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St. John's is in for a roller coaster of a season

The weekend started extremely well for St. John’s and ended in similar fashion. In between, there were several moments of disappointment. The result was a 1-1 performance in the Hall...

St. John's issues magnified in second-half unraveling

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — The venue was different, but the performance was similar — only worse. A comfortable halftime lead vanished quickly. Offensive execution was nonexistent. Foul trouble to rim-protecting forward...

Indiana will give Michigan all it can handle

With his crazy-eyed glare, Jim Harbaugh is staring down the biggest game in his five years as Michigan coach. It’s not this week’s game, though, and that could be a...

What Bobby Hurley thinks of St. John's coaching hire

The man who passed on the job thinks St. John’s got it right. The Johnnies’ first five games under Mike Anderson, four one-sided victories and a narrow loss to mid-major...

Take a shot on Arizona State and Herm Edwards

In the biggest game of Clay Helton’s career, at least in terms of his future employment, the Southern California coach took a 32-point beating from Oregon last week. So the...

Jets won't keep it close vs. Patriots

“How do you determine winnings or losses when you bet on a game listed as ‘OFF’ ”? writes reader A Lehman. While we have to be OFF our rocker picking games...

Yankees will force a Game 7

Rutgers University closed its on-campus pharmacies recently. The Scarlet Knights are 1-5 and have been outscored 135-7 in their past three games. To compensate for the lack of pain relief,...

Penn State will burst Maryland's bubble

The Post’s Howie Kussoy, aka The Pigskin Profit, takes a shot on two college football games on Friday night: Penn State Nittany Lions (-6½) over MARYLAND TERRAPINS (8:00 p.m. ET,...

Arizona State coach Herm Edwards adds faculty position to football duties

Herm Edwards is making the leap from the practice field to the classroom. Arizona State University recently announced that its head football coach will become a "professor of practice" at...

The doubters were right: St. John's didn't belong

DAYTON, Ohio — So the skeptics were spot-on. The doubters had their day. There were plenty of voices whispering — some screaming — that St. John’s didn’t deserve to be...

St. John's can't even get out of the First Four

DAYTON, Ohio — St. John’s has said all the right things for weeks, giving all the clichés about a fresh start and unlocking its potential. March, the team said, could...

The St. John's betting dilemma in NCAA First Four

Wednesday’s First Four game in the 2019 NCAA Tournament matching No. 11 seeds St. John’s and Arizona State (truTV, 9:10 p.m.) presents quite a handicapping challenge for bettors. VSiN has...

Why I’m no longer betting St. John’s vs. Arizona State

I need to fill out a new bracket. I made a mistake. Arizona State (-1½) over St. John’s: When you’ve watched a team as talented and inconsistent and indifferent and...

March Madness: 3 keys to a St. John's win over Arizona State

If St. John's hopes to beat Arizona State and advance into the NCAA Tournament field of 64, the Red Storm will have to focus on three things: Rebound, rebound and...

Bobby Hurley, Chris Mullin bring shared history to NCAA Tournament duel

DAYTON, Ohio — Bobby Hurley was a first-round NBA draft pick, won two national championships in college at Duke and was part of one of the great high school basketball...

Princeton coach knows what to expect from St. John's-Arizona St.

DAYTON, Ohio — Arizona State’s size and physicality impressed Mitch Henderson. St. John’s five-out offense and quickness in transition stood out to the Princeton coach. Whichever teams exerts its strengths...

St. John's sneaks into NCAA Tournament 'as last team in'

They are dancing in Queens. St. John’s is back in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in the Chris Mullin era, announced as the final at-large bid. The Johnnies...

Bobby Hurley just got his biggest win as a coach

TEMPE, Ariz. — Zylan Cheatham bounded down the hallway inside Wells Fargo Arena, half skipping, half jumping as he high-fived family, friends, anyone he could reach. "Let's go! Let's go!...

Raptors at Nets: There's one bet Brooklyn is paying out big on

Two days after dropping a demoralizing 114-112 decision to Oklahoma City, the Brooklyn Nets take the floor Friday against the equally dangerous Toronto Raptors. The Nets carried an 18-point lead...

Arizona State won't overcome its stiffest test so far

Things have not gone well for the Pac-12 as a whole so far this season, as Arizona State is the lone team from the conference ranked in the Top 25....