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St. John's Red Storm's One Leg Up on the Big East and How Queens As a Borough Is Having One Leg Up in Sports 3-16-25 · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Speaker 1: Here's your host, Alex Gart.
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  Speaker 2: Hey everybody, I'm Alex Garrett and welcome inside to the
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  Speaker 2: One Leg Up Network. And as a kid who grew
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  Speaker 2: up literally half a mile from Saint John's, last night
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  Speaker 2: was pretty damn special after.
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  Speaker 3: Twenty five years, what.
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  Speaker 4: The sun up?
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  Speaker 5: I should begin the Saint John's.
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  Speaker 6: Fred Store marshampions the Big.
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  Speaker 2: East and who else? Gus Johnson with a great call
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  Speaker 2: of the final buzzer and of course Saint John's for
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  Speaker 2: the first time since two thousand in a year where
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  Speaker 2: we're mourning the loss of lou Carna Seca five twenty six.
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  Speaker 2: Twenty five years later, Saint John's not only won the
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  Speaker 2: regular season, but the Big East title and they're well
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  Speaker 2: on the way to what I believe is a deep run.
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  Speaker 2: And I want you to listen to this press conference
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  Speaker 2: on Rick Patino had yesterday in case you missed it
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  Speaker 2: here It isn't entirety because you know this is a
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  Speaker 2: special moment. I want everybody to hear what the head
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  Speaker 2: coach of the Saint John's Redstorm had to say after
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  Speaker 2: winning it all in the Big East last night.
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  Speaker 1: You know I say it all along. You know Saint
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  Speaker 1: John's is Luke Connesseca, Chris Mullen, Mark Jackson, Walter Berry
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  Speaker 1: and all the great from Joe Depre and Johnny Warren
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  Speaker 1: go back in the day. That's Saint John's. I'm just
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  Speaker 1: a caretaker of what all those guys built, and I'm
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  Speaker 1: a proud caretaker of that. So after the game, you
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  Speaker 1: obviously think of Lou and how proud he would have been.
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  Speaker 7: Rais here the right coach at the just under the
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  Speaker 7: twelve minute mark, was the first time you took the
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  Speaker 7: lead in this game? And I did a tweet the
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  Speaker 7: minute Saint John's takes the lead in this game, it's over,
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  Speaker 7: and it was and it was Vince that may the basket.
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  Speaker 7: And I think Vincent's been playing incredible starting in this tournament.
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  Speaker 7: Really can you comment on that turning point and also
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  Speaker 7: the way the crowd helped you?
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  Speaker 1: Well, the crowd was great, and I'm glad you have
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  Speaker 1: those tweeting powers. It's amazing that you have those powers.
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  Speaker 1: Creskin would be very proud of that. He made a
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  Speaker 1: very good play. Inside, He's a project, but he's a
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  Speaker 1: worthwhile project. I'm a very confident coach. I didn't have
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  Speaker 1: quite real confidence, but I was very apprective second round
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  Speaker 1: in the medal with Jay.
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  Speaker 5: Coach, congratulations. Rebuilding a program is hard. You've taken this
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  Speaker 5: Saint John's program from around the middle of the conference
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  Speaker 5: to being just on the edge of the tournament to
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  Speaker 5: now you've won a regular season title, a tournament title,
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  Speaker 5: and you're probably going to be a very, very high
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  Speaker 5: seed in the UNCAA tournament. What message would you send
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  Speaker 5: to this country that have been used to a Saint
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  Speaker 5: John's team towards the middle and now they're about to
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  Speaker 5: see in March madness the Saint John's team towards the top.
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  Speaker 1: I don't send any messages to anyone. Humility is a
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  Speaker 1: big part of my life right now. It wasn't always
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  Speaker 1: that way. I don't believe in redemption. I believe in humility.
