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The Monster of Madison Square Garden waits in ambush now for the Butler Bulldogs. 

The World’s Most Famous Arena becomes The World’s Most Deafening Arena when an enraptured fan base wraps its beloved Johnnies in a warm embrace out of yesteryear that Chris Mullin would fondly remember and you wish Lou Carnesecca could have lived long enough to witness. 

Rick Pitino has awakened a dormant giant and No. 1 seed St. John’s, Goliath Again, ranked sixth in the nation, will be gifted a wondrous home-away-from-home advantage of roaring supporters who for too long have waited for a college basketball team whose players they could champion as princes of the city. 

The Bulldogs (14-18) earned the right to try to weather this howling Red Storm at noon Thursday with a 75-69 win over 8 seed Providence on Wednesday afternoon.