St. John’s defeats Seton Hall 91-72 in the Big East quarterfinals, led by RJ Luis, Dingle, Alleyne, and Soriano. Pitino's team advances to the semifinals, securing a spot in the NCAA Tournament. Seton Hall struggles despite efforts from Dawes and Wusu.
"We have 6 seniors, nobody wants to end the season on a bad note, just keep it alive" RJ Luis on @StJohnsBBall https://t.co/jdNccBGsgs
St. John's beats Seton Hall in Big East quarters to improve NCAA Tournament chances | @RogRubin #SJUBB https://t.co/7TrA7G2EsZ
Soriano: “We knew if we didn’t win this game, we were going home.” #sjubb
"If [Soriano] plays like that, we're going to be tough to beat" Pitino said. Asked about the NCAAs, he said: "We're trying to win the Big East title, and UConn's a terrific team." https://t.co/oihdVC5rip
Pitino: “We’ve had a great year, we’re a hot team. We’re gonna try to win the Big East crown.” #sjubb
Rick Pitino: "We're trying to win a Big East title." #sjubb
RJ Luis on Seton Hall: "We had to get them back." #sjubb
St. John’s earns huge win over Seton Hall in Big East quarterfinals to likely punch March Madness ticket https://t.co/6KN6rYt07r https://t.co/DSnKZw8lq1
Yes @RealPitino has brought HOOPS HYSTERIA back to @TheGarden.@StJohnsBBall with impressive W vs @SetonHallMBB in @BIGEASTMBB - both teams have earned the right to be part of the @MarchMadnessMBB https://t.co/Ju1RGvJSBq
This was a victory 24 years in the making. Over two decades of Big East Tournament futility. Treating its home arena like a nomad. Blowing one big lead after another. Thursday afternoon, it finally ended for St. John's: https://t.co/XKUKpvoNVi #sjubb
Joel Soriano on @StJohnsBBall "It’s an unbelievable feeling to be able to play on Friday night. "Coach P said to play on Friday night, there’s no better feeling" Pitino added of @UConnMBB (joking): "And we got lucky, it’s an easy game" https://t.co/oihdVC5rip
Pitino: “We got a lucky draw. It was an easy game.” #sjubb
Soriano: “We knew if we wanted to beat this team, we had to play our best basketball. This is an unbelievable feeling, man, to play Friday night. I’m just blessed, thank God.” #sjubb
"So you just go – I won't say what I said – you just go as hard as you can go." 🤣😅 @Kristina_Pink has more from coach Rick Pitino as @StJohnsBBall advances to their first @BIGEAST Semifinal since 2000. https://t.co/a65mvs2HO2
Pitino: “We scored 91 points, which leads right into what we want to do.” #sjubb
After losing 5 of 6, Rick Pitino and the Johnnies have reeled off 6 straight wins - and today's victory over Seton Hall in the Big East tourney probably got St. John's into the NCAA tourney. Providence and Villanova have huge games. If both win tonight, league could get 7 in.
Pitino: “We changed our whole offensive scheme in three days because we knew Seton Hall was better at the top of the key.” #sjubb
"We knew we had 6 or 7 elimination games and these guys rose to the occasion in all 7." Pitino on @StJohnsBBall which has won 6 straight https://t.co/oihdVC5rip
Pitino: “About three weeks ago, the administration and I were talking. I could sense in their minds, (the season) was over. In our minds, it was just beginning.” #sjubb
"March is what's it's all about in college basketball." -- Pitino. #sjubb
"We're extremely happy for St. John's fans and the university" Rick Pitino on @StJohnsBBall https://t.co/G4B3KZEOQ1
Rick Pitino: "We're extremely happy for St. John's fans and the university." #sjubb
St John’s ending their first season under Rick Pitino with six straight wins and their first trip to the Big East semifinals since 2000 https://t.co/3k5159KQ6M
MSG is going to be on fire tomorrow night. St. John's and UConn. 5:30 p.m. Cannot wait. #sjubb
RJ Luis with 18 and 9. Dingle and Alleyne each had 14. Soriano 14, 12 and 4. Most importantly, St. John's limited Hall duo Kadary Richmond and Dre Davis to 21 points on 6-of-20 shooting. #sjubb
Six straight wins for St. John's since Rick Pitino's infamous postgame press conference. Red Storm should feel a bit more comfortable about their NCAA hopes now. Think Seton Hall gets in too. Five Q1 wins, beat UConn, .500 vs. Q1/2, 13-7 in league. Metrics will make it a sweat.
