Eye on the Storm
A podcast dedicated to all things St. John's Basketball. From interviews with former great players and coaches, to shining a light on current Johnnies and recruits. The mission of this podcast is to bring you the most up to date and accurate St. John's Red Storm basketball news possible. With some help from my friends, those in the media and in the know, this is your one stop shop for St. John's basketball info. Hosted by David Berov.
Episodes
118 episodes
Episode 118: St. John's Pummels Fordham In Season Opener
St. John's kicked off their season playing the Fordham Rams for the 91st time in program history, and they left no doubt. A dominating 92-60 win, that allowed Rick Pitino to empty the bench and showcased a ferocious offense. In front of a Sold ...
•
44:47
Episode 117: Your Big East Primer With John Fanta
John Fanta returns for his third appearance on The Eye on the Storm Podcast as we get ready for another College Basketball Season in the best conference in the sport, The Big East.No over covers the conference better than the Mayor, Joh...
•
32:16
Episode 116: Season Preview With Red Storm Rapid Reaction
Always fun to bring friends on board, so we open the mics and add two more! Our friends Patrick Kane and Cole Latshaw from The Red Storm Rapid Reaction Podcast join to preview the season ahead. We talk about all the hot topics of the off-season...
•
1:13:33
Episode 115: Ed Kull, Vice President & Director of Athletics
He's the 8th Director of Athletics in St. John's history, someone with deep roots at St. John's and Queens. He joins the Eye on the Storm Podcast to discuss his new job, the responsibilities, the business, fundraising, NIL, and what's ahead. Pl...
•
1:01:22
Episode 114: The Red White Scrimmage at MSG
On October 7th, the Johnnies headed to their home away from home, Madison Square Garden to get familiarized with The Mecca. In a Red vs White scrimmage in front of NIL Donors and some media, we got our first glimpse at Rick Pitino's year two sq...
•
36:10
Episode 113: Ed Kull Hired + The Full Schedule is Here
Ed Kull was introduced as a the new Athletic Director at a press conference on Tuesday, September 17, Dave shares his thoughts from the day. Frank is back on the pod as talk about the hire, what it means for the future of St. John's and why the...
•
48:24
Episode 112: Red Storm Ramblings
The team is all here, practice is underway so why not drop a few thoughts about the upcoming season to get you through the rest of the summer. Excited to be back on the mic as a new St. John's season approaches.Few announcements about u...
•
26:36
Episode 111: Summer Musings With Zach Braziller and Roger Rubin
Getting through the dog days of summer without college basketball is never easy. Thankfully, the college basketball carousel rarely slows down. St. John's has begun summer work outs and practices and we're under 120 days till the season starts....
•
49:06
Episode 110: Ron Linfonte Part 3
It's the finale of our three-part series with Ron Linfonte. For 40 years he was on the sidelines of St. John's basketball and he now joins us to put a bow on his career. The Norm Roberts years, DJ Kennedy's injury in the Big East Tournament, St...
•
36:40
Episode 109: Ron Linfonte Part 2
Ron Linfonte returns for part 2 of our sit down as we continue through his amazing tenure at St. John's. From Malik Sealy and the 1991 Elite Eight team to Fran Fraschilla, Mike Jarvis, Ron weaves us through the next decade and a half of St. Joh...
•
57:42
Episode 108: Ron Linfonte Part 1
There simply aren't many people walking this earth that have experienced more St. John's greatness than Ron Linfonte. He's seen the glory days, from Looie to Mullin to Action Jackson and Walter the Truth Berry. If they suited up for St. John's ...
•
1:18:54
Episode 107: Kadary Richmond and Deivon Smith Commit to St. John's
St. John's needed to hit two home runs after their first few additions, and on Monday and Tuesday this week they hit back to back dingers. Deivon Smith, one of the best guards in the portal, a lightning fast play maker from Utah committed to Ri...
•
42:24
Episode 106: Major Announcement From Storm Marketing
Taking a little break for the wild world of the off-season, I'm joined today by friends of the podcast Vin Ochani and Justin Kramer, two of the four members of Storm Marketing. We discuss the last year of NIL changes, how St. John's and Rick Pi...
•
27:52
Episode 105: St. John's Add Vince Iwuchukwu and Aaron Scott
St. John's has landed their first two additions of the transfer portal season. A big man, 7'1 Vince Iwuchukwu from USC and a versatile wing in 6'7 Aaron Scott. The two additions are highly skilled defensively, long, and can play uptempo the way...
•
49:02
Episode 104: Coachcast With Bob Walsh Part 6
St. John's Assistant Coach Bob Walsh joins the podcast for the sixth time as the college basketball season has come and gone. We discuss his first year in Queens, his thoughts on St. John's being left out of the NCAA Tournament, how they will a...
•
48:27
Episode 103: Season Wrap Up With Mike Cragg
St. John's Director of Athletics Mike Cragg returns to the Eye on the Storm podcast to look back on the first year of Rick Pitino in Queens. We discuss the ups and downs of the season, the unfortunate abrupt end, Selection Sunday, all the proje...
•
59:35
Episode 102: St. John's Snubbed With Bracketologist Brad Wachtel
St. John's did everything in their control from February 18th on, they won five games in a row, knocked off Seton Hall on Thursday of the Big East Tournament and went toe to toe again with UConn falling by just 5. 20 wins overall and 11 in the ...
•
1:03:56
Episode 101: St. John's Advances to Friday Night of Big East Tournament
It's been 24 years but St. John's knocked off the 4 seed Seton Hall Pirates on Thursday afternoon at MSG to advance to Friday night of the Big East Tournament. It was a 19 point drubbing, a balanced effort that powered St. John's. They turned S...
•
25:31
Episode 100: Dwight Hardy
His senior year was memorable moment after memorable moment, shots that went in that will be remembered by St. John's fans for life. The shifty guard with a killer instinct was molded by streetball in the Bronx and made sure he delivered when t...
•
44:01
Episode 99: Coachcast With Bob Walsh Part 5
In a blink of an eye, or more specifically four games, the St. John's season went from dead to back on life support to very much alive. St. John's is playing the best basketball of their season at just the right time. So we'll sit down with Ass...
•
39:36
Episode 98: St. John's Bullies Butler in a Blowout
St. John's made sure to carry that positive momentum from the Creighton win on the road to Indianapolis as they destroyed Butler 82-59. SJU swept the season series with the Bulldogs for just the third time in program history and is peaking at t...
•
41:09
Episode 97: St. John's Get Signature Win, Knock off #15 Blue Jays
When St. John's needed their best game of the season, they got it. Behind 27 points from Daniss Jenkins and 18 points from Jordan Dingle, the Red Storm took down #15 Creighton inside Madison Square Garden. It was a complete game, o...
•
54:50
Episode 96: St. John's Beats Georgetown + Repole "All In"
St. John's is back in the win column, albeit an ugly return, a return none the less. Johnnies stop their losing streak with a 90-85 win over Georgetown on the road as they avoided a second half collapse but came very close to it.The cap...
•
52:06
Episode 95: The Meltdown
St. John's had a 19 point lead over Seton Hall in the first half, they had a half time lead against an opponent again, and wouldn't you know it they crumbled in the 2nd half again. Boos came down from the crowd as St. John's continued to displa...
•
54:40
Episode 94: St. John's Loses Again, Same Song and Dance
Stop me if you heard this one before, St. John's blew a second half lead again. A big opportunity presented itself in the form of a quad 1 road opportunity. St. John's took a lead into halftime, and when the game restarted St. John's, as they h...
•
19:08