Once you actually give it some thought, that is the way in which this sport needed to go, proper? St. John’s had plastered Seton Corridor by 28 final time, when the 2 groups performed at Prudential Middle again in January. And the Pirates have had a tough yr, making an attempt to patch collectively a pressure of respectability whereas dropping 22 video games.
However the Johnnies have gotten the place they’re due to grit much more usually than glamor. Rick Pitino says again and again that the factor he admires most in regards to the staff is its humility, its collective understanding that nothing is given, that every part is earned, even when it’s the highest of the Large East towards the underside.
Even with a primary outright convention championship in 40 years on the road, and with another full home — 19,812 robust — urging them on with each ounce of energy in 19,812 larynxes and voice bins.
So it stood to motive that the Pirates would get after the Pink Storm as a lot as they might, that the Corridor would lead with its chin. It was proper that it took till the final 5 – 6 minutes of the sport for the Johnnies to lastly begin to draw back ultimately, put the ending touches on a 71-61 win that earned them the No. 1 seed within the Large East Match.
