Recorded on Monday evening, the Rumble takes a few minutes to talk about Xavier with Bryan from Banners on the Parkway; the Red Storm will play Xavier twice in the next three games, thanks to a Big East scheduling quirk. 1:40 – looking back on Xavier’s season 7:35 – what’s clicked for Xavier 14:20 – Who’s the most important player on the Musketeers…

Recorded on Friday evening, we get into the Big East’s seemingly down year with Chris Lane of VUHoops, Villanova’s start, and we dig into some of the burning questions around the Johnnies. 4:25 – the Big East’s down year, tempo-free rankings, poor defenses 10:30 – conference parity 16:00 – point of order: Butler 19:35 – the end of Big East non conf…

St. John’s vs Rutgers, a former Big East conference game and perhaps a rivalry, returns as part of this week’s Gavitt Games between the Big East and the Big Ten. It may not be bigger than Duke/ UNC or even Harvard/ Yale, but the Epic Battle will be discussed with our favorite Rutgers people — On the Banks manager Aaron Breitman and Dave White, who …

Basketball that Counts is just a day away for St. John’s. The Rumble takes a look at an exhibition that raised some alarm bells. We look forward to the first opponent with Stephen Thompson Jr. Plus, we delve into schedule quality with Chris from Blogging the Bracket. This episode, we cover… 1:00 Takeaways from the Maryville exhibition game and wher…

The Rumble in the Garden podcast kicks off the new season with the help of Rumble writer David Combs, talking about the newly eligible Heron, what we saw during the loose exhibition that was the Red Storm Tip-Off, some beliefs about the coming year for the Red Storm and is this really a no excuses year for Chris Mullin? This episode, we cover… 1:30…

The Rumble in the Garden podcast has returned with a new episode; Norman has guest Joseph Nardone on to muse about the NCAA, the effects of the return of Shamorie Ponds and the transfer of Mustapha Heron to St. John’s, and the sudden burst of Red Storm preseason hype — with real, unvarnished talk the whole way. This week: Recapping the wild offseas…

Apologies for the sniffles, but the podcast is back. Andy from Anonymous Eagle joins me to talk about all things Marquette, to talk trash about Seton Hall and to help answer the question about whether the Red Storm could actually STILL be an at-large team after all the losses. 6:30 depending on freshmen on defense – a look at the Marquette freshman…

St. John’s faces longtime opponent Providence on Thursday, so our guest today is Mike of PCBB1917, covering Providence basketball, the “free agent” scene in hoops & northeastern recruiting. The injuries to the Friars backcourt The magic of Planek Rodney Bullock, the quiet leader Ed Cooley calling his team “soft”, but they have improved A schedule t…

St. John’s is facing Arizona. Naturally, we have questions about not just the “New Leadership Model” but about Arizona State guard Tra Holder and forward Romello White, who are going to cause problems for St. John’s in Friday’s game in the Staples Center (Basketball Hall of Game Classic). So we reached out to Max from House of Sparky for more detai…

St. John’s swings into Thanksgiving week 4-0, with a nationally-televised, bracketed tournament to showcase themselves in. It’s the kind of sessions like these where school reputations are made, and where players gain the confidence they will need through the grueling conference play. We welcome Blogging the Bracket’s Chris Dobbertean to dish about…