The hiring of Rick Pitino has put St. John’s basketball back in the headlines. The last time they had sustained success was under Mike Jarvis. In this episode, we explore Jarvis' rollercoaster tenure, filled with extreme highs and dramatic lows. Jarvis restored winning to Queens from '98-'02 with rugged teams featuring NBA star Ron Artest, and college standouts Erick Barkley and Lavar Postell. Those teams won the Big East Tournament and went to the Elite 8, but also brawled with one another. Jarvis discusses how the NCAA began hounding the program and the critics grew louder. He talks about ways he would have handled things differently, and how he wishes he would've challenged the wins that were vacated. This is the story of the awful behavior Patrick Ewing witnessed from fans in high school to the insane in-fighting of the Big East title.

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