On Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden, the date read March 8, 2017, but it sure felt a lot more like 1985.
The St. John’s Red Storm and Georgetown Hoyas went blow-for-blow in a chippy, dramatic, and, at times, sloppy game in the Opening Round of the Big East Tournament, bringing back memories of the glory days of this once vicious rivalry.
In the end, it was the Red Storm who held on for the 74-73 victory, sealed by a pair of Georgetown misses at the rim as time expired. The win gives the Johnnies their first Big East Tournament win since 2011, but that will hardly be what people remember from this thriller.