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UConn’s Dan Hurley says it won’t take Rick Pitino long to get St. John’s back in the NCAA Tournament.

“It’s got unbelievable tradition and history, and you have MSG, and you have a basketball-focused conference, and obviously his background as a coach,” Hurley said here at the Final Four. “I don’t think it’s going to take him long to have them potentially back in this tournament, especially with how quickly you can do things now with the portal.”

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We need to go after Olivier Naga-not-gonna-work-here-anymore from Tennessee. That dude single handedly beat dook in the 2nd half. We need a beast to compliment Clingkong.
 
HooperScooper said:
UConn’s Dan Hurley says it won’t take Rick Pitino long to get St. John’s back in the NCAA Tournament.

“It’s got unbelievable tradition and history, and you have MSG, and you have a basketball-focused conference, and obviously his background as a coach,” Hurley said here at the Final Four. “I don’t think it’s going to take him long to have them potentially back in this tournament, especially with how quickly you can do things now with the portal.”

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Mr. French said:
Hunter Dickinson now in the portal. Do we need another 7 footer? He’s pretty premium and elite.
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The absurdity of Clingan and Dickinson would be worth it alone for me. But obviously it’s not happening.
 
Hey Adrien! said:
Um, Iona made six of the previous nine tournaments prior to Pitino.

Tim Cluess, who left Iona due to illness, the head coach of those six tournaments, is arguably the best coach in Iona history, and after one season with an interim coach, Pitino took over the program.

But I agree with @husky99, people have their opinions on Pitino and what he does outside the court, but he's one of the best coaches ever. Definitely a privilege to see him coach multiple times at Iona in such a small venue.
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They were 29-33 in the two season before Pitino got there, they went 64-22 in the next three seasons with Pitino.
 
superjohn said:
They were 29-33 in the two season before Pitino got there, they went 64-22 in the next three seasons with Pitino.
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They won the MAAC tourney in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. They won the regular season in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

Your attempt at data mining fails miserably.
 
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uconngb said:
Huh?? We went to the tourney and won a game in 2016. Usually agree with most of what you say but you are out on a very thin limb on this one.
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Iona was good under Cluess and then they totally sucked for two seasons before they hired Pitino and he got them really good right away. UConn was the best team in the country and then totally sucked three seasons later.

This isn't difficult, Iona was bad when Pitino took over, UConn was bad when Hurley took over. I'm impressed with coaches who take over bad teams and immediately make them good, that's what Pitino does.
 
superjohn said:
Iona was good under Cluess and then they totally sucked for two seasons before they hired Pitino and he got them really good right away. UConn was the best team in the country and then totally sucked three seasons later.

This isn't difficult, Iona was bad when Pitino took over, UConn was bad when Hurley took over. I'm impressed with coaches who take over bad teams and immediately make them good, that's what Pitino does.
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Iona was one year removed from an NCAA appearance when he took over. And had multiple NCAA appearances in the not too distant past.

Hurley took over a dumpster fire, that I will agree with you on. Hurley punched up, Pitino punched down. Let’s not confuse what he did. Him going to that league was gonna get him the marginal guy that he needed to succeed at that level. Massive step down for him but attractive for kids that would otherwise never have a chance to play for a “legendary” coach.
 
uconngb said:
Iona was one year removed from an NCAA appearance when he took over. And had multiple NCAA appearances in the not too distant past.

Hurley took over a dumpster fire, that I will agree with you on. Hurley punched up, Pitino punched down. Let’s not confuse what he did. Him going to that league was gonna get him the marginal guy that he needed to succeed at that level. Massive step down for him but attractive for kids that would otherwise never have a chance to play for a “legendary” coach.
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One year removed from an NCAA appearance? Is this what we're doing now? They were 12-17 in that cancelled NCAA tournament Covid year, the season before Pitino took over. They were horrible. They sucked for two seasons before he took over.

The rest of this means nothing. Pitino took over a really bad team and made them really good right away because that was the job available to him. Now he's taking over a high major program and I believe he'll make them good right away because that's what he does.
 
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ConnHuskBask said:
Imagine taking the stance that Rick Pitino isn't one of the best coaches in the sports historyand won't be able to sell NYC/MSG/Big East and get St. John's rocking in short order.
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Definitely not the position I’m taking. Fully expect that to happen. I was just pointing out they Iona was not as bad off as others stated, nor was it they much of a challenge for someone of Pitino ilk.
 
uconngb said:
Definitely not the position I’m taking. Fully expect that to happen. I was just pointing out they Iona was not as bad off as others stated, nor was it they much of a challenge for someone of Pitino ilk.
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Fair enough - that makes sense.
 
Hey Adrien! said:
Tim Cluess, who left Iona due to illness, the head coach of those six tournaments, is arguably the best coach in Iona history, and after one season with an interim coach, Pitino took over the program.
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Iona
2018-19: 17-16 (12-6) Won Conference Tournament (16 seed, 15 pt loss to UNC) Cluess
2019-20: 12-17 (9-11) tournament cancelled Arnold
2020-21: 12-6 (6-3) Won Conference Tournament (15 seed, 13 pt loss to Alabama) Pitino

They were hardly a dumpster fire. Pitino is a great coach, but Iona also made a lot of sense because they had been quite good for a MAAC team literally just the year before.
 
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