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St. John's basketball coach search: Booster blasts school not hiring Bobby Hurley

A big booster of St. John's is not happy about the state of the basketball program's search for a new head coach.

Mike Repole blasted the university in an interview on WFAN Wednesday, and ASU basketball coach Bobby Hurley's name came up several times in his comments.

Repole, the co-founder of Vitaminwater and BodyArmor, said St. John's should've hired Arizona State's Bobby Hurley as its head coach, saying the school was too cheap in its pursuit of the former Duke star.

“[They] decided to get cheap." Repole said in the interview. "Don’t tell me Bobby Hurley -- his parents live in New Jersey, his wife’s parents live in New Jersey, he makes 2.