Rick Pitino has St. John’s on the cusp of its first men’s NCAA tournament appearance since the 2018–19 season, after the Red Storm defeated Seton Hall 91–72 in Thursday’s Big East tournament quarterfinal.
As No. 2 UConn awaits on Friday’s conference tournament semifinal, Pitino knows that his team will be up against it. When asked how his team could pull off an upset, Pitino offered quite the answer.
“We gotta have about six of their players get COVID,” Pitino said with a wry smile.
