Rick Pitino has dramatically transformed St. John's basketball program, leading them to their first Big East titles since 1985 and a second-round NCAA Tournament appearance. With a focus on rigorous morning player development sessions, Pitino aims to enhance players' skills, targeting their weaknesses. He advocates for intense practices that last around two hours, emphasizing corrections and continuous movement. Player endorsements highlight his effective coaching strategy, with new recruits expected to thrive under his Euro League style offense, enabling them to score collaboratively on the court.
Well, we have player development sessions every morning, Monday through Friday, where we go three to four different sessions with four players.
If I make a correction, it's going to be within 12 seconds, and then we're moving on.
The game nowadays, you need five guys on the court that could score at all times.
I think Coach P's whole thing, he runs a Euro League offense, so it's just going to be guys that know how to play basketball.
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