Recorded on Monday evening, the Rumble takes a few minutes to talk about Xavier with Bryan from Banners on the Parkway; the Red Storm will play Xavier twice in the next three games, thanks to a Big East scheduling quirk.

1:40 – looking back on Xavier’s season
7:35 – what’s clicked for Xavier
14:20 – Who’s the most important player on the Musketeers’ roster
17:15 – the Big East, hard to figure out
20:20 – the future of the Xavier head coach
– Listener question: can St. John’s move up a seed line in the NCAA Tournament?
– Listener question: what do we think about having all Big East games at Madison Square Garden?

Rumble in the Garden podcast: Season 5, episode 6 [right-click to download]

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30 minutes, 15 MB

Recorded on Friday evening, we get into the Big East’s seemingly down year with Chris Lane of VUHoops, Villanova’s start, and we dig into some of the burning questions around the Johnnies.

4:25 – the Big East’s down year, tempo-free rankings, poor defenses
10:30 – conference parity
16:00 – point of order: Butler
19:35 – the end of Big East non conference play
20:15 – point of order: Marquette
26:25 – point of order: Xavier
29:35 – user question: when will St. John’s lose their first game
35:00 – Sedee Keita/ Mustapha Heron’s role/ small ball
42:00 – more time for the freshmen/ Villanova’s youth development

52 minutes

Rumble in the Garden podcast: Season 5, episode 4 [right-click to download]

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52 minutes, 25 MB

St. John’s vs Rutgers, a former Big East conference game and perhaps a rivalry, returns as part of this week’s Gavitt Games between the Big East and the Big Ten. It may not be bigger than Duke/ UNC or even Harvard/ Yale, but the Epic Battle will be discussed with our favorite Rutgers people — On the Banks manager Aaron Breitman and Dave White, who used to manage the site.

We shoot some breeze about hoops, Veronica Mars, and also:

5:30 – talking undefeated Rutgers
9:30 – the changes in Rutgers now that Corey Sanders has moved on
20:00 – will St. John’s extend the rotation for this game?
26:00 – is this what we expected going into the season?
33:00 – Rutgers defense, zone, lockdown defender
The Quinnipiac stars meet on the court for the first time.
42:00 – gut feelings about St. John’s, Rutgers for the season

Rumble in the Garden podcast: Season 4, episode 4 [right-click to download]

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46 minutes, 22 MB

Basketball that Counts is just a day away for St. John’s. The Rumble takes a look at an exhibition that raised some alarm bells. We look forward to the first opponent with Stephen Thompson Jr. Plus, we delve into schedule quality with Chris from Blogging the Bracket.

This episode, we cover…

1:00 Takeaways from the Maryville exhibition game and where we expected more from the season’s debut
16:00 Looking ahead to Loyola MD — what new coach Tavares Hardy brings, who to watch out for from the Greyhounds
24:00 Talking schedule strength with Blogging the Bracket’s Chris Dobbertean – where the Johnnies could have scheduled better, which other Big East rivals also scheduled easy opponents, which teams did a good job scheduling (with an eye towards the postseason)

Rumble in the Garden podcast: Season 4, episode 3 [right-click to download]

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43 minutes (& 30 seconds), 20 MB

The Rumble in the Garden podcast kicks off the new season with the help of Rumble writer David Combs, talking about the newly eligible Heron, what we saw during the loose exhibition that was the Red Storm Tip-Off, some beliefs about the coming year for the Red Storm and is this really a no excuses year for Chris Mullin?

This episode, we cover…

1:30 quick look back on last season
2:10 Mustapha Heron is “free”, praise the NCAA
6:25 The team’s early family vibe
8:30 L.J. Figueroa
11:20 The “no excuses” year?
17:35 A schedule that gives no favors

Rumble in the Garden podcast: Season 4, episode 2 [right-click to download]

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25 minutes, 12MB

The Rumble in the Garden podcast has returned with a new episode; Norman has guest Joseph Nardone on to muse about the NCAA, the effects of the return of Shamorie Ponds and the transfer of Mustapha Heron to St. John’s, and the sudden burst of Red Storm preseason hype — with real, unvarnished talk the whole way.

