There’s a new stigma around college sports that players don’t care as much about wins and losses because they are being paid handsomely in NIL funds but that’s not the case whatsoever with the St. John’s basketball team.
In fact, its crushing loss against No. 16 Iowa State on Monday proved to be the biggest motivating factor to defeating Baylor on Tuesday in emphatic fashion.
“I think what I enjoyed the most last night was the devastation in the eyes of our players,” Rick Pitino said. “A class team really, really focuses in, doesn’t hang their heads, and brings it, and these guys did.