Step one came Friday afternoon in the expected firing of Mike Anderson. Step two now awaits: St. John’s potential hiring of Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino.
No matter who takes the job, he will have a lot of work to do.St. John’s last won an NCAA Tournament game in 2000 and hasn’t reached the main draw of the tournament since 2015.The Red Storm do have two quality recruits signed: Four star forward Brandon Gardner and junior college All-American Yaxel Lendeborg. Shanley was hired two years ago in part to elevate the program and he has worked to convince the board of trustees that Pitino is the move the school has to make.
But the NCAA’s independent panel, the Independent Accountability Resolution Process, recently absolved Pitono of any wrongdoing after the conclusion of its ruling on the Louisville case. Texas Tech has expressed serious interest in Pitino and there is concern the Red Raiders could blow St. John’s out of the water from a financial standpoint and offer the coach a better chance to win a third national championship.
“Where I lived wasn’t important in the past, and now it is,” Pitino told CBSSports.com last month. “I have no idea what the answer is about where I’ll be or what I’ll do. I know I love [Iona]. I know I’m eight minutes away [from home]. I know I love Winged Foot [Golf Club]. … I do know that there’s certain places and there’s 20 or 30 states where I don’t want to live.”
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