The wheels are beginning to turn for St. John’s and Rick Pitino, significant activity as the new coach starts to remake his roster. The new St. John’s coach visited Archbishop Stepinac in Whi…
The wheels are beginning to turn for St. John’s and Rick Pitino, significant activity as the new coach starts to remake his roster.to get a look at five-star guard Boogie FlandFland is the seventh-ranked player in the 2024 class and No. 2 player in New York, according to the 247Sports recruiting composite.
Fland and Stepinac won the highly competitive Catholic League championship at, ironically, Carnesecca Arena, and will play in this weekend’s State Federation tournament in Albany.“It was great to have Coach Pitino and his assistant, Coach Masiello, in the gym on their first day-and-a-half on the job,” Stepinac coach Pat Massaraoni said. “The message to Boogie was he’s a big priority for them — him and other top guys in the tristate area are what they are going to be focused on.
The new coaching staff is still in the process of evaluating the holdovers and will begin meeting with those players at the end of the week. Pitino also extended an offer to top junior Carter Bryant, who is ranked fourth nationally by 247Sports and was down to Louisville and Arizona, and highly regarded four-star, top-50 junior Ahmad Nowell.
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