St. John's vs. Michigan: Pitino's 1st Major Test at MSG

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 - At Madison Square Garden, welcome Rick Patino once again.

00:10 It's St. John's and Michigan.

00:13 Tonight tips off the Gavit Games.

00:15 That's the Big East, Big Ten,

00:17 men's college basketball challenge

00:19 at Madison Square Garden.

00:20 Donnie St. John's a two and a half point favorite,

00:23 the over under 155 and a hook.

00:27 In the Big Apple, on the biggest stage in the sport,

00:31 what do the Johnnies do

00:33 under Rick Patino against the Wolverines?

00:35 - The way too early look at statistics here for me

00:38 is how about the St. John's offense?

00:40 Fourth in the country over on three point shooting,

00:42 50% from three point range.

00:44 That's always the ultimate equalizer here.

00:46 But as I said, we don't know enough

00:48 about these two basketball teams here.

00:50 But by the way, shout out here to that schedule.

00:53 6.30 start tonight in the garden.

00:56 And if you are St. John's and you wanna announce yourself

00:58 back on the big stage,

01:00 go ahead and handle Michigan tonight in the garden,

01:02 which I'm sure is gonna be a great atmosphere.

01:04 The one thing that me growing up with the Big East

01:07 of the 80s and the 90s was when St. John's

01:10 went to the garden, it was a big deal.

01:12 We've lost that luster over the past decade or so,

01:15 but if it can come back today with a big win,

01:17 Patino is right where he's supposed to be.

01:19 Coaching in the garden should be a fun one

01:21 to watch it play out.

01:23 (upbeat music)

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