Pitino moved on to St. John’s, fertilizing the rivalry in the Big East, and his first Johnnies team put up a fight but fell three times during the Huskies’ historic 2023-24 season.

At previous Big East tournaments, most of the teams in the conference already had at-large bids to the NCAA tournament sewn up and were playing for seeding. Not so this year. Villanova (28-3) and ...

Pitino moved on to St. John’s, fertilizing the rivalry in the Big East, and his first Johnnies team put up a fight but fell three times during the Huskies’ historic 2023-24 season.