Rick Pitino, coach of St. John's basketball team, praised the team's improvement and effort despite a loss to UConn, calling them a 'decent' team. Pitino emphasized the absence of a dominant team in college basketball and expressed optimism about St. John's progress. Various analysts and reporters also highlighted the team's improvement and potential for the future.
TONIGHT! Rob Dauster, Terrence Oglesby and Randolph Childress hand out Christmas gifts to some of the top teams in college basketball! WATCH: https://t.co/1XiusAE0DC https://t.co/mVGlXmJgWl
Can honestly say that was about as well played a game from St. John's in December as I have covered in a long time. Would have to go back to Steve Lavin's last team winning at Syracuse. Disappointing as it was, #sjubb is clearly getting much better. Fun year ahead.
“We are coming as a basketball team. We are coming.” Even in defeat, Rick Pitino believes St John’s is coming together. https://t.co/C9NnNS2Tbi #sjubb
When it comes to the top teams in the country, @Collegehoopsguy has some Christmas gifts to give that should help them for the rest of the season. https://t.co/NPYJzNiijr
Now on @njdotcom Rick Pitino says there is no dominant team in college basketball, calls UConn ‘decent’ https://t.co/CJUPQAnZ4I @UConnMBB @StJohnsBBall
Rick Pitino on @StJohnsBBall "We are coming as a basketball team, we are coming. It should be a nice Christmas for these guys because they played their hearts out and they lost on the road to a decent team." More on @njdotcom https://t.co/u1VKjBYVTm
Found this interesting. Rick Pitino has offered glowing praise of UConn for most of the year. Today, he called them "decent." Said there are a lot of decent teams. But nobody he feels is great. #sjubb
‘I’m going to have a really good Christmas because of the improvement of the basketball team ‘ Rick Pitino on @StJohnsBBall Said the guys ‘played their hearts out’ https://t.co/rL3z4LOnLE