NEW YORK — It was a chance to experience a basketball time warp.
St. John’s and Georgetown were playing in the Big East Tournament, something that has happened seven times since the postseason tournament started in 1980.
Their regular season matchups were keepers with names like Thompson, Ewing and Mullin. There was the “sweater game.”
On Wednesday night, for a few minutes Madison Square Garden was suddenly in the 1980s.
A scrum under the basket was on the verge of turning ugly. Players were pushing and coaches were yelling. St. John’s coach Chris Mullin, yes that Chris Mullin, and Georgetown assistant coach Patrick Ewing Jr.