I'm not usually someone who praises my team for a loss -- but I'm very proud to call myself a St. John's fan after that performance. Yes, the game still goes down as an L. But those kids today played as hard as they possibly could and really made a tough team in Duke battle down the stretch.
Listen, I don't know whether Harkless and Harrison try to test the waters after this year. To be honest, it's not even worth talking about too much because there is a lot of season left to play. But if they decide to stick around for the long haul, this is going to be a very good team next year when you add a possession point guard in Branch and some big men in possibly Sampson, Gathers, and/or Obekpa. And when I say that, no disrespect to Phil Greene at all -- as far I'm concerned, he is a huge part of our future and I look forward to seeing him when he moves back to his natural two guard position out there. I know sometimes I always seem so doom and gloom, but I can't help but take away great things from this game. Hold your heads high boys and my message to Lavin: Get some big boys in here and let's take the next step towards being a national power.