Alabama walked into Madison Square Garden and won, 103-96.
Rick Pitino of the St. John's Red Storm speaks with his team in the first half at Madison Square Garden, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in New York, NY. If you subscribe to the well-worn aphorism of recent vintage that ball doesn’t lie — — then this electric, high-energy, hugely entertaining game resolved itself exactly as it should have.
St. John’s stumbled out of the Garden with its first loss here since the 2024 Big East Tournament semifinals 603 days earlier. That’s how this should’ve gone. The Crimson Tide outplayed the Johnnies in every aspect imaginable, beginning with the fact that they grabbed 14 killer offensive rebounds. The SJU defense was barely passable, could never stay in front of any of the quicker Tide guards, it could never really get untracked shooting . What Jets should take out of Justin Fields’ encouraging preseason performance
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