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6 St. John's takeaways: How is defense ahead of the offense?
The trip began with a rousing victory and ended with an unsightly one. In between was a dismal defeat, a game against Missouri St. John’s felt like it blew. It...
The play that punctuated St. John's comeback win
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The soaring one-handed dunk in itself was impressive and the St. John’s players reacted to it like a bunch of kids seeing a slam for...
How a St. John's big man stole the show from Angel Delgado
There have been a lot of oddities at the Garden of late, and there was another one Saturday afternoon: The best big man in the Big East wasn’t the best...
St. John’s proves it’s no pushover with dominating win
It was just over a week ago that Marquette knocked off then-No. 1 Villanova, an upset that came three days after the Golden Eagles won at Creighton, then ranked seventh....
The big St. John's flaw is getting worse — and poisoning offense
The St. John’s rebounding numbers aren’t pretty, but their effect goes beyond statistics. Sure, the Red Storm are last in the Big East in rebounding differential (-1.8) and defensive rebounding,...
Mullin's telling answer shows how far St. John's frontcourt has slid
Chris Mullin tried to give the safe answer, the politically correct response, when asked if his team needed more production from its frontcourt. The St. John’s coach’s answer spoke volumes anyway....
'Overthinking' St. John's big man maintains confidence
Kassoum Yakwe was considered one of the five best Big East freshmen a year ago by the league’s coaches, a shot-blocking menace with long arms who was a two-way factor...
3 St. John's takeaways: What happened to their big men?
The buzz is gone. So is the optimism, for the time being. The early hope within the fan base has quickly turned into gloom, after a winless trip to the...
After not starting, Marcus LoVett Jr. dominates in St. John's win
For months, there was talk about how different the St. John’s roster was, how much better the Red Storm’s brand of basketball would be and how much more talent there...
Talent infusion means higher expectations for St. John's
Even with Chris Mullin back in Queens last season, St. John’s was destined for disappointment. Forced to rely on a freshmen-filled squad, the result was the school’s first single-digit win...
What can St. John's fans expect in Year 2 of Chris Mullin era?
From the moment St. John’s suffered its embarrassing 32-point defeat to Division II St. Thomas Aquinas in last year’s exhibition opener, all expectations were eviscerated. Chris Mullin’s return to Queens...
St. John's future brighter because of this improving big man
Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard shook his head and pursed his lips, figuring out how best to relay how impressed he was by the play of St. John’s freshman Kassoum...
St. John's sees Seton Hall exhale and waits for future to arrive
The pity was that the game ended as it did, a referee’s whistle 75 feet from the basket settling what had been a brutal and bitter turf war at Madison...
Seton Hall steals win in bizarre last seconds to escape St. John's
There were just 5.6 seconds left on the clock when the whistle blew, sending the St. John’s crowd into a frenzy. There was ringing booing and profanities being yelled from...
St. John's ends two long losing streaks in victory over DePaul
Finally, Chris Mullin claimed his first Big East win since 1985. And finally, St. John’s won its first game since what felt like 1985. The longest losing streak in the...
St. John's puts scare into No. 1 Villanova — but just for one half
PHILADELPHIA — St. John's put a bit of a scare into Villanova, but once again in this lost season, it wasn't enough. Daniel Ochefu scored a career-high 25 points, Ryan...
How St. John's will rise, from freshmen core that knows best
D’Angelo Harrison, Sir’Dominic Pointer and Phil Greene IV can feel the Johnnies’ pain. They’ve gone through everything the current class of St. John’s freshmen are dealing with -- losing frequently,...
St. John’s survives brutal game -- but goliath's up next
This wasn’t the kind of flashback Chris Mullin envisioned when he returned to his alma mater to coach. The idea was to restore St. John’s to its glory days of...
Chris Mullin's one bright spot in St. John's ugly loss to Fordham
Chris Mullin went from disappointed to upbeat, sullen to excited, and it took just two words — Kassoum Yakwe — to change the St. John’s coach’s frame of mind. For...
Fordham's new coach upstages Chris Mullin in rout
St. John’s and Chris Mullin may have won the April battle of press conferences, but Jeff Neubauer and Fordham won the matchup that counted. And they did so in a...