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Back for more: Julian Champagnie is coming in confident

It’s a Saturday morning on a packed coach bus, the sun is shining and as the bus moves down 34th Street, Madison Square Garden (MSG) appears on the right through the window. As the doors open, the St. John’s Men’s Basketball team steps off one-by-one, ready to get in their uniforms and take the stage – it’s game day.

As a young basketball player growing up in Brooklyn, Julian Champagnie always dreamed of playing on basketball’s “biggest stage,” the home court of the New York Knicks, which hosts plenty of NBA games each year. He dreamed of stepping inside “The World’s Most Famous Arena” to be a player on the court, not just a spectator.