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BIIF basketball preview: Patience a winning hand for Cards

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Hawaii Tribune-Herald

St. Joseph’s intricate passes weren’t in sync yet and the shots weren’t falling. In coming days, however, they might.

Defensively, the Cardinals gave up easy baskets because they were slow to rotate. In coming weeks, however, they could.

St. Joe’s boys basketball team didn’t exactly look the part of a defending BIIF champion last week at the Keaau/Waiakea preseason tournament, but it didn’t need to either. After watching his squad lose two close games, win another and overmatch a junior varsity team, coach Mike Scanlan sounded — at worst — mildly concerned.

“We still have a long way to go, but at the same time we don’t,” he said.