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  Speaker 1: I don't believe in things that I believe in living
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  Speaker 1: in what I call the precious present, a gift that
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  Speaker 1: we all get. And you know, we just lost a
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  Speaker 1: superstar at in Louisville, Junior Bridgeman, who was a young
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  Speaker 1: man who didn't smoke, didn't drink, carried his life in
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  Speaker 1: God's name in a big way. So I take I
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  Speaker 1: take life as as one day at a time. I
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  Speaker 1: take a one game at a time. I don't. I
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  Speaker 1: don't consider ourselves that people should be aware of us.
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  Speaker 1: I've lost in the first round. I've been to seven
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  Speaker 1: final fours. So we'll take a one game at a time,
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  Speaker 1: one possession at a.
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  Speaker 3: Time right here in the Mountain.
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  Speaker 6: Coach both Coach mart and Coach Early yesterday commented on
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  Speaker 6: sort of the officiating differences in the Big East versus
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  Speaker 6: the NCAA tournament in the style play there. How do
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  Speaker 6: you how do you see your team what they say? Oh,
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  Speaker 6: I'm sorry, I'm sorry they.
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  Speaker 1: Don't listen to those guys at press conferences.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, my apology.
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  Speaker 5: Very interesting, but yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Uh.
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  Speaker 6: They talked about the physicality and how there's a lot
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  Speaker 6: more physicality that's allowed in the Big East versus the
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  Speaker 6: NCAA tournament. Uh do you do you buy that?
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  Speaker 1: Having an impulse been going on for when I coached
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  Speaker 1: the Providence, when John Thompson was roaming the sidelines, everybody
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  Speaker 1: said the Big East is a much more physical league. Tonight,
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  Speaker 1: those officials did a great job. I don't know what
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  Speaker 1: he was doing with Auj when Auj went three and
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  Speaker 1: he thought he was making a gun sign I don't
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  Speaker 1: think aug knows what a gun is. So it is physical,
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  Speaker 1: but you have to adjust to come tournament time. You
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  Speaker 1: have to adjust movie your feet mow. But that's been
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  Speaker 1: since in nineteen eighty seven when I was a coach.
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  Speaker 1: They said that about the Big East. But I think
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  Speaker 1: that Connecticut did an awfully good job of adjusting, don't
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  Speaker 1: you think in the last two years of adjusting to officiating.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I know Danny's very happy with officials, especially
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  Speaker 1: in the.
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  Speaker 2: Tournament over here at Zach on the left.
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  Speaker 4: Rick, You've obviously been here before with different programs, But
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  Speaker 4: what does it mean to have Saint John's here? Big
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  Speaker 4: East regular season and tournament, postseason tournament. It's been a
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  Speaker 4: program that's basically been dormant for twenty five years, and
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  Speaker 4: people said Saint John's couldn't do this. What's it like
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  Speaker 4: for you to be able to bring it back?
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  Speaker 1: Well, first of all, I think there's a lot of
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  Speaker 1: misrepresentations about NIL. Nil didn't get us this team because
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  Speaker 1: Zoobie and Aujay are very low paid players. So that's
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  Speaker 1: nonsense about the NIL. When you're in free agency right now,
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  Speaker 1: you know and you've seen it for all of you
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  Speaker 1: to carry pro Sports. You get a batter that you
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  Speaker 1: think is going to really help the Yankees, the Mets
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  Speaker 1: or whatever. Maybe that's one fifty. You don't know what
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  Speaker 1: you're getting. Somebody asked me about Zubi and AJ. You
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  Speaker 1: don't know what you're getting. Zubi didn't even play at
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  Speaker 1: Kansas and AJ was a good freshman solid But you
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  Speaker 1: don't know what you're getting. So here's two stars, very underpaid.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure there'll be at Matt's window probably in season ends,
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  Speaker 1: but they're not going anywhere. So you build a team
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  Speaker 1: by making sure you understand the whole puzzle of what
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  Speaker 1: goes into it, and it's People just mischaracterize the NIL
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  Speaker 1: and why Saint John's has been built. Saint John's didn't
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  Speaker 1: get built by the NIL. Saint John's got built with
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  Speaker 1: character of the players, and certainly we are excited to
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  Speaker 1: have these young men.
