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How Rick Pitino turned Dylan Darling into a St. John’s closing force

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How Rick Pitino turned Dylan Darling into a St. John’s closing force
St. John's Red Storm guard Dylan Darling #0 puts up a shot as Butler Bulldogs guard Azavier Robinson #23 defends.
St. John’s Red Storm guard Dylan Darling #0 puts up a shot as Butler Bulldogs guard Azavier Robinson #23 defends. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post

“Let’s f–king go,” James Darling wrote to his son, Dylan, at the buzzer of Friday night’s rousing win over Connecticut. 

“C’mon,” Dylan responded in a text message, “did you really think I was going to miss that shot?” 

Consider this a snapshot into the confidence St. John’s point guard Dylan Darling is currently playing with

He expects to come through in clutch time, as he did in one of the biggest regular-season games the Johnnies have played this century. 

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