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Sunday, March 16, 2014 NYDailyNews.com / College Follow @nydailynews College St. John's thinks it can win types of hair extensions Big East Tournament The first step for the fifth-seeded Red Storm (20-11) is the huge game with the Friars (20-11). The teams split their games this season, have similar NCAA Tournament resumes and might just prove their mettle for an at-large invite with a win. By Roger Rubin / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 10:27 PM Print Share This URL: Print Comment Nate Shron/Getty Images St. John鈥檚 has played hungry since Providence human hair extensions won an 84-83 2OT decision on Jan. 16 at Carnesecca Arena. St. John's is in it to win it, and the Johnnies aren鈥檛 talking about just human hair wigs Thursday鈥檚 Big East quarterfinal against Providence at the Garden. They鈥檙e talking about the tournament. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 where our minds are because we feel like we can win the whole thing,鈥?JaKarr Sampson said. 鈥淲e feel like we鈥檙e one of the best in the conference and we can do that this year. We鈥檙e not just thinking about (making) the NCAA Tournament. We want to think 鈥榥ow,鈥?and the thing we can do now clip in hair extensions is win the Big East Tournament.鈥?/p> 鈥淲e definitely feel like we can be the last team standing,鈥?Sir鈥橠ominic Pointer said. The first step for the fifth-seeded Red Storm (20-11) is the huge game with the Friars (20-11). The teams split their games this season, have similar NCAA Tournament resumes and might just prove their mettle for an at-large invite with a win. 鈥淭his is one of those where I like to say we鈥檙e going to be in the NIT or the NCAA,鈥?Pointer said. 鈥淲e鈥檝e got to get some wins to put us in.鈥?/p> No one can be sure. On Monday coach human hair extensions Steve Lavin suggested it鈥檚 possible the Johnnies already have done enough but have to keep winning to make sure. D鈥橝ngelo Harrison was asked if the first NCAA Tournament for any of the players was close enough to taste. 鈥淚 want to be able to turn on ESPN and not see our name on television the whole time on the bubble watch. When I don鈥檛 see that then colored hair extensions clip I鈥檒l understand 鈥榯here it is,鈥欌€?he said. 鈥淯ntil then, nah. I don鈥檛 taste it yet. We鈥檙e still hungry. . . . We can sniff it.鈥?/p>RELATED: WEISS: VILLANOVA IS BIG EAST鈥橲 ONLY HOPE The Johnnies seem to feel there鈥檚 something about being on the bubble that almost suits them. Harrison even said, 鈥淚 like that we鈥檙e on the bubble. It gives us a sense of hunger. You鈥檝e got to fight for something.鈥?/p> St. John鈥檚 has played hungry since Providence won an 84-83 2OT decision on Jan. 16 at Carnesecca Arena, dropping the Storm to 9-8 and 0-5 in the Big hair extensions for short hair East. african american wigs Harrison said the team teetered but the eternally positive Lavin pulled them back in. 鈥淐oach stressed 鈥榮tay with it, it鈥檚 not over.鈥?. . . Honestly, we didn鈥檛 see it,鈥?Harrison said. 鈥淲e were like 鈥楥ome on, Coach, we鈥檙e 0-5 鈥?come on.鈥?But he kept stressing it and there was another sense of urgency the next practice.鈥?/p> Almost every game since has had a must-win feel. That, along with the emergence of freshman point guard Rysheed Jordan, has carried the Storm to 11 wins in 14 games and 10 of 13 in the Big East. Two of the losses came by three points to third-ranked Villanova and 14th-ranked Creighton. St. John鈥檚 finished tied for third place and in reach of the NCAAs. 鈥淲ith wigs for sale ebay our backs against the wall, we fight out of the corner,鈥?Pointer said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 what I feel we鈥檙e going to do this week: fight out of the corner and get our way in.鈥?/p> 鈥淓verybody鈥檚 back is against the wall because you can鈥檛 lose a game,鈥?Sampson said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 our advantage: we鈥檝e been in this position before and we鈥檝e been down before so I feel like it鈥檚 actually a good thing, a positive.鈥?/p> Obviously winning the whole tournament would remove any doubt. And for juniors Pointer, Harrison, Phil Greene and God鈥檚gift Achiuwa that would be a culmination. They were part of an all-freshman starting five that was always out-gunned and a group of sophomores who faded late into the NIT after Harrison was suspended for poor types of hair extensions conduct. 鈥淲e鈥檝e been in the trenches together . . . and we鈥檙e going to keep pushing together so we can make this tournament,鈥?Pointer said. 鈥淭his is our year to get into the tournament and make some noise.鈥?/p> Post a Comment