Let’s go Johnnies! Sorry, not sorry @MeganOlivi #sjubb https://t.co/VmuB8IyDDV
The Red Storm takes down Seton Hall! 🌩️🚨 @StJohnsBBall x @BIGEASTMBB x @BIGEAST https://t.co/eZv6cD5JaE
St. John's takes care of Seton Hall, 91-72. First trip to Friday night at the Big East Tournament since 2000. Six in a row. #sjubb
You may love Rick Pitino, or you may hate him. Do not EVER deny his ability to win. St. John’s is in a Big East semifinal for the first time since 2000, and emphatically at that, after a 91-72 pasting of Seton Hall. It’ll be the Johnnies and #UConn at 5:30 tomorrow. #sjubb
Now on @njdotcom Big East Tournament: Seton Hall falls to St. John’s in quarterfinals, awaits Selection Sunday fate https://t.co/ZZocPAM1YG @SetonHallMBB
St. John's is 100 pct in the NCAA tournament with this win. Seton Hall is probably still in but gonna be a long few days for the Pirates. They did beat the Red Storm twice during the regular season and have a home win over UConn.
The big questions: does this put @StJohnsBBall in? And knock @SetonHallMBB out?
Semifinal showdown tomorrow between UConn and St. John's -- a battle on St. John's second homecourt and UConn's third homecourt. The Garden is going to be ROCKING.
St. John's advances to the Big East semis for the first time in 24 years, an amazing stat. Red Storm now 6-0 since Rick Pitino announced his despair with the season. Classic RP.
St. John's at the free-throw line: 18-18. #sjubb
Related: since the @RealPitino "rant,'' @StJohnsBBall is 6-0. Not to say I told you so, but .... https://t.co/I23OXJfndL https://t.co/vQC57gYctk
Joel Soriano's best game in weeks. 14 points, 12 rebounds and four assists. #sjubb
For the first time since 2000 (!), @StJohnsBBall is in the Big East Tournament semifinals. Will play top-seeded @UConnMBB tomorrow night. The Garden should be quite entertaining.
St. John’s is headed to the NCAA Tournament. Fun times.
They’re going down the stretch at the Garden, and it’s starting to get late early for Seton Hall. St. John’s, which hasn’t played on Friday at the Big East tournament since I was in the eighth grade, is 3:57 away from doing that, as long as it can close a 79-67 lead. #sjubb
Seton Hall is staying alive, but every time the Pirates get within earshot, St. John’s comes right back and moves the goalposts. Without DJ, no less. It’s a 10-point game at the U8, 73-63 in favor of the Red Storm as 7:11 remains at the Garden. #shbb #HALLin #sjubb
This is March. 👌🆙 @BIGEASTMBB x @StJohnsBBall https://t.co/6jjIBu8gmw
It's probably time for Seton Hall to start thinking about Selection Sunday, where they could end up anywhere from Omaha to Salt Lake to Charlotte. St. John's on a 7-0 run and leads 71-56 https://t.co/netg1HsPEO
Back-to-back Seton Hall turnovers turn into St. John's points. Lead is up to 15. Jordan Dingle continues his late-season ascension. #sjubb
Seton Hall still has life going into the U12, and will likely get Kadary back on the other side of the timeout. EHE will shoot for a 3-point play when things resume here, looking to pull the Pirates within single digits at the 11:38 mark. It’s still St. John’s in front, 61-51.
