St. John’s season preview: High hopes, new faces and Rick Pitino’s next test

Fuente: New York Post

There was a stretch in Rick Pitino’s news conference Friday in which he went from praising Quinn Ellis as one of the smartest point guards he’s coached to raving about Ian Jackson’s development. Later, he called Keyshawn Hall “one of the best bucket-getters I’ve ever seen,” lauded Babacar Sane’s recent progress and went on to tell reporters they haven’t seen Hungarian addition Zsombor Maronka’s top 25 ability yet to impact a game.   “It’s a fun group because they’re all so different in skills and there’s nobody that’s similar,” the St.