Michigan Wolverines dominated St. John’s at Madison Square Garden, winning 89-73. St. John's struggled with poor defense and stagnant offense, leading to a blowout loss. Michigan's victory was emphasized by chants of 'Free Jim Harbaugh' at the arena. Rick Pitino, St. John's coach, expressed disappointment and attributed the loss to lack of ball movement and adding many transfers to the team.
Rick Pitino laments 'terrible' St. John's roster problem https://t.co/wwUIQzqB7H via @nypost #sjubb
St. John’s suffers ugly loss to Michigan in Rick Pitino’s MSG debut as coach https://t.co/LKGeyld1PF https://t.co/lkQscoEzeI
Rick Pitino laments ‘terrible’ St. John’s roster problem https://t.co/m0h3cLMlXI https://t.co/bdlnHXO5zy
Rick Pitino blames adding so many transfers for St. John’s blowout loss to Michigan https://t.co/Hju9LtgRel
“They didn’t expect to get beat that easily.” “Am I disappointed? Yes, but it’s not gonna change the way we work. We’ll get back at it.” Michigan spoiled @RealPitino’s MSG return, exposing @StJohnsBBall in a statement game at MSG. My column: https://t.co/O6hqqafAYQ #sjubb https://t.co/N23qLp9DLT
"I think they were going 1-on-1 way too much...I think they were watching some NBA players in the Garden here and just trying to emulate them" Rick Pitino credits the lack of ball movement for the biggest reason why St. John's lost to Michigan 89-73 https://t.co/V5JpTteMej
Rick Pitino suffers his first loss as St. John's coach as Michigan wins 89-73 at Madison Square Garden in the Gavitt Tip-Off Games.
St. John’s suffers ugly loss to Michigan in Rick Pitino’s MSG debut as coach https://t.co/tRIe06JlnB https://t.co/FSv8NeUm8n
Pitino: “They were going 1-on-1 too much. It’s uncharacteristic of them. Early on, I think they were watching some NBA players at Madison Square Garden and were trying to emulate them. You’re gonna take your lumps here and there, and we gotta learn from it.” #sjubb
Tonight @umichbball sent a message that they r going to a lot better than many felt after losing Hunter Dickinson to Kansas . In the 2nd half they dominated @StJohnsBBall & won 89-73 spoiling the @TheGarden debut of @RealPitino ‘s team . Trust me Pitino will use the beating as… https://t.co/E4TIZBJVxs
St. John's suffers ugly loss to Michigan in Rick Pitino's MSG debut as coach https://t.co/nyur18Gu0X via @nypost #sjubb
The Wolverines take care of business at MSG! https://t.co/IMotlec7Kw
The Wolverines take care of business at MSG https://t.co/WZm0BLNgkM
Michigan is 11-0 in its last 11 games at Madison Square Garden The Wolverines cruised to a blowout win as chants of “Free Jim Harbaugh” echoed through basketball's most famous arena. 📷: @danfeldman31 https://t.co/75RSJSHBZq
Michigan is 11-0 in its last 11 games at Madison Square Garden The Wolverines cruised to a blowout win as chants of “Free Jim Harbaugh” echoed through basketball's most famous arena. 📷: @djfarnum https://t.co/6rSUNDv37V
Michigan wins big in Madison Square Garden 🗽 The Wolverines breeze past St John’s to improve to 3-0 〽️ https://t.co/ICFa9i2Als
St. John's loses to Michigan, 89-73. Never recovered after the poor close to the first half. Defense was bad and offense was stagnant over the final 25 minutes. Not a lot of time to get it together with Charleston Classic Thursday afternoon. #sjubb
Rick Pitino’s Madison Square Garden return will be one that fans of his team would love to forget. Michigan dominated St. John’s for the final 23 minutes of regulation, making an emphatic statement in an 89-73 victory whose final score was MUCH, MUCH closer than the game let on.
Now on @njdotcom No Garden Party: St. John’s blown out by Michigan in Rick Pitino’s MSG opener https://t.co/zFyAyFSjoP
Michigan rolled into Madison Square Garden and spoiled Rick Pitino's first big game with St. John's. And it wasn't particularly close: https://t.co/30RIgYlRwV
A "FREE-JIM-HAR-BAUGH!" chant has broken out at Madison Square Garden. Michigan is beating St. John's by 22.
Halftime stats for @StJohnsBBall and @umichbball: Arguably the worst thing St. John’s could have done down the stretch was allow Michigan to get into a rhythm in transition. That’s what turned a one-possession game into a 10-point halftime lead. #sjubb #GoBlue https://t.co/6nbHIFN1uw