St. John’s Red Storm coach Rick Pitino was enraged during a recent interview when asked about the scuffle involving his team and conference rival Providence Friars. On Saturday, Feb. 14, Pitino and his Red Storm squad beat coach Kim English’s Providence Friars 79-69 at the latter’s home arena, the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, Rhode Island.
During the post-game press conference, Pitino was asked what exactly happened when his players got into an altercation with English’s players. The said scuffle unfolded at the 14:27 mark of the second half, when Providence forward Duncan Powell fouled St. John’s swingman Bryce Hopkins during his fast-break layup attempt. As Hopkins fell to the ground, he immediately shoved Powell, which ignited a fight between the teams.
“ I think you saw it as well as me. But I didn’t have the film in front of me to look at everybody. But, you know, you can’t let, you’re not supposed to come off the bench, but you can’t let your players get beat up. But we’re not gonna address that. Let the league address it. If you wanna talk basketball, talk basketball…You write what you saw. Don’t ask my players what they ask about the people. Okay, thank you,” Pitino said.
“Rick Pitino was not in the mood for questions about the scuffle between St. John’s and Providence,” @cbssportscbb on Instagram captioned.
As a result of both teams going at each other, around six players were ejected from the game, four from the Red Storm and two from the Friars, including Powell. Coach Pitino did not want to talk about the sequence, as he believed that it should be addressed only by the NCAA. When Pitino was asked again about it, he got furious as he did not want to talk about it.
The St. John’s Red Storm Held On To Defeat The Providence Friars By 10 Points
Fortunately for Rick Pitino and company, they held their lead despite the tussle and eventually won by 10 points, 79-69, against the Providence Friars. This was St. John’s Red Storm’s 11th straight win. They are one of the hottest teams in college basketball at the moment.
The Red Storm holds an overall record of 20-5 (13-1 Big East) and is the second seed in the Big East conference standings.
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