Creighton’s Greg McDermott says ‘St. John’s being relevant has done wonders for our conference’

By JAMES MADDEN

St. John’s picked up its second consecutive win on Saturday, defeating Creighton 90-73 on the road in Omaha. The Red Storm, who have struggled at times this season with guard play, have now won back-to-back road games in Big East play, improving to 11-5.

Following the meeting between the teams, St. John’s head coach Rick Pitino and Creighton head coach Greg McDermott exchanged compliments about each other’s long and successful careers.

Pitino talked about McDermott and Creighton postgame...