 Sunday, February 25, 2007
ACC v Big East
Steve’s parent’s St. John’s and the Yankees of College Basketball Duke (18) have a contract that started today that has them play each other once each season over the next four years. ACC and Big East. A great thing for SJU and for Duke as well since SJU is a rough and tumble college basketball program. The boys from Queens usually play on cement courts and ride the subway to Madison Square Garden for the game.
As we walk into today’s sell out game at the World’s Most Famous Arena, a few minutes into the game, SJU was down 14-4. As we settled in, SJU was playing great defense, but not shooting and when they did, they shot poorly. Around 24-8 I started to worry. At t half it was 34-10 and I started to get tons of SMS from my friends mocking me.
St. John’s started to show some life in the second half. They come out strong, immediately getting a three pointer and then another field goal to get 50% of their first half points in the first two minutes of the second half. St. John's then began to show some life and had a nice little 10-2 run to pull to 46-29 with 9:35 to go. However, Duke came right back with a three point shot and the game was pretty much history. The Red Storm did make it respectable and had an 8-0 run, to pull to 51-39 with 4:15 left. The defense was still strong and at this point SJU played much better than the score implied, but the score on the scoreboard is what counts. The final buzzer was Duke 67-SJU 50. Duke has now won 4 straight over the former Redmen.
In the end, MSG was sold out, the crowd was buzzing and the decision to have Duke play SJU is a good one. Looking foward to next year's game.
Posted by Steve, Live from the World’s Most Famous Arena.
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