Heartbreak at the Garden
Kieran Lynch, Features Editor
March 13, 2013
With time running down, the St. John’s men’s basketball regular season finale looked like it was going the way that so many of the team’s games against ranked teams went – a promising beginning followed by a bitterly disappointing end. That outlook looked like it could change beginning at the... Read more »
Report: ‘Catholic 7′ Will Take Big East Name
Matthew Wolfson, Assistant Sports Editor
March 6, 2013
The Catholic 7—the seven schools in the Big East that plan to break off and form their own conference—have planned to add two more universities, and keep the Big East name, according to ESPN. Butler University and Xavier University will be the eighth and ninth teams added to the conference, and it... Read more »
Pop Goes the Bubble
Kieran Lynch, Features Editor
March 6, 2013
St. John’s entered yesterday’s game fighting for its NCAA tournament life. It exited simply fighting, with any hopes of dancing long gone. The Red Storm, who held a four-point lead going into halftime before being outscored 44-14 in the second half, fell to No. 24 Notre Dame 66-40 at Purcell Pavilion... Read more »
Harrison Suspended for Remainder of Season
Kieran Lynch, Features Editor
March 1, 2013
Sophomore D’Angelo Harrison has been suspended for the remainder of the 2012-2013 season for “conduct detrimental to the team,” according to the team. The third leading scorer in the Big East will miss all remaining regular season games, as well as the Big East tournament and any postseason... Read more »
Orlando Sanchez Cleared By NCAA
Kieran Lynch, Features Editor
February 28, 2013
Senior Orlando Sanchez has been deemed eligible by the NCAA to play for the St. John’s men’s basketball team during the 2013-2014 season, according to the team. The 24-year-old player was deemed ineligible prior to the 2012-2013 season after the NCAA ruled that he had used all four years... Read more »
Sanchez Tries to Make Best of NCAA Situation
Kieran Lynch, Features Editor
February 26, 2013
When senior Orlando Sanchez was declared ineligible to play NCAA basketball in the fall of 2012, the outlook wasn’t necessarily what it is today. The 6 foot 9 forward thought about leaving, thought about returning to his home country of the Dominican Republic or possibly playing professionally... Read more »
NCAA Hopes Hit Roadblock as Johnnies Fall to Pitt
Kieran Lynch, Features Editor
February 24, 2013
The St. John’s men’s basketball team is hoping do “to do something special come March,” as head coach Steve Lavin puts it time and again, but the NCAA tournament looked like a distant dream as the Red Storm (16-11, 8-7) fell to No. 20 Pittsburgh (21-7, 9-6) after a second half disappearance... Read more »
Sanchez Lawyer Speaks Regarding Case
Kieran Lynch, Features Editor
February 23, 2013
Following St. John’s exhausting their own means in an attempt to get Orlando Sanchez eligible, the University hired Robert Orr to defend the player. The issue of his eligibility revolves around the 3 minutes 38 seconds that Sanchez played for the Dominican National Team in July of 2010, according... Read more »
Report: Sanchez Eligibility Issues Stem from D.R. National Team
Kieran Lynch, Features Editor
February 22, 2013
The source of Orlando Sanchez’s eligibility issues is a 3 minute 38 second cameo in a game for the Dominican Republic National Team in 2010, according to a report in the New York Times. The current senior played for the national team as a 22-year-old in the same calendar year that he started playing... Read more »
Mitch’s Pitch: The Quest For Three Has Commenced
Mitchell Petit-Frere, Sports Editor
February 20, 2013
I’m willing to bet a Manchester United jersey that I’m the lone sports editor in the history of the Torch that finds more joy covering men’s soccer than men’s basketball. No offense, coach Lavin, but soccer is my passion. While you were up late studying film from the Louisville game, I was YouTubing... Read more »
