Eye on the Storm
A podcast dedicated to all things St. John's Basketball. From interviews with former great players and coaches, to shining a light on current Johnnies and recruits. The mission of this podcast is to bring you the most up to date and accurate St. John's Red Storm basketball news possible. With some help from my friends, those in the media and in the know, this is your one stop shop for St. John's basketball info. Hosted by David Berov.
Episodes
198 episodes
Episode 198: PARTY LIKE IT'S 1999 - Dylan Darling Sends St. John's to the Sweet Sixteen at the Buzzer!!!
For the first time since 1999, St. John's is headed to the Sweet Sixteen! After leading by 14 points in the 2nd half, Kansas mounted a come back. Tied with seconds left on the clock, Dylan "Church Bells" Darling drove to the rim and scored as t...
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Episode 197: St. John's Suffocates Northern Iowa into 79-53 NCAA Tournament First Round Win
The game was out of reach shortly after the ball was thrown in the air. Before most fans were in their seats it was 13-0. Northern Iowa was dead in the water. Led by Zuby Ejiofor who had a bad game by his standards, Bryce Hopkins continued stro...
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Episode 196: Previewing the Madness in March for St. John's
The Big Dance is here, March Madness is here, the NCAA Tournament is finally here. And there are plenty of storylines going into the week for the Red Storm. Much has been made of St. John's getting a 5 seed and sent out West for their first two...
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Episode 194: St. John's Wins the Big East Tournament, Again!
St. John's did it. Back to Back Big East Tournament Champions. Back to Back Big East Conference Champions. The first team in Big East History to do so outright. It was an unbelievable performance from the boys from Queens. Three wins in three d...
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Episode 195: St. John's Selection Sunday Preview with Brad Wachtel
Brad Wachtel, Lead Bracketologist for Hoops HQ, joins to preview St. John's on Selection Sunday. Where will they be seeded, the important questions surrounding them, and how much does momentum of winning back to back big east tournament titles ...
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Episode 193: Playing for Pitino in March With Coach Travis Ford
March is here and there's never a more important time in basketball than now. Playing for Rick Pitino takes a special type of character. Learning under Rick Pitino has benefits well beyond the basketball court. Joining the show today is someone...
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Episode 192: St. John's Are Back to Back Big East Champions With 72-65 Win Over Seton Hall
St. John's has done it. A tough fought game in Newark at the Prudential Center, the Red Storm would prevail 72-65 to clinch at least a share of the Big East Title as well as the #1 Seed in the Big East Tournament. Led by Zuby Ejiofor as well as...
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Episode 191: Zuby Ejiofor Leads #18 St. John's to 72-69 Win on Senior Night
Rick Pitino has said his teams are often slow on senior night, historically, and well they were just that on Tuesday night. As Red Storm fans said goodbye to Zuby Ejiofor and the other seniors, they would need another come from behind effort to...
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Episode 190: St. John's Responds With Emphatic Bounce Back Beatdown of Villanova 89-57
The question on everyone's mind was how would St. John's respond from their historic loss to UConn last Wednesday. Rick Pitino said the players took the loss as hard as he and the coaching staff did, that's how he knew they'd respond. And they ...
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Episode 189: Streak Snapped as #6 UConn Dominates #15 St. John's in Nightmare 72-40 Loss
It was as ugly as could be as the #15 ranked St. John's Red Storm saw their 13 game winning streak snapped in Hartford. Anemic is a nice way to describe the offense from the reigning Big East Champions, as the #6 UConn Huskies took it to them f...
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Episode 188: Previewing #15 St. John's vs #6 UConn with Rob Dauster
Was able to join Rob Dauster on the Top Dogs podcast he hosts about the UConn Huskies for a second time to break down the big match up. On February 6th, St. John's welcomed UConn to MSG and took care of business beating them by 9. Now the retur...
