Early hype derailed by a disappointing November tournament showing should sound familiar.
Exactly one year ago, St. John’s found itself in the exact same position as the current Johnnies, coming off a 1-2 showing in the Bahamas.
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SIGN UP NOW“I showed them clips of last year’s team defensively in the Big East. [I told them], ‘In the Bahamas, they were like you. You’re at the same spot as them because you’re new to each other,’ ” coach Rick Pitino said this week as 23rd-ranked St. John’s prepared to meet Ole Miss on Saturday at the Garden.
The Johnnies responded to the setbacks to Baylor and Georgia by losing just two regular-season games the rest of the way, winning the Big East regular-season and postseason crowns en route to a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
