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SCHEDULE/RESULTS RV/RV ST. JOHN’S (21-10, 10-8 BIG EAST) 2015 BIG EAST TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY NEW YORK LIFE N1 HUMBOLDT STATE (CA) [Exh.] W, 95-83 N8 ST. THOMAS AQUINAS (CA) [Exh.] W, 97-71 MARCH 11 - 14, 2015 N14 NJIT (CA) W, 77-58 St. John’s Record: 21-10, 10-8 BIG EAST N17 FRANKLIN PIERCE (CA) * W, 94-81 N19 LIU BROOKLYN (CA) * W, 66-53 FOX SPORTS 1 • 970 AM (WNYM)/570 (WMCA) N26 MINNESOTA (MSG) * W, 70-61 N28 No. 10/8 GONZAGA (MSG) * L, 73-66 NEW YORK, N.Y. • MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (19,979) D2 NIAGARA (CA) W, 70-57 D6 at Syracuse W, 69-57 • The red-hot St. John’s men’s basketball team finished the regular-season D10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON (CA) W, 74-52 winning seven of its last nine contests to earn a top-5 seed at the BIG EAST Tournament for the third time in four full seasons under head ST. JOHN’S IN THE D14 FORDHAM (MSG) ^ W, 74-53 coach Steve Lavin. The Red Storm strung together four-straight BIG D19 SAINT MARY’S (CA) W, 53-47 EAST victories from Feb. 21 to March 4, the team’s second longest win BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP D22 LONG BEACH STATE (CA) W, 66-49 streak of the season. (1980-2014) D28 vs. Tulane # (BC) W, 82-57 • For the second-straight year, No. 5 seed St. John’s will meet No. 4 seed D31 • at Seton Hall L, 78-67 Providence in a quarterfinal matchup at the BIG EAST Championship ALL-TIME APPEARANCES 32nd in 2015 Presented by New York Life. The Red Storm and Friars will tip off at J3 • BUTLER (CA) L, 73-69 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Madison Square Garden on FOX Sports 1, with OVERALL W/L 25-28 J6 • No. 8/8 VILLANOVA (MSG) L, 90-72 announcers Justin Kutcher and Donny Marshall. Molly McGrath is the SEED #5 3-6 (1984, ‘87, ‘88, ‘03, ‘11, ‘14) J14 • at Providence W, 83-70 sideline reporter for all BIG EAST Tournament games. Gus Johnson and J18 • at DePaul L, 71-67 OT Jim Jackson will announce the semifinal and championship rounds. QUARTERFINAL APPEARANCES 21 (11-10) St. John’s radio broadcasts, with John Minko and Brandon Tierney J21 • MARQUETTE (MSG) W, 60-57 SEMIFINAL APPEARANCES 11 (5-6) will air on 970 AM (WNYM)/570 (WMCA) and are available through J25 No. 5/6 DUKE (MSG) L, 77-68 TuneIn Radio and on RedStormSports.com. FINALS APPEARANCES 5 (3-2) J28 • at Creighton L, 77-74 • St.s John’ enters the BIG EAST Tournament winning its past five J31 • PROVIDENCE (MSG) W, 75-66 conference games at Madison Square Garden. The Red Storm CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 (1983, 1986, 2000) F3 • at No.22/22 Butler L, 85-62 completed the regular-season sweep of Providence with a 75-66 victory over the Friars on Jan. 31. St. John’s wrapped up the home portion of F7 • CREIGHTON (MSG) W, 84-66 the regular-season with a pair of victories over Xavier and Georgetown F11 • DEPAUL (CA) W, 86-78 at “The World’s Most Famous Arena”. ST. JOHN’S STATS F14 • at Xavier W, 78-70 • No. 1 seed Villanova and will face the winner of No. 8 Seton Hall/No. OVERALL F17 • at Georgetown L, 79-57 9 Creighton in the first quarterfinal contest Thursday at noon on St. BIG EAST John’s side of the bracket. The semifinal is scheduled for 7 p.m. on F21 • SETON HALL (CA) W, 85-72 21-10 Record 10-8 Friday. A potential St. John’s-Villanova matchup would be a rematch F23 • XAVIER (MSG) W, 58-57 of the regular-season finale in Philadelphia on March 7 when the Red 71.7 PPG 71.8 F28 • GEORGETOWN (MSG) W, 81-70 Storm played without injured Chris Obekpa and Jamal Branch. 67.4 Opp PPG 73.1 • St.s John’ finished the regular-season with an RPI of 35 and the 28th- M4 • at Marquette W, 67-51 .446 FG% .445 M7 • at No. 4/4 Villanova L, 105-68 toughest schedule in the nation. The Red Storm posted nine wins against the RPI Top 100, including five against the RPI Top 50. St. John’s .405 OPP FG% .428 BIG EAST Tournament (MSG) registered a 10-8 record in the BIG EAST for the second-straight year, .356 3FG% .384 M12 Quarterfinal 2:30 p.m. the No. 2 RPI rated conference in the nation. M13 Semifinal 7 p.m. • The Red Storm posted an 11-2 non-conference record, picking up four .324 OPP 3FG% .350 M14 Championship 8 p.m. RPI Top-100 wins against Syracuse, Minnesota, Saint Mary’s and Long .694 FT% .705 Beach State. St. John’s only out-of-conference setbacks came against *NIT Season Tip-Off Gonzaga and Duke, both teams rank in the AP Top-10. 