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Deivon Smith remains a question mark to play in Thursday\u2019s Big East Tournament opener against Butler.<\/p>\n
Sixth-ranked St. John\u2019s senior point guard has practiced the last two days after missing Saturday\u2019s victory at No. 25 Marquette.<\/p>\n
After suffering a bruised right shoulder on Jan. 11 against Villanova, Smith has missed five games and been limited in several others.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Since] he came back from the Villanova game, he was never the same Deivon. He was always worried about getting hit again,\u201d coach Rick Pitino said Wednesday. \u201cMore than anything else, he has to get over the mental part of getting hit again, because you\u2019re going to get hit if you\u2019re a point guard. You have to get over screens, you have to handle picks-and-rolls.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce he gets over the mental aspect of that, he\u2019ll be fine and he\u2019ll be the great player he was in the first half of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pitino said the speedy Smith, one of St. John\u2019s top 3-point shooters and the key to its transition game, has looked \u201crusty\u201d in practice this week. <\/p>\n
He didn\u2019t practice at all last week, which Smith attributed to wanting to make sure he would be available for the postseason after he was hit hard in the shoulder in a win over Seton Hall on March 1.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just don\u2019t want to miss any more games, period,\u201d Smith told The Post on Monday. \u201cWe\u2019re going to do what\u2019s smart at the end of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Pitinos made history by winning Coach of the Year in their respective conferences. <\/p>\n
Richard Pitino was named the Mountain West Coach of the Year after guiding New Mexico to a regular-season title. <\/p>\n
Rick won it with St. John\u2019s in the Big East. <\/p>\n
No father\/son tandem had ever won Coach of the Year honors in the same year.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m pleased, don\u2019t get me wrong [with my award], but I\u2019m more pleased that my son won and the players got their awards. My son did one of the phenomenal jobs in the country with what he lost,\u201d Rick said. \u201cI really thought he was going to struggle \u2014 I never told him that \u2014 because he lost two senior backcourt players and JT Toppin, who is one of the best players in the Big 12. I never thought I would see this.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s awesome. The Pitino family is on a great run. My two sons, Ryan and Michael, just were down in Indian Creek, this famous golf course down in Florida. I\u2019m really proud of them, they finished last and second-to-last in the tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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