St. John's athletics director Mike Cragg had been dreaming for much of the past nine days about the moment in which he would introduce the program's next men's basketball coach with great pride.
On Friday, he did so with former Arkansas coach Mike Anderson at his side.
Anderson, in a news conference held inside Madison Square Garden, was officially hired to become the 21st basketball coach at St. John's just 24 days after he was dismissed as coach of the Razorbacks after eight seasons. He finished with a 169-102 record at Arkansas, leading the Razorbacks to three NCAA Tournament appearances.