Rumble In The Garden

Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images The Red Storm look to advance to their first Big East Tournament championship game since 2000, which was also the last time they won the tournament After sprinting past Butler in a 79-58 rout on Thursday, St. John’s are playing on Friday night of the Big East Tournament for a second straight year, where they will face 5-seed Marquette days … [Read more...] about Big East Tournament game thread: St. John’s vs. Marquette men’s basketball

Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images The Hall of Fame head coach orchestrated one of the best turnarounds in college basketball in recent memory When Rick Pitino was hired by St. John’s in March 2023, he guaranteed that the moribund program would return to prosperity under his watch in his introductory press conference. Almost prophetically, he made good on his promise in his … [Read more...] about Rick Pitino wins Big East Coach of the Year after leading St. John’s to dream season

Robert Goddin-Imagn Images The Johnnies look to advance to Friday night of the Big East tournament for a second straight season For the first time in more than two decades, St. John’s are truly contenders to win the Big East conference’s flagship event. The Red Storm’s first of what they hope will be three games this week comes versus the Butler Bulldogs in the Big East … [Read more...] about Big East Tournament game thread: St. John’s vs. Butler men’s basketball

Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images The junior wing becomes the third Red Storm player to ever win the award, joining program legends Chris Mullin and Walter Berry After leading St. John’s in scoring in the midst of their first outright Big East regular season title in 40 years, RJ Luis was named the Big East’s Player of the Year by the conference’s coaches on Wednesday. Luis … [Read more...] about St. John’s men’s basketball standout RJ Luis Jr. named Big East Player of the Year

Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images Ejiofor’s scoring average jumped from 4.3 points to 14.1 points per game in his first season as a full-time starter Last season, Zuby Ejiofor came off the bench as the first reserve big to Joel Soriano, who was named the Big East’s Most Improved Player in 2022-23 in his first full season as a starting center for St. John’s. Fast forward to this … [Read more...] about St. John’s big man Zuby Ejiofor wins Big East Most Improved Player Award