No. 12 St. John’s passes 1st test of big week with victory over No. 11 Marquette
1 month, 3 weeks ago

No. 12 St. John’s passes 1st test of big week with victory over No. 11 Marquette

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! NEW YORK — It’s been a long time since St. John’s enjoyed this much success, and energized fans are starting to feel it. St. John’s has won nine straight regular-season Big East games for the first time since 1984-85, when the program reached the Final Four under Hall of Fame coach Lou Carnesecca. And the guys are hungry and we’re going to go after it.” Zuby Ejiofor had 13 points and 13 rebounds to help St. John’s improve to 15-0 at home before a roaring crowd of 16,521 that included New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone, former Mets closer John Franco and ex-Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz. “Seeing St. John’s come back is so much fun,” said the 72-year-old Pitino, who is in his second season at St. John’s.

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Rick Pitino takes St. John's to first Big East title in 25 years before a violent, celebrity packed Madison Square Garden
1 week, 4 days ago

Rick Pitino takes St. John's to first Big East title in 25 years before a violent, celebrity packed Madison Square Garden

Daily Mail  

'Loveable Looie' Carnesecca was a native of Spanish Harlem. For the fourth time in school history, the St. John's Red Storm have won the Big East Championship. Rick Pitino smiles after his St. John's Red Storm team won the 2025 Big East Tournament It's the fourth Big East Tournament win for the Johnnies - their first in 25 long years …

No. 6 St. John’s preps for March Madness with Pitino’s ‘favorite win of the season by far’
2 weeks, 4 days ago

No. 6 St. John’s preps for March Madness with Pitino’s ‘favorite win of the season by far’

Associated Press  

MILWAUKEE — St. John’s coach Rick Pitino wanted his Red Storm to close the regular season with the kind of challenge they could expect to face in the NCAA Tournament. You prepare for it at the Big East Tournament.” This victory gives St. John’s at least a chance of entering the postseason with its first top-five ranking in the AP …

No. 7 St. John’s clinches first Big East regular-season title in 40 years and eyes more celebrations
3 weeks, 4 days ago

No. 7 St. John’s clinches first Big East regular-season title in 40 years and eyes more celebrations

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 7 Red Storm clinched the program’s first outright Big East regular-season title since 1985 and posed for pictures on the court while confetti fell from the ceiling at Madison Square Garden in front of a sellout crowd. Toward the end of the celebration following a …

No. 7 St. John’s tops Butler 76-70 to clinch share of 1st Big East regular-season title in 33 years
1 month ago

No. 7 St. John’s tops Butler 76-70 to clinch share of 1st Big East regular-season title in 33 years

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 7 St. John’s clinched a share of its first Big East regular-season title in 33 years by beating Butler 76-70 on Wednesday night. Kadary Richmond had 13 points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals for the Red Storm, who set a school record for …

No. 10 St. John’s blows out UConn 89-75 for regular-season sweep
1 month ago

No. 10 St. John’s blows out UConn 89-75 for regular-season sweep

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 10 St. John’s routed UConn 89-75 on Sunday to complete its first regular-season sweep of the Huskies in 25 years. First-place St. John’s needs one more victory or a Creighton loss to clinch a share of its first regular-season conference championship since 1992. Takeaways UConn: …

With buzz building during banner season, No. 9 St. John’s moves regular-season home finale to MSG
1 month, 2 weeks ago

With buzz building during banner season, No. 9 St. John’s moves regular-season home finale to MSG

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! NEW YORK — Ninth-ranked St. John’s has moved its final home game of the regular season from cozy Carnesecca Arena to Madison Square Garden. St. John’s said the decision was made to accommodate more Red Storm fans “due to increased demand.” Carnesecca Arena holds 5,602, …

No. 12 St. John’s keeps rolling with 70-64 win over No. 11 Marquette in Big East showdown
1 month, 3 weeks ago

No. 12 St. John’s keeps rolling with 70-64 win over No. 11 Marquette in Big East showdown

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Zuby Ejiofor had 13 points and 13 rebounds to help St. John’s improve to 15-0 at home before a roaring Madison Square Garden crowd of 16,521 that included New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone. With its highest ranking in 25 years, St. John’s is off …

St. John’s visits Marquette following Vice’s 20-point game
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

St. John’s visits Marquette following Vice’s 20-point game

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! St. John’s Red Storm at Marquette Golden Eagles Milwaukee; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Marquette hosts St. John’s after Halley Vice scored 20 points in Marquette’s 65-53 loss to the Villanova Wildcats. St. John’s is sixth in the Big East scoring 27.4 points per …

No. 11 Marquette takes on No. 12 St. John’s after Jones’ 22-point performance
1 month, 3 weeks ago

No. 11 Marquette takes on No. 12 St. John’s after Jones’ 22-point performance

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! St. John’s average of 6.0 made 3-pointers per game is 1.1 fewer made shots on average than the 7.1 per game Marquette gives up. Marquette averages 9.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.0 more made shots on average than the 7.5 per game St. …

Richmond scores 24 and hits winning jumper as No. 15 St. John’s holds off Providence 68-66
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Richmond scores 24 and hits winning jumper as No. 15 St. John’s holds off Providence 68-66

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 15 St. John’s held off Providence 68-66 on Saturday after blowing a 19-point lead in the final nine minutes. St. John’s: Point guard Deivon Smith looked rusty at times after missing three of the previous four games with a right shoulder injury. Key stat Providence’s …

Rick Pitino-coached St. John’s completes the program’s first unbeaten January since 1985
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Rick Pitino-coached St. John’s completes the program’s first unbeaten January since 1985

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! “And he’s 35.” Even if he was 35 and not 23, Richmond still would not have been born the last time St. John’s got through January without a loss. This team is getting better and better.” St. John’s has won three of the past four …

