It’s always fun for an athlete to take part in a coaching milestone and for the St. John’s Red Storm, they got to play last Saturday in a marquee game where a head coach earned his 300th victory.  The problem for the Johnnies is that it was not Mike Anderson but Providence’s head coach Ed Cooley. The nearly three-week layoff …

Rust is normally associated with metals and bad weather and an indication that time hasn’t been kind to something.  Rust in sports means that players and teams are out of synch with each other or just have been sitting around too long with nothing to do. In the case of the St. John’s Red Storm last night, the rust from …

St. John’s head coach Mike Anderson had to make an executive decision after last Friday night’s beating at the hands of the Kansas Jayhawks.  Yes, the Johnnies are undefeated against smaller nonconference opponents but when the big boys such as Indiana and Kansas roll in, there’s early signs of trouble this season. Anderson made a philosophical change and with his …