Turning St. John's back into a basketball destination was a challenge, but coach Steve Lavin met it by landing a heralded recruiting class. Teaching a group of players that hasn't mastered how to win was another, but he seems to be doing that, too. However, in the last few days the coach has handled an entirely different kind of test.
His leading scorer, Justin Brownlee, wasn't keeping up his class attendance. His top all-around returning player, D.J. Kennedy, wasn't playing hard in practices and games. And although Lavin is new to both players, he needed to straighten them out. So even though the Red Storm came in with a four-game winning streak, Lavin pulled both from the starting lineup for Wednesday night's game against Wagner.
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Of the issues for Brownlee and Kennedy, Lavin said that "in the grand scheme they wouldn't even be a moving violation. It's more like a parking ticket."
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