Rick Pitino tweaked his starting lineup once.

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Then tore it up a second time.

Knowing that St. John’s needed an extra ball handler to pair with Oziyah Sellers against William & Mary’s full-court pressure, Pitino planned to start Lefteris “Lefty” Liotopoulos until he saw how practice turned out.

“When we put in their full-court press, we were turning the ball over constantly,” Pitino said. “The [backups] were destroying the starters, simulating their pressure. I walked upstairs and told the staff, ‘It’s not going to work.’ ”

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