35.4 Rebounds 32.9 ^ Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival • St.s John’ is 7-3 this season and 417-280 (.598) all-time at Madison Square 12.7 Assists 12.7 # BROOKLYN HOOPS Winter Festival presented by Honda Garden, which has served as the home court for St. John’s basketball 10.6 Turnovers 10.4 • BIG EAST Conference Game for more than 79 years. The Red Storm has not lost to a team outside the AP Top-10 at The Garden this season. 6.6 Blocks 6.5 BROADCAST INFORMATION 7.6 Steals 6.6 TV: The entire 2015 BIG EAST Tournament will be nationally televised on FOX Sports 1. Justin Kutcher and Donny Marshall are the announcers for St. John’s quarterfinal contest. Gus Johnson and Jim Jackson 2014-15 ST. JOHN’S RED STORM QUICK NOTES will announce the semifinal and championship. Molly McGrath is the sideline reporter throughout the Most Common Starters (GP-GS) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Notes tournament. F/C 12 Chris Obekpa (29-23) 6-9 230 Jr. 5.9 6.9 2nd NCAA D1 active career blks (320) and blks/gm (3.4) Radio: St. John’s IMG Sports Network 970 AM (WNYM)/570 G/F5 1 Sir’Dominic Pointer (31-30) 6-6 192 Sr. 13.7 7.6 Top-10 BE: 13.7 pts, 7.6 rpg, 52.6 FG%, 2.0 spg, 2.5 bpg, 1.6 A/TO (WMCA). John Minko and Brandon Tierney are the G 11 D’Angelo Harrison (31-31) 6-4 202 Sr. 17.8 5.5 5th NCAA D1 active pts (2,153); 106-of-123 (.862) career dbl-fig. gms announcers. Chris Majkowski is the producer/engineer. G 1 Phil Greene IV (31-31) 6-2 187 Sr. 13.3 3.2 30th SJU history w/ 1,225 career points; 119 starts in 128 app Internet: Full H.D. video broadcast via FOX Sports Go G3 2 Rysheed Jordan (29-20) 6-4 185 So. 14.1 3.2# Top-10 BE: 14.1 ppg, 1.7 spg; Last 5: 17.4 ppg, 5.0 apg app and FOXSportsGo.com. Audio available on TuneIn Radio. Live stats and IMG audio on RedStormSports.com. Red Storm Key Reserves (GP-GS) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Notes Instagram/Twitter: @StJohnsBBall, #sjubb G 0 Jamal Branch (28-12) 6-3 169 Sr. 4.7 2.5# Team-high 2.65 A/TO ratio; Career-high 69 assists G 2 Myles Stewart (19-1) 6-5 180 Fr. 1.5 0.4 Season-high 9 pts vs. Niagara MEDIA INFORMATION F 4 Christian Jones (18-0) 6-7 230 R-So. 1.3 1.3 58.8 FG%, 6.3 mpg; Career-high 6 reb vs. Fordham G0 1 Felix Balamou (21-3) 6-4 192 Jr. 1.4 1.4 Career-high 33 minutes vs. DePaul; Season-high 6 points at Butler Associate Athletics Director F 14 Amar Alibegovic (22-2) 6-9 230 Fr. 1.5 1.6 15 BE app w/ two starts; BE gms 1.8 ppg, 2.1 rpg for Communications Stephen Dombroski C4 3 Joey De La Rosa (16-2) 6-11 249 Sr. 0.4 0.8 4.4 mpg, 37.5 FG pct; Started at Georgetown and Villanova Office Phone 718-990-6897 Mobile Phone 518-928-6103 # - indicates assists per game E-mail [email protected] with a career-best 13.3 points and has reached double-figures in 22 games Roster Breakdown ROSTER BREAKDOWN this season, including 17 of the last 19 contests. The senior shot 40.0 percent from long range in the regular-season, good for sixth in the league, and also • A first team All-BIG EAST selection for the second-straight season, senior ranked seventh with 1.9 3-pointers made per game. Greene has appeared D’Angelo Harrison finished the regular season ranked second in the league in 128 games in his career and leads the senior class with 119 starts. with 17.8 points per game. Only the third St. John’s player to reach the 2,000-point mark, the senior ranks fifth among active Division I players • Senior Jamal Branch committed only 26 turnovers in 610 minutes during with 2,153 points and ninth all-time in regular season league play with the regular-season, one every 23.4 minutes on the floor. The guard 1,178 points. Harrison, who registered his fourth-career 30-point game reached double-figures for the sixth time this season with 10 points against and his sixth-career double-double with a 33-point, 10-rebound effort Georgetown (Feb.