Rick Pitino, Dan Hurley beef re-ignites St. John’s-UConn rivalry

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The St. Johns-Connecticut rivalry, dormant for many years, is starting to develop some sizzle.

And, naturally, it revolves around the two headstrong coaches, Rick Pitino and Dan Hurley.

Over the last few days, both have taken passive-aggressive shots at one another over where a game will be played next season.

The fourth-ranked Huskies narrowly got by the Johnnies in Hartford just more than a week ago.

In discussing the different venues St. Johns has played at this year, Pitino created headlines by saying he planned to play UConn at Carnesecca Arena next year.

So the Garden is the best place to play, and right now the only game thats going to be played next year at Carnesecca is Connecticut. Every other game were going to negotiate, he said Saturday after a tight win over Hofstra at UBS Arena.

Asked if he was serious about that, Pitino responded, One hundred percent. Were playing them at Carnesecca. Its definitely not a joke. I have my reasons.

Rick_Pitino__Dan_Hurley_beef_re_ignites_St__John_s_UConn_rivalry 3Red Storm head coach Rick Pitino reacts on the baseline during the first half when the St. John’s Red Storm played the Hofstra Pride Saturday, December 30, 2023. Robert Sabo for NY PostOne of those reasons, it is believed, was to tweak Hurley.

Listen, when youve been ranked in the top-five or whatever weve been the whole year, and youre the defending national champs and youve had all the success weve had at UConn, everyones gunning for us, Hurley said. Everyones trying to get what we have. Weve won four national championships since 2000 here at UConn. They havent had much success since then, especially when they went from Fran Fraschilla to Mike Jarvis and they had those real good teams with Ron Artest.

Theyre trying to do what they need to do to build their program up, he went on. But, anyone not named Duke, Carolina, Kansas, Kentucky Im probably going to miss a couple of teams here theyre all going for where were at. Weve had unbelievable success here in basketball. There are programs who havent been to a Final Four, or havent been to the NCAA Tournament in 20 years, so theres obviously a lot of punching up.

Rick_Pitino__Dan_Hurley_beef_re_ignites_St__John_s_UConn_rivalry 3UConn head coach Dan Hurley reacts during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against St. John’s. APSt. Johns associate head coach Steve Masiello, who played for Pitino at Kentucky and coached under him at Louisville, tweeted in response: I think Coach Pitino stopped punching up after his 5th Final 4, or was it his 6th ? no wait. I think it was after his 7th!

Ironically, where St. Johns home game against Connecticut will be played next season may not be solely its decision in the end. There is a Big East policy that states that if a school plays more than two home games at a public venue, the commissioner has the power to mandate that the two highest-profile games be played at that location.

The host school may not move a contest for competitive reasons, the policy states.

Rick_Pitino__Dan_Hurley_beef_re_ignites_St__John_s_UConn_rivalry 3Rick Pitino said over the weekend that St. John’s plans to play UConn next year at Carnesecca Arena. Corey Sipkin for the NY POSTAnother factor is that St. Johns is in a partnership with the Garden, and MSG no doubt would want the Connecticut game to be played there.

The last time St. Johns played UConn at Carnesecca Arena was 1990.

For now, thats a next year question, if Pitino is in fact serious about playing the game in Queens and whether the league and/or the Garden will step in.

What is certain, though, is that there is spice to this rivalry.

Feb. 3, when Connecticut visits the Garden to play the Johnnies, should be an electric afternoon.

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