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Locals turn up pressure on St. John’s basketball target Sean Durugordon

By Kevin Connelly

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 17: Shamorie Ponds #2 of the St. John's basketball team passes the ball against the Iona Gaels during the Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden on December 17, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Porter Binks/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 17: Shamorie Ponds #2 of the St. John's basketball team passes the ball against the Iona Gaels during the Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden on December 17, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Porter Binks/Getty Images) /
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Several local New York City programs are turning up the pressure on St. John’s basketball target Sean Durugordon.

The recruiting race for Sean Durugordon is heating up as the Queens, New York native recently picked up offers from Penn State, Georgia, VCU, Iona, and East Carolina.

Iona and Eastern Carolina just offered Durugordon within the last two days while the Putnam Science Academy (CT) star is expected to have a virtual meeting with Hofstra next week, already holding an offer from head coach Joe Mihalich.

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DePaul, Massachusetts, San Francisco, and South Florida, are some of the other schools that have offered the 6-foot-7 small forward while Connecticut, Rutgers, Clemson, Creighton, Old Dominion, Tulsa, Vermont, St. John’s, Texas Tech, Xavier, Temple, Missouri, Texas A&M, and Providence are new schools that have shown interest.

Rivals and Verbal Commits ranks Durugordon as a three-star recruit and despite not having a ranking in the 247 Sports Composite Rankings yet, the versatile wing continues to climb up the recruiting boards of many coaches across the country.

Assuming that Sean Durugordon does pick up an offer from St. John’s, it will mark the first time that Mike Anderson and new Iona head coach Rick Pitino go head-to-head for a New York City recruit, something that is so important to the recruiting philosophies of both programs.

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St. John’s currently does not have a commit in the Class of 2021 yet despite the persistent efforts from the coaching staff on the recruiting trail trying to find players that will fit into Mike Anderson’s system.

The Red Storm are coming off a 17-15 season (5-13 Big East) and will bring in a five-man recruiting class that is made up of two high school prospect, two junior college players, and one graduate transfer.

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Those five players combine to create the No. 77 recruiting class in the country and No. 6 in the Big East.

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