Chicago native Phil Greene has assimilated nicely into the New York culture in his time at St. John’s, but he made one thing clear. “I’m not a fan of the thin pizza,” he said. “I like the deep dish. That gets you full in, like, three slices.” Culinary preferences aside, the freshman Greene and his Red Storm teammates head to Chicago on Wednesday night to take on DePaul (11-9, 2-6) at Allstate Arena. This will be Greene’s first basketball-related trip back to his hometown in his young career with St. John’s, and is expecting 60 friends and family to be in attendance. “Everyone is excited. They told me they have my back,” he said. “Of course I want to play well and get a win in front of the hometown … [Read more...]
