Before Saturday, the Johnnies had made five trips to the tournament finals, and all of them were memorable days and nights at Madison Square Garden.

The St. John’s men’s basketball program should be clearing off the dust that has settled on feelings like this, which have laid dormant for decades. After a 30-4 season, a first Big East regular season title in 40 years,

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