he had a good performance. im sure this board give a zillion reasons why it was a disaster but he looked fiery and energetic.

hes the best candidate left in the race

Never saw it before. From 95. Tupac is bad bro but the star overcomes, gets the ship to Georgetown and hits the winning shot to beat the Seton Hall Pirates for the BE title.

Not an ideal day for those on the at large bubble...Dayton bounced, a team is stealing a bid there...ACC will have a tourney finalist that is a potential bid stealer...Mountain West also had a few QF upsets

Gonna be difficult. Road game vs a desperate Pitino led St John's. They lose and it's NIT bound for them. SHU has a better cushion.

Everything is seemly pointing against the Pirates. That said, if you don't believe by now, maybe you never will.

Threepeat

Seton Hall 69
St John's 67

Not looking good here. Bad defense throughout and offense has ground to a halt in the second half.

Going to the Zach Bryan concert after the Seton Hall game at MSG (trust me I’m pissed I’m missing night BET games) and looking up at Sha poster in Pru. Just shaking my head, fingers crossed we get in Sunday.

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OOC a joke, uncompetitive losses in conf, but two of the best wins in the at large field

Direct source: amtrak into Penn station ran out of alcohol

Rutgers

Maryland Terrapins​

TEAM INFO​

SMASH SJU tomorrow

Riley Gaines and others suing the NCAA. It’s the only way this insanity will ever end!
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Missouri collapses against Georgia in SEC Tournament bad beat​

By Erich Richter

When betting on an 8-23 college basketball team, you’re kind of expecting some difficult stretches to transpire over the course of a game.

But the lowly Missouri Tigers frustratingly blew a seven-point lead with 3:30 remaining against Georgia in the SEC Tournament on Wednesday night, ultimately losing, 64-59, and failing to cover.

The 14th-seeded Tigers scored just six points in the final 6:25 and tallied their last points with 3:40 remaining, burning bettors who backed them as 2.5-point underdogs.

The 11th-seeded Bulldogs ended the game on a 12-0 run to secure the win, and will face No. 6 seed Florida in the second round Thursday night.

Missouri actually showed resolve in battling back from an early 21-9 deficit to grab a late seven-point lead, but the Tigers missed their final seven shots while also turning the ball over once.

The Tigers (8-24) went 0-18 in the SEC and ended the season with 19 straight losses.

Missouri was so bad this season that it garnered approximately 0.0 percent of the handle at BetMGM to win the SEC Tournament after opening at 100/1.

Even the long-shot odds couldn’t entice bettors to bet on the Tigers.

Meanwhile, the second-seeded Kentucky Wildcats have a whopping 66.2 percent of the handle to win the SEC Tournament, coming in at +350 odds.

They are the most-bet team to win their conference across the sports betting landscape, a bet that Post-Action Betting’s Dylan Svoboda still iikes at current prices,

The top-seeded Tennessee Volunteers are the presumed favorites with +160 odds, although the Wildcats beat them on the road in the regular-season finale.

Georgia, which improved to 17-15 with the win, is a 7.5-point underdog at FanDuel against the Gators on Thursday.

The winner will battle third-seeded Alabama in the quarterfinals on Friday.

Well deserved. Sha should be proud too.

From 63. The rout was worth 2 spots. Other factors too

This game has all the juice you could ask for. Find me in section 104 today you won’t miss me, mention pirate crew and I’ll get you a round!

Oh yeah and why not before tip - click that onward setonia donate button lets keep building.

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To DePaul, per Trilly Donovan.

#33 in the NET today. Still hoping they move to 30 or better adding a Q1 win to our resume.

They play DePaul in the late game.

By Zach Braziller

Pressure, Rick Pitino insisted, is a good thing.

It should be welcomed, not feared. Sought after rather than avoided.

“I love it,” the St. John’s coach said. “I think it’s the greatest word for any competitor. Whether you take [tennis great] Billie Jean King’s analysis of pressure as a privilege or mine. Pressure to me is your ally, it’s your best friend in life. This is what we live for, these moments.”

Of late, it has been good to St. John’s. Three weeks ago, it had its back firmly against the wall.

There was no wiggle room left. Win out in the regular season or the goal of reaching the NCAA Tournament was dead barring a Big East Tournament title.

The Johnnies haven’t lost since, reeling off five straight wins to close the regular season, flipping the stript on what looked like a lost year.

They will enter Thursday’s Big East Tournament quarterfinal controlling their tournament fate, according to almost all Bracketologists.

A win over local rival Seton Hall, and St. John’s will go dancing for the first time since 2019. A loss, and the NIT is likely.

“In the last three weeks, it’s been Russian roulette for us every game,” said Pitino, who won the Big East Tournament three times as Louisville’s coach.

It all comes down to 40 minutes of basketball.

Getting through to Friday night’s semifinals — which would be the first time since 2000 for St. John’s — will not be easy.

Seton Hall swept the season series, crushing St. John’s (19-12) in Newark and rallying from 19 down at UBS Arena.

The Pirates (20-11) need the game, too. While they may have more runway to reach the tournament, a loss would likely send them to the First Four in Dayton.

The New Jersey school should be just as desperate.

Pitino emphasized two significant areas of improvement in the third meeting: the free-throw line and the glass.

Seton Hall attempted 67 free throws in the first two games, compared to 27 for St. John’s. It also won the rebounding battle by a combined 23. That has to be different Thursday.

Seton Hall’s been a challenge for us all year,” senior guard Jordan Dingle said. “Obviously, we know there’s a lot of stuff that we need to change going into this game compared to how we played the last couple of ones, and we’re just super focused on it. At this point, it’s win or go home. We’re playing for our livelihood.”

Said Pitino: “Seton Hall is a different opponent than any opponent in the league because they play a style of play that’s really, really difficult. They get after you, and we’ve got to be ready for that.”

It was that second loss to Seton Hall that changed everything for St. John’s.

Pitino went on a postgame press conference rant that became national news.

He was critical of several players, which he apologized for three days later. His team went on to win five straight games.

Dingle and Chris Ledlum have come alive. Glenn Taylor Jr. and RJ Luis have alternated big performances. The Red Storm have gone from well off the tournament bubble to the right side of it.

“This team is capable of winning [games in the Big East Tournament] and capable of winning in the NCAA Tournament,” Pitino said. “Would I have said that three weeks ago? Probably not, but they have evolved into where I hoped they would evolve to, and that’s really great to see.”

It has all led up to this. A chance to return to the NCAA Tournament in Piitno’s first year. Exact revenge on Seton Hall for the two losses. Get back to the Big East Tournament semifinals.

There couldn’t be any more pressure. It’s win or most likely settle for the NIT. St. John’s believes it is ready.

“We’ve known from the last five, six games that we needed to win out. It’s not really anything new,” Dingle said. “I don’t think it’s a bad thing. That’s where people really get to rise to the occasion.”