The thrilling run of the St. John’s males’s basketball group continues Friday evening within the Massive East Match’s semifinals.
The Purple Storm will tackle the Marquette Golden Eagles at Madison Sq. Backyard with the possibility to tackle the winner of UConn and Creighton tomorrow for the finals.
The St. John’s Purple Storm (28-4, 19-2 Massive East) sport will get underway at 6:30 p.m. Japanese.
Coming off the college’s first outright Massive East regular-season title in 40 years, the Johnnies maintain the highest seed on the convention event for the primary time since 1986. They’ll play No. 25 Marquette within the first semifinal Friday evening at Madison Sq. Backyard, after the fifth-seeded Golden Eagles rallied for an 89-87 win over No. 4 seed Xavier.
After going 23 years with out reaching the Massive East semis, the Purple Storm have made it twice in two seasons below 72-year-old Corridor of Fame coach Rick Pitino. The resurgent Johnnies are in search of their fourth Massive East Match title and first since 2000.
St. John’s improved to 19-0 at house, together with 10-0 at MSG. The final time the Johnnies completed unbeaten at house was the 1931-32 season.
St. John’s swept Marquette in the course of the common season, together with an 86-84 extra time victory final Saturday in Milwaukee on Zuby Ejiofor’s buzzer-beater within the lane.
When is St. John’s vs. Marquette within the Massive East event?
The Massive East semifinal sport of St. John’s vs. Marquette will get underway at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, March 14.
What channel is St John’s vs Marquette? Find out how to watch
The St John’s vs. Marquette sport shall be televised on FOX.
The place is the Massive East Basketball Match?
The Massive East Basketball Match is happening at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis.
