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Evan & Tiki

Hour 2: Pitino’s Costly Call, Knicks Concerns & Mets Reactions

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

A loaded hour of New York sports starts with a deep dive into St. John’s heartbreaking loss to Duke and the coaching decision that still doesn’t sit right. The focus turns to Rick Pitino’s choice to bench a red hot player at a crucial moment, sparking a bigger conversation about trusting rotations versus riding the hot hand when everything is on the line. From there, the discussion shifts to the Knicks and whether their recent play signals a lack of urgency heading toward the postseason, along with what their ideal playoff path should be. The hour also touches on early season Mets storylines, including lineup questions, player usage, and the overreactions that always come with the first few games of the year.

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0:00.0

We helicopter our way into St. John's basketball.

0:03.1

I'm not sitting there watching every game.

0:05.1

But as I'm watching this game, I think most of us had the same thought with about, I guess it was about nine minutes to go.

0:12.2

And that is, why is Rick Petino taking out Bizarro Brooke Lopez, also known as Reuben Prey?

0:20.1

And I mean, all I can think about was Brooke Lopez as I was watching him.

0:23.6

Well, Robin Lopez, I guess.

0:25.6

Definitely Robin.

0:26.6

I was thinking of Brooke because I see the face.

0:28.6

And Brooks had hair changes over the years.

0:30.6

But this kid Ruben Prey was unbelievable.

0:33.6

He's blocking shots.

0:34.6

He's making threes.

0:36.6

He's the X factor. And Rick Petino, who has forgotten more basketball than I will ever know, takes him out of the game. And I'm thinking of myself as I'm glued to this, he'll come back in. Give him a blow. Rubin needs a break. We never see him again. And if that's not bad enough, I'm a big let me watch the post game press conference guy.

0:59.2

I watch Aaron Boone every day, good to see him back.

1:01.8

I watch Carlos Mendoza every day.

1:04.4

Good to see him back.

1:05.7

And so I watched Rick Petino.

1:07.3

And while Rick Petino needed to take a minute or two to make clear that he doesn't like that the losing team goes after the winning team when it comes to meeting the media, no one asked him about Ruben Prey.

1:19.6

Yeah.

1:20.6

Not one person.

1:21.6

And I partially blame the questions, but I also blame the fact that they didn't give the media, like, unlimited time with Rick.

1:29.2

So sometimes, you know, you're just, the clock runs out. You're asking about a variety of other things. But I still don't know the answer. I still don't know why Bizarro Brooke Lopez was taken out of this game. He was playing incredibly well. He was an ex-factor. He was, but in order for Rick Petino to have left him in, he's now

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