Why Zuby Ejiofor wasn’t leaving what he helped build at St. John’s ‘for any reason’

For weeks, Andy Philachack’s phone kept on ringing.

Agents, coaches and intermediaries were reaching out, trying to entice Zuby Ejiofor’s father with promises of big pay days for his son.

But that didn’t interest Ejiofor or Philachack.

Ejiofor had developed into a star at St. John’s under Rick Pitino, and Philachack didn’t want him to go anywhere else.