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Episode 187: Lucky Number 13 - #17 St. John's Extends Streak with 81-52 Drubbing of Creighton
St. John's dismantled Creighton at MSG on Saturday to make it 13 wins in a row. The Johnnies are in first place in the Big East at 15-1 in conference play. Dylan Darling has continued to shine and the front court of Zuby Ejiofor, Bryce Hopkins ...
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Episode 186: My Darling Valentine, Dylan Leads St. John's to 79-69 Win In Hostile Providence
St. John's extended it's winning streak to 11 with a 79-69 win over Providence to avenge their only conference loss of the season. But most people will not be talking about the game but instead the fracas that took place short after halftime. S...
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Episode 185: Mike Repole
Get to know Mike from Queens. The kid who grew up in Middle Village, who went to St. John's and became one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world. At his core he bleeds Johnnies red and so he joins the podcast to talk about his roots...
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Episode 184: #22 St. John's Get Statement Signature Win Over #3 UConn 81-72
It's all you could have dreamed of, two ranked rival on a Friday night inside Madison Square Garden. The words electric do not do the atmosphere justice and the nerves were high but the energy was higher. It was a clash of titans, from coaches ...
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Episode 183: #22 St. John's vs. #3 UConn Preview: One Winning Streak Will End
The number 22 ranked Johnnies got one more tune up before the big showdown in New York City on Friday night. They took on the DePaul Blue Demons on Tuesday night in Chicago looking for a season sweep. And after a shaky first half, they buckled ...
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Episode 182: St. John's Gets Rick Pitino Win #900 in Furious Comeback against Xavier
If there was any doubt before if this team had guts, that goes out the window. In back to back games St. John's was down by at least 15 points in the second half and dug in deep. They came away with two wins, and at the Cintas Center, it was St...
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Episode 181: Dillon, Dylan, and Defense Power St. John's 65-60 Over Seton Hall
Pure guts. That's what St. John's showed in the 2nd half inside Madison Square Garden as they stormed back from down 15 points to beat Seton Hall 65-60. It was shades of last year, with a toughness on displayed we didn't see in the first half, ...
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Episode 180: The Pulse of the Big East with John Fanta
The Mayor of the Big East is back on the pod. John Fanta joins once again to give us the lay of the land in the Big East Conference as it stands today. From UConn rising back to the top to the struggles of Marquette and Georgetown. Who is his B...
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Episode 179: Road Warriors Red Storm Knock Off Villanova 86-79
Make it four wins in a row for St. John's as they improve to 6-1 to start Big East play following an 86-79 win against Villanova. A trip to the Main Line proved to be friendly confines for St. John's who have now won four of their six conferenc...
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Episode 178: Storm Soar in 90-73 Beat Down of the Blue Jays
The Red Storm are road warriors as they've gotten their third road conference win of the season knocking off the Creighton Blue Jays at home 90-73. Lefty has come on strong the last two games, earning a spot in the rotation and making the most ...
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Episode 177: Red Storm Rebound 84-70 in a Bounce Back at Butler
That's more like it. A dominant second half played out in the complete opposite way of the last game as St. John's used their defense to get a much needed road win. Thanks to Lefteris Liotopoulos and Ruben Prey plus Bryce Hopkins, the Red Storm...
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Episode 176: Soft St. John's Blows Another Second Half Lead in Loss to Providence
It was not a happy new year for St. John's as their lack of toughness reared its ugly head again this season. Soft interior play, the inability to handle adversity, and not being able to put away a struggling Providence team led to the worst lo...
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Episode 175: St. John's Mauled by Wildcats in 78-66 Loss to Kentucky
Shades of the Auburn game in Las Vegas, it was another horrific second half where St. John's looked completely lost. Scoring would be nearly impossible for St. John's as a big Kentucky team got everything they were looking for. The Red Storm co...
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Episode 174: #22 St. John's Improves to 7-3 + Kentucky Preview with Matt Jones
St. John's opened conference play on Tuesday night in Queens with a 13 point win over DePaul. It was the Dylan Darling show as his 17 points powered St. John's to their first win in conference play. Backing that up was stellar defense for a thi...
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