Johnnies Exit Tourney Despite Heroic Double OT Effort

Kyle Fitzgerald, Assistant Sports Editor
March 24, 2013

St. John’s suffered a crushing 96-90 defeat to Dayton in the first round of the NCAA Women’s Tournament at Carnesecca Arena on Sunday that effectively ended their season. The game extended into two overtimes as the Red Storm (18-13, 11-5) overcame a 13 point deficit, but ran out of gas as the game... Read more »

Johnnies Earn Home NCAA Tourney Game

Kyle Fitzgerald, Staff Writer
March 20, 2013

The St. John’s women’s basketball team will be playing in its fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament after receiving an at-large bid. The No. 10 seeded Red Storm (18-12, 11-5) will face off against No. 7 seeded Dayton at Carnesecca Areana on March 24. The Johnnies finished the regular season with an... 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 »

Pushing through adversity

Mitchell Petit-Frere, Sports Editor
February 13, 2013

Steve Lavin probably wanted the NYC media to focus on the positives that could be taken away from his team’s loss to Syracuse at the Carrier Dome this past Sunday. He’d want journalists to concentrate on how the young Johnnies stuck with a top-10 team in a hostile environment for a decent portion... Read more »

Not Quite March, but Our Time’s Now

Kieran Lynch, Features Editor
January 31, 2013

There was a point last basketball season when I was sitting at Madison Square Garden and thought to myself something along the lines of, ‘this program is headed in the right direction, but I may have seen all the big moments I was destined to see as a freshman in 2010-11.’ Now, it looks like I may... Read more »

Johnnies are Dancing Again

Kieran Lynch, Staff Writer
March 14, 2012

The St. John’s women’s basketball team heard its name called on Selection Monday for the third straight year and will be heading to Norman, Okla. for a first round matchup against Creighton.   “It’s a great feeling and I’m really proud of the kids and the program for being able to do it... Read more »