players sidelined, along with freshman Malike Boothe playing with a sprained left thumb, it was no suprise that it would be a struggle vs former Big East memeber-now ACC foe Virginia Tech.
Big East Notebook – Friars’ Geoff McDermott is Still a Quarterback
During his high school days, Geoff McDermott was known as rifle-toting Geoff McDermott. Then a quick-strike 6-foot-6 quarterback, McDermott helped lead perennial power New Rochelle to back-to-back state championships. After committing to Providence, where there’s no football team, he kissed all gridiron dreams goodbye. Today, McDermott is still whipping passes.
