After eight seasons in the Big East as an assistant coach, it was safe to say that Kyle Neptune was pretty familiar with the St. John’s Red Storm. Following his Rams’ Sunday night loss to the Red Storm, Coach Neptune described the familiarity he had developed with the team while at Nova.
“[It felt] very familiar. You knew what it was coming in,” Neptune said of St. John’s game plan. “It’s hard to mimic. We played Manhattan earlier and they play a similar style. It’s nothing tricky, but you can’t practice for it. We don’t’ play like that, so it’s hard to play against when you don’t see it.”
According to Neptune, as well as apparent to anyone watching this game, this St. John’s toughness is centered around their veteran duo of Julian Champagnie and Posh Alexander. Now in their second season as a tandem, the two guards led the charge against Fordham with 16 and 23 points respectively. Defensively, both players excelled at disrupting Fordham’s game plan, with both Champagnie and...
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