SJU was a big rival back in the late '90's, 1998-1999 specifically with Thornton, Barkley, Postell, Grant, and MWP. I hated that team more than any other Big East team, except perhaps some cuse squads. Then they added Omar Cook a couple years later. It was so intense I believe Jarvis had the MSG games moved to weekdays to try to quell our 6th Borough Advantage.
1998-99 UConn finished 1st, Miami 2nd, SJU 3rd, cuse and nova 4th. UConn of course went on to glory that year.
I don't think SJUs run will be particularly long. How long is Pitino going to coach?