This was not your routine timeout to stop the bleeding. This was a timeout to reset the order of college basketball in the metropolitan area.
The last four times Hofstra and St. John's have played, the team from the Colonial Athletic Association had humbled its Big East counterpart. Now with, 6:44 left, Hofstra had surged to a five-point lead on a 3-pointer by Charles Jenkins.
In the huddle, coach Norm Roberts looked his Red Storm players in the eyes.
"Make sure you lock down now," he said.
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