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  Speaker 2: Last question, Roger.
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  Speaker 3: Rick Roger, every team that comes here to the Big
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  Speaker 3: East Tournament, you know, wants to win it. Do you
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  Speaker 3: feel like because of where Saint John's has been, because
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  Speaker 3: of where Saint John's is located, and because of the
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  Speaker 3: building it's played in, that it's Saint John's winning the
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  Speaker 3: championship is a kind of a bigger deal.
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  Speaker 1: Well because of everything that Zach just mentioned, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and you guys keep pointing it out about all the
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  Speaker 1: things that weren't accomplished before I was born. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I would keep saying forty years twenty five, I wasn't
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  Speaker 1: around back then. I was just you know, I was
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  Speaker 1: in my prime in diapers. But I am as a
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  Speaker 1: New Yorker about as proud as any person could be.
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  Speaker 1: Because you know, when I hear Saint John's's New York's
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  Speaker 1: team and we're in New York strong and we represent
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  Speaker 1: New York, that makes me feel awesome inside. So for
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  Speaker 1: New York, for Saint John's to see that crowd tonight,
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  Speaker 1: it's an extra special feeling for me. Now, I was
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  Speaker 1: elated with Louisville when we came in here and won
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  Speaker 1: three times. I believe elated for the players later. But
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  Speaker 1: there's an extra special feeling being a New Yorker who
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  Speaker 1: grew up on twenty sixth Street and grew up in
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  Speaker 1: Queens then Lo Allen. So for me, it's just extra
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  Speaker 1: extra special because I share this with every fan that
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  Speaker 1: takes great pride in what accomplished this year. The fans
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  Speaker 1: are very much part of our team. Tonight when we celebrate,
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  Speaker 1: I will toast the fans. I will toast you Roger,
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  Speaker 1: and I will toast everybody in this room has supported us.
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  Speaker 1: And it's got a lot of drinks tonight, guys, Thank
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  Speaker 1: you all very much.
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  Speaker 2: Audio courtesy of CBS Sports and the Big East And
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  Speaker 2: so wow, what a speed, what a press conference. And
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  Speaker 2: I loved what he said there built on character. And
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  Speaker 2: as I said, when Luke Carnatzecha passed, I realized that
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  Speaker 2: I love Saint John's because of its culture. And when
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  Speaker 2: you look at the culture that lou Carnaseca built and
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  Speaker 2: a time when Nil was not there, he built the
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  Speaker 2: culture of welcoming, of winning, and of warmth, and I
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  Speaker 2: love that culture of Saint John's. I think everybody that
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  Speaker 2: I met through Saint John's been the nicest people. And
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  Speaker 2: I love that coach Craig Schwartz got to coach at
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  Speaker 2: Saint John's. I love that Mark arne U is a
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  Speaker 2: professor at Saint John's. I love that Bob Shepherd's name
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  Speaker 2: is on the press box of the baseball team. And
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  Speaker 2: by the way, Queen's has brought some championships, has had
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  Speaker 2: some championships brought to that county. We talk about Saint
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  Speaker 2: John's Basketball, Well, what about in twenty three a little
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  Speaker 2: down the road, I know, but Queen's College eastball and soccer.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, we got to see them clinch the ECC
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  Speaker 2: title in twenty three on Veterans Day, as a matter
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  Speaker 2: of fact, bringing the East Coast Conference championships to Queens.
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  Speaker 2: How about this? How about Big East Baseball? Saint John's
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  Speaker 2: bringing the trophy just this last year to Jack Kaiser Stadium.
