Christmas Day Classics Marathon on FS1

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Eight-hour marathon will feature a pair of St. John's classics beginning at noon.

Dec. 19, 2013

QUEENS, N.Y. - The gift of classic BIG EAST basketball comes to FOX Sports 1 on Christmas Day with eight-straight hours of some of the conference's greatest games, including two St. John's classics. The marathon features four all-time matchups, including the BIG EAST's historic three-team Final Four and Villanova's "perfect" NCAA Championship Game in 1985, and tips off Wednesday, Dec. 25, at noon.

Opening the marathon is the St. John's upset from the 1984 regular season in which Chris Mullin scored 33 points to lead the Johnnies to a 75-71 win over Patrick Ewing and the second-ranked and eventual national champion Georgetown Hoyas.

At 2 p.m., FOX Sports 1 will show last year's third-round NCAA Tournament game between Marquette and Butler, who was a member of the Atlantic-10 Conference at the time. In a back-and-forth game, the Golden Eagles edged the Bulldogs, 74-72, as Butler's last-second shot was off the mark.

St. John's and Georgetown take the court again at 4 p.m., this time in the 1985 NCAA Tournament Semifinal. Both teams joined Villanova in the Final Four, making the BIG EAST the only conference in history to place three teams in the same national semifinal. The Hoyas rolled to a 77-59 victory, setting up the final game in FOX Sports 1's Christmas marathon, the 1985 National Championship Game between Georgetown and Villanova.

At 6 p.m., FOX Sports 1 has Villanova's "perfect game," a 66-64 win over Georgetown that still stands as one of the greatest upsets in NCAA Tournament history. The hot-handed Wildcats shot nearly 80 percent from the floor to take down the top-ranked Hoyas.

Studio host Rob Stone and FOX Sports lead college basketball game analyst Bill Raftery provide context, analysis and postgame thoughts for each of the four classic games.

FOX Sports is home to BIG EAST basketball with more than 100 men's games on FOX Sports 1 this season, including the entire BIG EAST Men's Basketball Tournament from Madison Square Garden in New York City. Conference play gets underway Tuesday, Dec. 31, with a five-game New Year's Eve marathon from noon to midnight ET, live on FOX Sports 1.

Should show the sweater game.

and also never show that 1985 championship game ever.

Should show the sweater game.

and also never show that 1985 championship game ever.

That must fell to Hoya fans like the Red Sox coming back from 0-3 the defeat the Yankees in the 2004 AL Championships.  The pain that will last a lifetime.