No. 15 St. John’s builds a huge early lead and beats Georgetown 66-41 for its 7th straight win
1 month, 3 weeks ago

No. 15 St. John’s builds a huge early lead and beats Georgetown 66-41 for its 7th straight win

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! St. John’s is off to its best start since opening the 1985-86 season 20-2 during the program’s heyday under Hall of Fame coach Lou Carnesecca. It was the fewest points allowed by St. John’s in a Big East game and its stingiest defensive performance overall …

No. 20 St. John’s atop Big East and looking to end drought in 2nd season under Pitino
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2 months ago

No. 20 St. John’s atop Big East and looking to end drought in 2nd season under Pitino

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Riding the program’s best start in 39 years, the 20th-ranked Red Storm regained sole possession of first place in the Big East standings by rallying past Xavier 79-71 in overtime Wednesday night. “We’re bringing St. John’s back to where it needs to be,” Pitino said. …

No. 20 St. John’s rallies past Xavier 79-71 in overtime behind Ejiofor and Richmond
2 months ago

No. 20 St. John’s rallies past Xavier 79-71 in overtime behind Ejiofor and Richmond

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 20 St. John’s erased a 16-point deficit in the second half to rally past Xavier 79-71 on Wednesday night. Returning to the AP Top 25 this week with its highest ranking in a decade, St. John’s moved back into first place in the conference standings, …

Lou Carnesecca, Legendary St. John's Basketball Coach, Dead At 99
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Lou Carnesecca, Legendary St. John's Basketball Coach, Dead At 99

Huff Post  

FILE - St. John's coach Lou Carnesecca is carried by his team after the Redman beat Boston College in the Big East Championship at New York's Madison Square Garden, on March 12, 1983. via Associated Press NEW YORK — Lou Carnesecca, the excitable St. John’s coach whose outlandish sweaters became an emblem of his team’s rousing Final Four run in …

Lou Carnesecca, Hall of Fame coach who led St. John’s for 24 seasons, has died at 99
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Lou Carnesecca, Hall of Fame coach who led St. John’s for 24 seasons, has died at 99

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! St. John’s said Carnesecca “endeared himself to generations of New Yorkers with his wit and warmth.” Carnesecca was a treasured figure in New York sports in his day, affection for “Looie” never wavering in a city with little patience for its players, coaches, executives and …

Lou Carnesecca, Hall of Fame coach who led St. John’s for 24 seasons, has died at 99
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Lou Carnesecca, Hall of Fame coach who led St. John’s for 24 seasons, has died at 99

LA Times  

St. John’s coach Lou Carnesecca celebrates with his players after they beat Boston College in the Big East Championship in March 1983. St. John’s said Carnesecca “endeared himself to generations of New Yorkers with his wit and warmth.” Lou Carnesecca, the excitable St. John’s coach whose outlandish sweaters became an emblem of his team’s dazzling Final Four run in 1985, …

St. John's Basketball: A Rising Force on the NCAA Stage
5 months ago

St. John's Basketball: A Rising Force on the NCAA Stage

Associated Press  

St. John's basketball team, led by Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino, looks to end its NCAA Tournament drought in its second season under Pitino. The Red Storm compiled its most conference wins since 2011 and reached the Big East semifinals for the first time in 24 years. Graduate transfer Kadary Richmond, a first-team All-Big East pick, joins a promising …

St. John’s announces that Mike Cragg is out as athletic director in mutual parting
9 months, 1 week ago

St. John’s announces that Mike Cragg is out as athletic director in mutual parting

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Mike Cragg is out as St. John’s athletic director in what the school described Monday as a mutual parting. “It has been an honor to lead the athletic department at St. John’s University,” Cragg said in a statement released by the school. Together, we have achieved great things, and I will forever cherish our shared journey.” St. …

Pitino wears all white, St. John’s shreds No. 15 Creighton 80-66 for best win under new coach
1 year, 1 month ago

Pitino wears all white, St. John’s shreds No. 15 Creighton 80-66 for best win under new coach

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Dressed in white from head to toe, Rick Pitino and his St. John’s players handed No. Daniss Jenkins scored a season-high 27 points and St. John’s shredded the Bluejays 80-66 on Sunday for its best win yet under the Hall of Fame coach. “I think we learned a lot tonight, what great basketball looks like,” said Pitino, …

No. 17 Marquette visits St. John’s following Jones’ 22-point game
1 year, 2 months ago

No. 17 Marquette visits St. John’s following Jones’ 22-point game

Associated Press  

Marquette Golden Eagles at St. John’s Red Storm New York; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 17 Marquette visits the St. John’s Red Storm after Kam Jones scored 22 points in Marquette’s 87-74 win against the Villanova Wildcats. St. John’s ranks fifth in the Big East with 15.4 assists per game led by Daniss Jenkins averaging 5.9. LAST 10 …

Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino accepts job at St. John’s
2 years ago

Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino accepts job at St. John’s

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Rick Pitino is back in the Big East Conference. Reports quickly surfaced that St. John’s planned to target Pitino, who grew up on Long Island not far from the school’s Queens campus in New York City. Pitino has been coaching college basketball so long that he was on the opposing bench with Big East rival Providence when …

St. John’s tops Nova, first win over No. 1 team since ’85
7 years, 1 month ago

St. John’s tops Nova, first win over No. 1 team since ’85

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — St. John’s watched a desperation heave clang off the rim and players broke into wide smiles and raised their arms in triumph. St. John’s turned the ball over off the inbounds play and Brunson, who led the Wildcats with 28 points, made the Red Storm pay on a crashing layup that sent him to the line. In a …

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