The first Saturday in January was a wild day of college basketball. You can’t necessarily use that word to describe the St. John’s 70-62 win over Butler, but Rick Pitino needed a little extra ...
And never mind that coach Rick Pitino and the team’s trainer already had decided to hold the point guard out until the Musketeers come to the Garden. Smith asked to play and Pitino agreed.
It’s said that nothing is guaranteed. These days, St. John’s fans might beg to differ. Rick Pitino made a promise on that March day he was introduced a little less than two years ago — “St ...
Butler coach Thad Matta tried to inject life into his struggling team. Normally opposed to midseason shakeups, Matta inserted junior guard Kolby King into the starting lineup for sophomore guard ...
“Yeah, I think being booed is something that he can handle,” St. John’s Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino said Friday. “Well, he grew up on the streets of Brooklyn, so I think he can handle ...