Daniss Jenkins now has THREE fouls for St. John’s. The whistle triggers the U16, with the Red Storm still up 13, 54-41, with 15:48 left to play. Seton Hall NEEDS to get Kadary going, but St. John’s — in typical Pitino team fashion — is denying him at every turn. #sjubb
St. John's 6-0 start to the second half for a 51-40 lead, amping up the effort even more. Two deflections, a steal, an offensive rebound and putback. Timeout Seton Hall.
St. John's is on a 10-0 run bridging the halves and leads Seton Hall 51-40 https://t.co/1rrT4scpf1
St. John’s has the first six after halftime, and Sha will say some words again as the Red Storm has turned its lead up to 11. The timeout becomes the floater with 17:47 on the clock and Seton Hall trailing, 51-40. #sjubb #shbb #HALLin
RJ Luis beats the buzzer and St. John's leads Seton Hall, 45-40, at halftime. 10 and 7 for Luis. Dawes has 13 for #shbb #sjubb
views 🏀😍 @BIGEASTMBB x @StJohnsBBall x @SetonHallMBB https://t.co/hIUBQw3Zue
Seton Hall is down five with exactly four minutes left in the first half. Dawes and Wusu have drove the car for the Pirates while Kadary has been more of a facilitator. We’ll see if that changes as the game goes on. St. John’s holds a 39-34 lead right now. #shbb #HALLin #sjubb
Seton Hall is 7-of-13 from 3. St. John's is hammering them in the paint, 24-6. #sjubb by five with 4:00 left in half. #shbb
The @StJohnsBBall Red Storm is in a battle with @SetonHallMBB right now in @BIGEASTMBB tournament . To me Seton Hall has already earned a bid but St John’s needs the win for a knockout punch to be part of @MarchMadnessMBB
St. John’s has ramped up the defense ever since Dawes had all day to hit a three a minute or two ago. The Red Storm has transitioned into altering all of Seton Hall’s looks, and with 7:40 remaining in the opening stanza, has come away with a 26-24 lead. #sjubb
21-18 Seton Hall at the u-12, with Red Storm free throws coming. Pirates have survived the last few minutes without Richmond as Sha looks to keep him from getting his second foul early. #shbb #HALLin
Seton Hall did a solid job weathering the storm there, giving St. John’s the lead but taking it right back as Davis and Dawes have carried the Pirates. RJ Luis is making a difference with six and four for the Johnnies. Seton Hall’s up 21-18 at the U12. #shbb #HALLin #sjubb
Seton Hall is 3-of-3 from 3 to start and leads St. John's 13-8
Seton Hall needed the start it got out to. The Pirates have made five of seven to start, including three long distance calls, to stake themselves out to a 13-8 lead through the first 4:18. For St. John’s, it’s Glenn Taylor who got the matchup on Kadary, and has done well on him.
Seton Hall is 3-for-3 from deep and leads 13-8 early on. #sjubb #shbb
"It's March. Anything can happen." @quincyolivari and @XavierMBB will play UConn in the Quarterfinals of the @BIGEASTMBB tournament @Kristina_Pink x @FOXSports https://t.co/ruIIpi4dtY
The Red Storm hope to remain red hot in the Big East Tournament quarterfinal matchup with Seton Hall — crucial game that could decide their fate St. John’s enters the conference tournament on a five-game win streak yet remains on the March Madness bubble https://t.co/tiLEfIU6np
Now on @njdotcom St. John’s, Villanova and Providence enter Big East Tournament with work to do for Big Dance résumés Thursday's game probably has more meaning for St. John's than Seton Hall, but it's close https://t.co/K93b6Xf2ea @StJohnsBBall @SetonHallMBB
Seton Hall is playing its C-game so far, yet still has a seven-point lead with 3:20 to play before halftime. Tells you more about the opponent than anything else. Kadary now has TWO fouls. It’s the Pirates 26, and DePaul 19. #shbb #HALLin #dpubb