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Dunlap Working Hard in Lavin's Absence

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After speaking to a reporter outside the visiting locker room at Washington’s Verizon Center on Sunday afternoon, St. John’s assistant coach Mike Dunlap was told “congratulations.” His Red Storm had just lost to then-12th-ranked Georgetown, 71-61.

“No, no, that’s OK,” Dunlap said, after hearing a quick apology. “I hear that a lot.”

He ought to. Dunlap and the players (the ones still there) deserve some applause. They’re 10-15 overall and 4-9 in the Big East Conference as they cross the Hudson on Tuesday night to play Seton Hall.

For that, Dunlap – filling in for Steve Lavin as he spends his second...

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