MullinMayhem wrote:I was at the game and it was a ton of fun. Down the stretch Duke started coming back and they had all the momentum it seemed. We made some brutal mistakes with a few minutes left and missed some FT's and you couldn't help but think "here we go again". Thankfully, this time we actually finished. Even though this season isn't headed anywhere, this felt GREAT. One of the top moments of my life...not sure if that's pathetic or awesome haha. I'm saving my ticket stub...will never forget that game. It just feels so amazing to finally get some real national attention again. To remind people that we can be a factor sometimes. I think I'm most glad that getting this win validates the Big East overall. I hate overhearing people saying stuff like "the Big East used to be awesome...it's not what it once was". Wins like this show that we are still a very good conference and can go toe to toe with anyone. Very odd but we always seem to play Duke tough. We beat them in 2003, then pounded them in 2011. In 2015, Coach K was going for win #1,000 and we had them on upset alert and lost by 7 I believe. We beat them today. Syracuse and Duke do not look forward to playing us. We have become more of a thorn to them.
Lots of you guys think I'm super negative, but today I cannot be happier. In such a mind-bogglingly terrible season starved for a win, to have it come against #4 Duke at the sold out Garden was just unreal. Lots of St. John's fans came out today despite the 0-11. I'm not going to overreact and say I feel any differently about Mullin as coach, but the fanbase and the Big East needed this one badly. What an awesome day and thanks to our Big East bros for the shout outs.
NJRedman wrote:We also did that with 20 recruits in attendance. Think we impressed them or what? hahahaha
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