“We wanted to be as the last moment in that episode the team sitting down with the coach, finding out where they were going to be seeded,” Vice TV president Peter Gaffney told Newsday. Sometimes plans change, though, especially when the planner-in-chief is Rick Pitino.

Seeing St. John’s ranked among the nation’s top 10 teams looks like a misprint to the eyes. When the season started, it would’ve felt like a safer bet to never see the school ranked so highly again in your lifetime,

St. John's basketball is ascended to new, long-awaited heights under Rick Pitino, who gave an honest take about his team Sunday.