It was a day many St. John’s fans had looked forward to. This past Sunday, fans caught the men’s basketball team in action for the first time this season: not against an opponent, but amidst themselves.
With the doors opening at 1:00 PM, fans observed an early practice with Coach Pitino running plays featuring ball movement, hard cutting to the basket, feeding the post, and using Joel Soriano, in particular, to receive passes near the foul line and to seek out teammates cutting towards the basket, making passes to them for layups. The practice sets, with defenders opposing the plays, were filled with instructive remarks from Coach Pitino, who clearly is detail-oriented and an advocate for “getting it right”.