If it have been as much as athletic director Ed Kull, St. John’s would play 14 video games on the Backyard subsequent season.
That, nevertheless, stays unsure, because the Huge East college works with MSG executives.
Because it stands, St. John’s will play at the least 11 video games there, however that quantity may rise relying on availability of the constructing. They performed 9 video games there a yr in the past.
Three league video games, in opposition to Seton Corridor, Butler and DePaul, could possibly be performed at both the Backyard or Carnesecca Area.
The opposite seven will probably be held at MSG.
Nonleague contests in opposition to Alabama, Ole Miss and Iona will probably be on the Backyard, together with an exhibition sport in opposition to Michigan.
“The word is trying,” Kull stated on Wednesday, at a launch occasion for St. John’s becoming a member of Adidas as an attire associate. “DePaul, Seton Corridor, Butler, relying what days of the week they fall, I would like all of them at MSG. However the Knicks and Rangers nonetheless get first decide on dates. I believe MSG needs to assist us. If they’ve the open dates, they need to give it to us.
“Why I’m aggressive saying this, I’m confident in our fan base. I’m confident in what we’re doing. It’s the appetite for this team. I don’t want to cap it at the 5,200 [that] Carnesecca Arena [holds].”
Presently, St. John’s has offered 8,000 season tickets, up from final yr’s whole of 5,600.
Kull is hoping to rise up to 10,000.
Coach Rick Pitino has named one in all his racehorses “Zuby” after star ahead and co-captain Zuby Ejiofor.
Sadly, the two-year-old thoroughbred is “slow,” in accordance with Pitino. It has but to be entered in an official race.
“I thank him for naming a horse after me. It means a lot, obviously. I don’t think there’s a lot of guys that he’s named horses after,” Ejiofor stated. “That’s something new for me. He obviously trusts me. I’m going into my third year with coach Pitino. He put a lot of trust in me.”
Ejiofor has but to fulfill the horse, which is coaching up in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
At Louisville, Pitino named horses after star gamers like Luke Hancock, Russ Smith, Peyton Siva and Gorgui Dieng.
