LaVall Jordan had what he wanted at the end Tuesday night in New York. He did not get the outcome he wanted.
After Christian David poked the basketball loose with 14 seconds left in overtime, the coach let the Bulldogs proceed without calling timeout. St. John’s was not as organized on defense, he reasoned, and Paul Jorgensen and Kamar Baldwin had a chance to tie the score or win it.
Butler trailed 75-73.
“Paulie had made a big shot already to get us to that point,” Jordan said in a phone interview from an airport tarmac.