St. Johns wont play in CBS Sports Classic again…
It was a one-year cameo for St. John’s in the CBS Sports Classic.
The Johnnies shall be changed in next yr’s event by Kansas.
St. John’s took UCLA’s spot and misplaced to Kentucky in the showcase in Atlanta this past December.
Coach Rick Pitino confirmed that Fox, one of the Big East’s tv companions, was against St. John’s participating in the event. There is reportedly a “footprint clause” that makes video games in the states of Big East colleges Fox properties.
Next yr’s CBS Sports Classic is slated to be performed at the Garden.
“They control it. We’ve asked them to succumb and let us play in it, but they didn’t,” Pitino told The Post after No. 25 St. John’s crushed Butler 92-70 at the Garden for its seventh consecutive win. “It’s the TV contract that’s there. Can’t fight city hall when it comes to that.”
For now, St. John’s schedule next yr consists of three video games in the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas and a street sport against Alabama.
St. John’s Red Storm head coach Rick Pitino is current with a jersey to commemorate his 900th win before the start of the sport.
Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
Before the sport, St. John’s acknowledged Pitino’s 900th profession on-court victory Saturday with a video montage of his profession. The college also gave Pitino a framed St. John’s jersey with No. 900 on it.
“It’s been a long journey. My wife’s shaking her head back there. We’ve moved a lot,” Pitino said. “I started at Hawaii. I was Jim Boeheim’s first assistant coach, lived in Syracuse. … From there to today, it’s been a long journey and getting 900 is a nice thing certainly, but getting to 1,000 would be a lot better. That means I have to be blessed with good health, good allergies and just keep recruiting. The better you recruit, the better coach I am.”
Asked if he envisioned getting to 1,000 at St. John’s, Pitino just said, “I’m going to be coaching.”
Zuby Ejiofor scored 15 factors, giving him 999 for his profession at St. John’s. The last Johnnie to attain 1,000 was Joel Soriano, in the 2023-24 season.
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