User:Rgcowboys/2022–23 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

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- Pitino is one of the greatest coaches in the history of basketball as he is one of two coaches to have lead three separate programs to the Final Four. Pitino is bringing buzz back to a historic program, but is house-cleaning in order to do so. Pitino stated “Certain players won’t fit in and should not play for me; they should go to a different place and fit in.” Two players from the Mike Anderson era have returned with Pitino in place, as 8 players including the incoming commits have all left the program. The 2023-2024 Red Storm is going to look like a whole new team once Pitino finds and gets what he needs.

It looked promising for the Red Storm to make it to Friday(semi-finals) in the Big East tournament, for the first time since 2000, leading the Wildcats by 17 with 15 minutes to go. That lead was very short-lived as the Wildcats took a 51-50 lead with 8 minutes remaining. In what was a dogfight to the end, resulted in two free-throws made by Villanova with 2 seconds left and another heartbreak for the Red Storm dropping the game 66-65.