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On top of that, Pitino revealed some more unfortunate news on the Smith injury front, per Adam Zagoria. Pitino said Smith "hasn't practiced in five days" and remained uncertain about his status for the Big East Tournament.

Saturday’s regular-season finale at Marquette provided a few reasons why Rick Pitino and St. John’s could momentarily take their foot off the gas. Their first Big East regular-season title in 40 years was wrapped up the previous weekend and some key players like RJ Luis and Kadary Richmond are still trying to get on