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Friday / March 29.
  • St. John's Going Dancing…Sort Of

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    St. John’s is going dancing…sort of.

    The Johnnies will take on Richmond in the 16-team 2009 College Basketball Invitational (CBI), which announced the field for its second-ever postseason event on Sunday night. The teams will meet at the Robins Center in the state capital of Virginia at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.

    “We’re very excited about the opportunity to play in the CBI Tournament,” said Red Storm head coach Norm Roberts. “This gives our young group a chance to play in another tournament atmosphere following our appearance in the BIG EAST Championship Tournament last week. It’s another chance for us to grow and get better as a team.”

    The CBI berth marks the first postseason appearance for the Red Storm since the 2003 NIT. St. John’s finished the season with a 16-17 record, tying for the most wins in the five-year Roberts Era. The Red Storm posted victories over then-No. 7 Notre Dame (Jan. 3, 71-65) and a pair of wins over longtime rival Georgetown – a 59-56 overtime thriller on March 3, and a 64-59 victory on March 10 in the opening round of the 2009 Big East Championship.

    St. John’s owns a 3-0 record all-time against Richmond, but the schools have not faced each other since 1959 in a meeting at The Garden. Of note, Lithuanian Tomas Jasiulionis – the Red Storm’s only active senior class member – calls Richmond, Va., his American home. He attended Trinity Episcopal School while living with his host family.

    The College Basketball Invitational is a single-elimination tournament up until the Championship Series, with all games being played at campus sites. The Championship Series will be a best-of-three series, home-away-home, in which the higher seed will get the first and last (if necessary) home games.

    Here’s the bracket:

    East Regional
    March 18th- 7:00 PM ET
    St. John’s (16-17) vs. Richmond (18-15)
    March 18th- 8:00 PM ET
    Charleston (26-8) vs. Troy (19-12)
    West Regional
    March 18th- 8:00 PM ET
    Vermont (23-8) vs. Green Bay (22-10)
    March 18th- 10:00 PM ET
    Houston (21-11) vs. Oregon St. (13-17)

    Midwest Regional
    March 18th- 8:00 PM ET
    Buffalo (21-11) vs. Wichita St. (16-16)
    March 18th- 10:00 PM ET
    Boise St. (19-12) vs. Stanford (18-13)

    South Regional
    March 17th- 9:00 PM ET
    Northeastern (18-12) vs. Wyoming (19-13)
    March 17th- 11:00 PM ET
    UTEP (19-12) vs. Nevada (21-12)

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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