St. John’s player Chris Ledlum is seen walking without a significant limp and taking light shots, despite missing a game due to a minor ankle injury. Rick Pitino, the coach, expressed his intention to play UConn at Carnesecca Arena next year. Pitino also commented on various players' performances and the team's improvement. Ledlum was uncertain to play but eventually started a game and rolled his ankle again, asking to be taken out. Pitino's comments have re-ignited the St. John’s-UConn rivalry.
Pitino on DJ: “You don’t see what he does, but he’s a hell of a basketball player. I said it last year at Iona, I had the best backcourt in the nation. Walter Clayton and DJ were fantastic.” #sjubb
Pitino: “RJ’s an enormous talent, but he’s gotta be much more disciplined. He’s gotta mature a bit, he’s a wonderful talent, but I wish he would show his passing skills more because he’s great at that.” #sjubb
Pitino: “Yes, we are improving. We still gotta get better at our matchup zone, but they’re starting to get scouting better, and that’s a good thing.” #sjubb
Pitino: “I think Joel can get so much better when he’s playing. But he’s still nowhere near his potential, and that’s a great thing. DJ’s a good shooter, but Joel could get a lot better, Dingle could get a lot better, and I thought Na played a good game tonight.” #sjubb
Pitino on Brady Dunlap: “He practiced well, both in player development sessions as well as practice, and we weren’t getting rebounds from the 1, 2, and 3 spots. Brady, although he’s physically weak, gets in there because he’s not afraid of contact.” #sjubb
Pitino: “We did a lot of really good things and a lot of things we need to get better at. We still don’t understand matchup zone, but that’ll take time. I thought we were intelligent on offense and every game, we get a little bit better.” #sjubb
Rick Pitino, Dan Hurley beef re-ignites St. John’s-UConn rivalry https://t.co/dDZHWtxYO8 https://t.co/myIXFAWqfg
Chris Ledlum rolled his ankle again. Limping as he goes to the bench and asked to be taken out #SJUBB
Chris Ledlum will start. #sjubb https://t.co/iCjq39olBF
Starters for @RealPitino and @StJohnsBBall: Daniss Jenkins, Jordan Dingle, RJ Luis, Joel Soriano, and back in the lineup after missing the Hofstra game on Saturday, Chris Ledlum. #sjubb
Chris Ledlum is dressed and on the court warming up for St. John’s. No extra protection on his right ankle Looks like he will be active tonight against Butler #SJUBB
Chris Ledlum (sprained ankle) practiced today, according to a source. Still uncertain if he will play tomorrow. #sjubb
Hurley on St. John's coach Rick Pitino's comments about playing UConn next season at Carnesecca Arena instead of MSG: "I'm not thinking about next year's schedule. I'm obsessed with my next opponent. I'm obsessed with my next practice. I'm obsessed with DePaul and beating them.…
“100 percent. We’re playing (UConn) at Carnesecca. It’s definitely not a joke. I have my reasons.” Rick Pitino made headlines yesterday: https://t.co/z6Bs65rL0h #sjubb
Rick Pitino planning for St. John’s-UConn at Carnesecca Arena next season in stunning move https://t.co/ANb3neHqeg https://t.co/uEGVrFmRyb
Rick Pitino planning for St. John’s-UConn at Carnesecca Arena next season in stunning move: https://t.co/z6Bs65rL0h #sjubb
Now on @njdotcom Rick Pitino says St. John’s will play UConn at Carnesecca Arena next season https://t.co/ukGtDGTYyi @UConnMBB @StJohnsBBall
After St. John’s defeated Hofstra at UBS Arena today, Rick Pitino still believes a homecourt advantage can be created off campus. He also intimated that he intends to play #UConn at Carnesecca Arena next year, which hasn’t happened since 1990: https://t.co/3Y9M0ZQuDD #sjubb https://t.co/pQ0ZhBVDoD
Chris Ledlum getting up shots right now. Asked him if he'll play Tuesday. "That's the plan." #sjubb
Rick Pitino says St John’s will play UConn at Carnesecca next year. And he was dead serious about it. #sjubb
Pitino on Posh Alexander: “I think he’s in a great place. I think all the young men that left, it worked out great for everybody involved. I’m happy (Posh is) doing great, he’s on a terrific team. I’m not gonna comment on anybody that’s left.” #sjubb
Pitino on Chris Ledlum playing Tuesday: “I don’t think so, I really don’t. It doesn’t look that way to me. I would say no, we’re just gonna have to go without him.” #sjubb
Pitino: “That’s why next year, the only game we’re playing at Carnesecca is Connecticut. The rest, we’re gonna negotiate.” When asked by @NYPost_Brazille if the comment was serious: “100 percent. I have my reasons.” #sjubb #UConn
Pitino on UBS: “Look, I’m not a complainer, I don’t complain about the portal, I don’t complain about NIL. I could change 100 things at St. John’s because things haven’t been changed there in 100 years. Carnesecca is a big homecourt advantage.” #sjubb
Pitino on Soriano: “He’s okay. He’s just not used to guarding 5’11 people. When he had zero rebounds at halftime and he was the tallest person in the building, I’m sure he wasn’t feeling well. But he’ll be alright.” #sjubb
Pitino: “I’m really thrilled that we came away with a win.” #sjubb
Pitino: “Joel got taught a valuable lesson, because now he’s gotta sit down and guard. The second thing I’ll say is Speedy Claxton’s one of the best coaches I’ve ever coached against in my lifetime because he takes advantage of every mismatch.” #sjubb
Pitino: “I’ll say two things: We played well, they played great. We knew this was coming because we played them two times at Iona. Don’t take this the wrong way, we had a much better team at Iona than we do at St. John’s. Dubar killed us last year, he makes tough shots.” #sjubb
Speedy on whether he’d like to schedule St. John’s moving forward: “Absolutely. I think the previous coaches chose not to play us.” Also mentioned Pitino’s willingness to play local opponents helping make this game possible. #Hofstra #CAAHoops #sjubb
Speedy on whether he’d like to schedule St. John’s moving forward: “Absolutely. I think the previous coach was told not to play us.” Also mentioned Pitino’s willingness to play local opponents helping make this game possible. #Hofstra #CAAHoops #sjubb
RJ Luis gets start for St John’s in place of Chris Ledlum. Jordan Dingie starting as well, along with Joel Soriano, Daniss Jenkins and Glenn Taylor Jr. #sjubb
Good news for St. John’s. No boot or major brace on the right ankle of Chris Ledlum. Just a small brace. He’s walking without a significant limp and taking some light shots. He’ll miss his first game of the season today against Hofstra #SJUBB https://t.co/TCS4xUXtB1