This week:

• Recapping the wild offseason for St. John’s
• The return of Shamorie Ponds and where his game could land him (with diversions about Marcus Hatten, Omar Cook, Matthew Dellavedova, and not making the NBA)
• Mustapha Heron trying to get a waiver to play immediately (where we talk about the NCAA’s likely long time frame, and what is the “right” thing for this situation)
• The St. John’s hype train
• Listener question on playing time
• Listener question on the team’s ceiling (dependent on defense)
• Tariq Owens
• Listener question on favorite Big East player of the 2000s
• Listener question on the high number of transfers out of the St. John’s program

Rumble in the Garden: Season 4, Episode 1 [right-click to download]

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33MB, 69 Minutes

Apologies for the sniffles, but the podcast is back. Andy from Anonymous Eagle joins me to talk about all things Marquette, to talk trash about Seton Hall and to help answer the question about whether the Red Storm could actually STILL be an at-large team after all the losses.

6:30 depending on freshmen on defense – a look at the Marquette freshman big men
11:40 Markus howard and andrew rowsey
26:30 sam hauser and the bench
30:25 harry froling!
34:00 game prediction!
36:50 we talk about how weird Seton Hall is & the psychology of coaching
plus: could St. john’s still make the NCAA Tournament as an at-large team?

Apologies for the sniffles, but the podcast is back. Andy from Anonymous Eagle joins me to talk about all things Marquette, to talk trash about Seton Hall and to help answer the question about whether the Red Storm could actually STILL be an at-large team after all the losses.

6:30 Depending on freshmen on defense – a look at the Marquette freshman big men
11:40 Markus Howard (he’s fallen off!) and Andrew Rowsey (best pump fake in basketball)
26:30 Sam Hauser (perfectly Wisconsin) and the bench
30:25 Harry Froling!
34:00 Game prediction!
36:50 We talk about how weird Seton Hall is & the psychology of coaching
plus: could St. John’s still make the NCAA Tournament as an at-large team?

Thank you for listening to the podcast.

Rumble in the Garden, Season 3, Episode 6 – right-click to download. Like it? Hate it? Comment or email us about it at [email protected] or on twitter at @RumbleSBN.

33 MB, 69 minutes

St. John’s faces longtime opponent Providence on Thursday, so our guest today is Mike of PCBB1917, covering Providence basketball, the “free agent” scene in hoops & northeastern recruiting.

• The injuries to the Friars backcourt
• The magic of Planek
• Rodney Bullock, the quiet leader
• Ed Cooley calling his team “soft”, but they have improved
• A schedule that means they need wins in the league
• How will the St. John’s matchup vs Providence go?

Also:

• on J’Raan Brooks and next year’s roster
• Who will the Red Storm look at in 2019?

Rumble in the Garden, Season 3, Episode 5 – right-click to download. Like it? Hate it? Comment or email us about it at [email protected] or on Facebook at Rumble in the Garden.

15 MB, 31 minutes

St. John’s is facing Arizona. Naturally, we have questions about not just the “New Leadership Model” but about Arizona State guard Tra Holder and forward Romello White, who are going to cause problems for St. John’s in Friday’s game in the Staples Center (Basketball Hall of Game Classic). So we reached out to Max from House of Sparky for more detail

Topics:

New leadership model, and that Arizona State press release
Jump to ranked 16 – powered by the front court
Hurley’s offseason player losses
Now only 8-9 deep, Romello White has been a post presence – not dominant in the post but a beast on the boards
Tra Holder & Shannon Evans, low turnover guards, share the ball in the backcourt
ASU’s defense, tho…
Worried about versatility vs St. John’s

Listener Questions!
– LoVett’ status
– Is St. John’s “on schedule”
– Out of conferebnce strength?
– How St. John’s should attack on Friday?
– Has Bashir’s game progressed?
– How many Big East games will St. John’s win?

Rumble in the Garden podcast, Season 3, Episode 4. Right-click to download. Like it? Hate it? Comment or email us about it at [email protected] or on twitter at @RumbleSBN.

35 Minutes  | 17 MB

St. John’s swings into Thanksgiving week 4-0, with a nationally-televised, bracketed tournament to showcase themselves in. It’s the kind of sessions like these where school reputations are made, and where players gain the confidence they will need through the grueling conference play.

We welcome Blogging the Bracket’s Chris Dobbertean to dish about the Advocare Invitational Field, and where it ranks against other tournaments. Spoiler: it’s not the tops of the tourney fields. Thanks, Nike.

• How does the Advocare Invitational rate as a tournament?
• The issue with facing the wrong teams in the Advocare Tourney?
• What’s the worst path, the best path?
• The dangers of facing the University of Central Florida – plus the potential of the rest of field.
• How has St. John’s looked?
• The decline of Twitter as a “sports bar”

Plus listener questions on the front court and recruiting.

Thank you for listening to the podcast.

Rumble in the Garden, Season 3, Episode 2 – right-click to download. Like it? Hate it? Comment or email us about it at [email protected] or on twitter at @RumbleSBN.

11 MB, 23 minutes