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Shamorie Ponds to play in DC all-star game this week

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12 of the Washington metropolitan area’s top basketball seniors will take on a talented contingent of players from around the country in the Capital Classic.... this year’s installment of the legendary high school showcase [will] take place at 8 p.m. on April 28 at Catholic University’s DuFour Center.

New commit Marvin Clark has the language down and everything.

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#RespectMadisonSquareGarden

Richard Freudenberg signs with St. John's

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It's the first day a player can sign with as team in the Spring period, and Richard Freudenberg is doing so in a green setting with multicolored... stress balls?... on the table. Welcome to the 6'8" shooter with a wealth of potential... who turns 18 at the end of August.

Looks like we may not meet our Maker...

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"Nineteen-year-old basketball recruit Thon Maker will attempt to enter the 2016 NBA draft, he announced in a video for Bleacher Report. The NBA will now determine his eligibility."

Watch SJU recruit Bashir Ahmed in JUCO MBB Championship

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Bashir Ahmed, a top JUCO wing from the Bronx who will be coming to St. John's next season, in action against Moberly Area Community College - LIVE.

In case you were wondering about the hot negative rumor...

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Matt Abdelmassih is on Twitter answering questions. All of them. He was asked about a rumor about him and Barry Rohrssen having some kind of beef.

meanwhile in Chicago

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Ladies and gentlemen, Johnnies of all ages, your 2016 Big East women's basketball tournament champions!

The Wild Ride Of Slice Rohrssen, College Basketball's Great Persuader

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From nightclub managing days, to actor friendships (and career) and how he got back into coaching, a profile of Barry Rohrssen.

For example:

While the Club Kids were still a few years away from invading Peter Gatien's Limelight, the converted church was still the place to party in the mid-1980s. Rohrssen was a perfect fit. "Because of my hard work and background, I ended up managing Limelight," says Rohrssen. "It fit at the time, but it wasn't something that I wished to settle into. I know that, and I understood it while I was living it."

But his gig made for an undeniably nice perk when his coaching friends came through town to recruit various NYC-area high schools. Limelight became the go-to nighttime destination for Calipari, Bayno, and Fran Fraschilla, among other coaches, who wanted to kick back after spending all day journeying to high school games at Tolentine in the Bronx or Archbishop Molloy in Queens.

The Wild Ride Of Slice Rohrssen, College Basketball's Great Persuader | VICE Sports

Happy Leap Day with a Felix Balamou slam

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Felix Balamou's slam from the Seton Hall game.

Felix Balamou gets the slam and the foul! #SCTop10 #TheOne #SJUBB https://t.co/4dFlesnq0W

— St. John's Red Storm (@StJohnsRedStorm) February 21, 2016