St. John’s players haven’t forgotten Providence coach’s negative comments

St. Jong's comments on Kim English from the first meeting with Providence.

After Johnny gathered from a 16 -point deficit to win the Amika Mutual Pavilion buzzer in December, the coach of Furiers provided a backhand compliment to the Rick Pitino team.

“They will force turnover and force aggressive rebound,” said English. “It's almost the only thing they are doing well, and they did it.”

Davon Smith, who is expected to return from the right shoulder injury, three of the three games in the past four games, responded to those comments on Friday.

“I don't agree. We're doing a lot of good things,” said St. Jung Point Guard. “We didn't play the best basketball in the first half. He had to come here at 12:00 pm on Saturday.”

When asked if the team had the motivation to face English, Smith said, “Yes.”

PITINO did not think that this remark would affect the game, and was not a point of emphasis for him.

The question was that the 15th place St. Jungs suggested that it would not work very well except for the aggressive rebound and the turnover of the Force. At least 8.4 points for each game.

“After the loss, the coach is not always the smartest thing. Please include me,” Pitino said.

The second -year wing, Brady Dun wrap, smiled and declined the comments, asking Pitino's use for the game. But he said it was spoken by the player.

“Such a thing is what we see as a player, and we feel that it is not just what we said,” he said. Dunlap came out. “You don't want to call it a bulletin board material, but it will always cause a kind of fire when competitors see such people.”

Numbers on Saturday afternoon on the afternoon of electricity in the garden.

St. Jungs (18-3, 9-1) has not been lost since the large day, and Smith has returned, and has been the best since the 1985 to 1986 season.

There are many crowds, and there are potentially sold out.

Add the ideas facing Johnny's coaches that he felt.

“Tomorrow, we will step into the arena and see the fans coming here early, and we will have everyone more than Kim's saying,” said Dunlap. “Currently, the energy around the city of New York really burns everyone and burns me on the bench.”