Q: How do you see the St. John’s-Seton Hall quarterfinal?
A: Those kids have grown up playing against one another, some of them, there’s always that New Jersey versus New York. … That is the most compelling matchup, at least early, in all of the conference tournaments.
It’s a St. John’s team that, they run you out of the gym, they make you turn the ball over, they’ll do three things beautifully and then two things right after that that you’re scratching your head about. And for Seton Hall, they need Mamu (Sandro Mamukelashvili) to be the alpha male. I think Seton Hall needs to take St. John’s as seriously as St. John’s is taking Seton Hall. Seton Hall was one of those teams that was picked at the top in the beginning so there’s always that feel of, “OK, we are good, we just have to play like we’re good, we gotta show everyone how good we are.” Where St. John’s is like, “No one believed in us. We got a chip on our shoulder. We’re gonna go shock the world.”
So I think that there’s more pressure on Seton Hall because of the expectations at the beginning of the season, and because of the pieces they have. … To me, St. John’s is one of those teams that’s playing with that dog in ’em. They’re trying to shock the world.
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A: Those kids have grown up playing against one another, some of them, there’s always that New Jersey versus New York. … That is the most compelling matchup, at least early, in all of the conference tournaments.
It’s a St. John’s team that, they run you out of the gym, they make you turn the ball over, they’ll do three things beautifully and then two things right after that that you’re scratching your head about. And for Seton Hall, they need Mamu (Sandro Mamukelashvili) to be the alpha male. I think Seton Hall needs to take St. John’s as seriously as St. John’s is taking Seton Hall. Seton Hall was one of those teams that was picked at the top in the beginning so there’s always that feel of, “OK, we are good, we just have to play like we’re good, we gotta show everyone how good we are.” Where St. John’s is like, “No one believed in us. We got a chip on our shoulder. We’re gonna go shock the world.”
So I think that there’s more pressure on Seton Hall because of the expectations at the beginning of the season, and because of the pieces they have. … To me, St. John’s is one of those teams that’s playing with that dog in ’em. They’re trying to shock the world.
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