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Rick Pitino gave a fiery motivational speech to get his team going against Providence

St. John’s struggled in the first half against Providence earlier this season.

The Red Storm went into the halftime locker room trailing 42-29. Rick Pitino entered the room and gave a fiery motivational speech that propelled his players to come back and get a hard fought 72-70 win.

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Pitino has St. John’s sitting on top of the Big East Conference with a 22-4 record this season. The Red Storm are in line to earn a top four seed in the NCAA Tournament.

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