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  Speaker 2: So Queen's is a home of winnards. Baby, I love it,
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  Speaker 2: and I love seeing Saint John's succeed and I love
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  Speaker 2: when I've obviously my alma mater succeeds Queen's College. But
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  Speaker 2: don't sleep on this borough of Queens. I'm telling you, man,
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  Speaker 2: don't sleep on us. And of course Saint John's coming
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  Speaker 2: in now. All eyes are on it for sure, after
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  Speaker 2: winning the regular season title, after winning the Big East
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  Speaker 2: title now, and I'm sure they're gonna get a very
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  Speaker 2: high ranking on selection Sunday. We're all gonna find out
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  Speaker 2: tonight at six, aren't. We're gonna have to see how
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  Speaker 2: it goes. But Rick Patino as Liu Terminolo and I
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  Speaker 2: have talked his second year from bubble to bursting onto
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  Speaker 2: the scene in a big way. And you know what
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  Speaker 2: wasn't mentioned yesterday, but you got handed to Kadari. I
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  Speaker 2: mean Kadari Richmond Man. He is a veteran. He got
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  Speaker 2: Sint Hall to some grade levels too, and what he's
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  Speaker 2: done in Saint John's, the veteran presence is enormous and
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  Speaker 2: he cannot be excluded from the praise going on for
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  Speaker 2: a Zubie who was MVP and RJ and also Kadari.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, what a team and what a group that
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  Speaker 2: Rick Patino has assembled, and I love it. He's a
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  Speaker 2: caretaker of what those like lu cardseeka built at Saint John's.
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  Speaker 2: He is continuing that mantle, not nil, but care and
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  Speaker 2: he got to love that because a healthy culture starts
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  Speaker 2: with a healthy character and Saint John's has both. And
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  Speaker 2: now they're winning once again for the first time in
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  Speaker 2: twenty five years. The Street, the team that I lived
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  Speaker 2: half a mile down the road from. Yeah, I was
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  Speaker 2: a Queen's boy back in the day and I still
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  Speaker 2: am at heart, is on to a bigger March Madness experience.
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  Speaker 2: I can feel it can you, We'll have more updates
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  Speaker 2: for you on the one Loo Up Network. And one
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  Speaker 2: last thing if you're a Duke fan, if you're an
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  Speaker 2: NBA draft follower, Cooper Flag looks like he'll be playing
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  Speaker 2: in March Madness after Duke winning the ACC yesterday. Look,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of eyes are gonna be on what Cooper
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  Speaker 2: Flag does following his injury. I know my friend Lindsay Is,
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  Speaker 2: I know my friend Charlie Culture. We've got on Is
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  Speaker 2: and I know so many NBA fans will be as
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  Speaker 2: well keeping their eye on Cooper Flag and his progress
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  Speaker 2: because this is not just the tournament were talking about.
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  Speaker 2: We're talking about his future in the NBA. This kid's
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  Speaker 2: going places, and we'll see how he starts with March Madness.
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  Speaker 2: So there are my storylines. And of course Auburn knocked
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  Speaker 2: off its block yesterday by Tennessee. Look, I haven't followed
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  Speaker 2: the college world close enough, but I do see the
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  Speaker 2: rankings and I see Auburn was ranked really high. So
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  Speaker 2: for them to be knocked out in the SEC tournament
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  Speaker 2: very interesting for sure. It's all be fun a selection Sunday,
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  Speaker 2: and again though they had a very very tough Biggie's performance.
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  Speaker 2: You cannot rule out the defending champion you come, can you.
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  Speaker 2: You can't rule out Danny Hurley and the Huskies, can you?
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  Speaker 2: I don't think so. So let's keep an eye on
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  Speaker 2: everything as March Madness is here round. If sixty eight
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  Speaker 2: starts Tuesday, Selection Sunday tonight, have at it. We'll see
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  Speaker 2: you as one leg Up as the first seed in
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  Speaker 2: all these regions, and of course Newark hosting the East
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  Speaker 2: Regional for the first time since twenty eleven, so there's
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  Speaker 2: a little bit of interesting news as well. Ken Saint
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  Speaker 2: John's play there we'll have to see. But tonight it
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  Speaker 2: all culminates with selection Sunday, and we'll see you who's in,
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  Speaker 2: who's out, who's ranked, where, what and why? And we'll
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  Speaker 2: be sure to cover for you on One Leg Up
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  Speaker 2: on Sports. I'm Alex Scarett.