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How St. John’s magical season came crashing down vs. Arkansas in NCAA Tournament

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — For as satisfying as St. John’s resurrection has felt, the ending verse was about as empty as imaginable. Of all the ways to go out. An impossibly bad offensive performance. An inability to get the final defensive stops. A second-round NCAA Tournament loss to an Arkansas team that barely made the field.

Not only that but a decision that will follow Rick Pitino and St. John’s for a long time. Probably for however long it takes to get back here and advance.