Ed Kull on St. John’s Rise, Its New York Roots and What Comes Next

So the season's open when Monmouth's on November 2nd.

But then at the Garden in December, you have Home game with Arizona and Alabama.

The tournament in Las Vegas against Oregon and Texas Tech and Louisville.

So December's not going to be easy.

not gonna be easy and if you you follow rick patino's career he doesn't schedule easy uh he loves them he loves the matchups he loves the competition he knows what it builds come february and march for his teams um you know coach patino i gotta tell you in terms of scheduling he's probably the easiest coach i've ever dealt with he is he has the appetite for the for the big game he has the appetite to get an exciting crowd and national television.

Um, we have 10, 10 national TV games last year, hoping to have more this year.

And, um, coach, coach sees the moment and knows the value of putting our student athletes against a tough challenge early on and how it'll pay dividends later on.

And Vegas could be interesting, Jay, because if Louisville lines up with us, that's one that obviously we played Kentucky last year, the coach, um, obviously he's been playing Iona and But if we play Louisville this year, too, that would be special in Vegas.

So that could be a really fun tournament.

At Alabama is a tough one.

They played at the Garden last year.

And then Arizona, obviously, you know, top five in the country.

Arizona plays here in December at MSG.

So there's no backing down anybody.

And I got to give kudos to Coach Patino in terms of the attitude and the approach on schedule.

What day do you guys circle? January 29th, Friday night, Canadian

at home.

Friday night, national TV, Fox has created these national TV games on Friday nights, Jay.

Kind of these standalone games in the schedule and definitely made for TV.

The MSG is going to be rocking.

It's exciting.

Obviously, we know what UConn has done and their success and their history here and what Danny Hurley has done in terms of national championships and It's become a real fun rivalry.

Our fans are excited about it.

It's not too far for those UConn fans to travel, but our St. John's folks have done an amazing job, Jay, of protecting our house and making MSG a home, whether it be for all of our home games or the Big East tournament.

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