New York – Zuby Ejiofor You need to change the destination after one year of the college. A four -star possibility of high school went to Kansas To play under the Famir Bill Self Hall, its first season in the total basketball resulted in 1.2 points and 1.7 rebounds in 5.2 minutes for each game.
Igivor knew he could do more in 2023, but he needed someone to get him out of him.
On Friday night, young 6 feet and 9 feet from the ground in the Madison Square park went out to applause that he was frequently named. I have made St. John University history. It has made the history of the Great East.
Ejiofor scored 33 points in the profession and added nine rebounds while Saint John led to a 79-63 victory over Marquette and a site in Big East Tournament Championship for the first time since 2000.
Move over Chris Molin, Walter Perry and Malik Celly. Masterclass from Ejiofor has led to the highest performance by St. John’s player in the history of the Big East and the highest production by any player in the semi -final match of the Big East since the return of Kemba Walker in 2011.
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Rick Betino, St. John’s coach, described his team as a group “contradicts a lot of numbers”, in some way, fits Eaghevor, who was chance by AAU by a man who became his teacher and whose second father calls him, Dr. Andy Philachack.
Philack was a coach in the AAU circuit, which approached Ejiofor after a match and told him that if he played with his son in his team, he will help him to turn his game.
So when Ejiofor was looking for a second university destination, it was Philachack that asked him to look at Pitino for a long time. Philack has known Famer Hall ratios in the development of Billy Donvan, Tony Delk, Peyton Siva and Donvan Mitchell and many more. He wanted this to his other son.
“When Zoubi came, I put it in a difficult player’s development session,” Betino said. “The first thing I noticed was that he never complained about the exercises. He passed through it.
“Every coach wants to have a player like [Zuby]Self -denial, and he is only interested in the team. It is blessed with training. I was training 50 years, and there are very few Zubys that come along the team’s thinking. “
When Ejiofor made a decision to adhere to Pitino and Red stormHe told him that he was getting a hard worker and a great child, but the crime needed to work. A few weeks later, Betino began sending self -videos from Ejiofor working with him and making shots. It was a means of joking with the self, but it also shows the development of the addition of its transportation portal.
The development in EJIOFOR was on Friday night when ST. John’s at 10 with 12:42 left the ball throwing from sales. Madison Square Garden has sent a minutes of frenzy, as he fell asleep with 5:26 left to put Johnnies 14. For EJIOFOR, it was not just a master, but he responded after a game in which he scored only four points at 2 of 4 shooting.
“I just leave the past in the past,” said Eaghevor. “It is clear that I did not play on the level of my play and to the standard of this coach [Pitino] And everyone expects me. Therefore, I just went out today more aggressive and my colleagues were able to find me in situations that I could be successful.
“When we play each other and when everyone is truly closed defensively, we are a really scary team.”
Yes, Johnnies from Pitino is already empty for the rest of the Great East, and every other team across university basketball. It is a defensive group of elite, carrying Marquette to only 2 of 24 of the range of 3 points after Golden Eagles started game 4 from 5 of the city center.
“We just hate to lose, and this is really because a man hates her more than anything in the world,” said Eaghevor, referring to Betino.
That hatred for defeat and hunger to the top is what led New York City to the love of the St. John team. It is also what is the red storm 40 minutes from winning another cup.
John Vanta is an anchor and national basketball writer in Fox Sports. It covers sport in a variety of capabilities, from connecting to the FS1 games to working as a major host on the Big East Digital Network to provide comments in the field of 68 media networks. Follow it in john_fanta.
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