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The Johnnies brought home a twelve-game win streak to Madison Square Garden for a rematch with the Creighton Blue Jays. Fans were cautiously optimistic as the Blue Jays had recently upended the Connecticut Huskies in Storrs. With several long-range bombers led by leading scorer, Josh Dix, the Red Storm would have to handle screens and […]
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After two consecutive weeks of standing put at No. 17, St. John’s finally enjoyed upward movement in the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll. The Red Storm jumped two spots to No. 15 in the latest poll released on Monday afternoon, overtaking Texas Tech and North Carolina after they suffered road losses to unranked teams […]
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Creighton’s road upset over fifth-ranked UConn caught the attention of the college basketball world. Although this year hasn’t gone to plan for a preseason top-25 team, that signature victory over the Huskies showed they can still beat the Big East’s best. The Red Storm weren’t letting that happen to them on Saturday afternoon. St. John’s […]
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Welcome to the thread for Saturday’s St. John’s men’s basketball matchup against Creighton. Please be respectful in the comment section and do not share any illegal streams of the game. You can follow updates of this game on Rumble in the Garden’s official X account (formerly Twitter) at @rumbleSBN or on Rumble in the Garden’s […]
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St. John’s was fortunate to enjoy a mostly healthy season for their major contributors up until this point. Besides an early-season calf injury to Dylan Darling that only sidelined him for one game, the Red Storm’s rotation has been at full strength. That availability has helped them carve out an ongoing 12-game winning streak. However, […]
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An ex-Red Storm coach’s days are numbered at his latest coaching stop. After an 11-17 start, San Diego announced they will part ways with head coach Steve Lavin at the end of this season. Lavin will still coach the team in their remaining three regular-season games, the WCC tournament, and any potential postseason. He had […]
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For a moment, it appeared that not one, but both of the Big East’s superpowers would be blindsided on Wednesday evening. Earlier that night, Creighton walked out of an incandescent Gampel Pavilion with a convincing 91-84 win over No. 5 UConn. Hundreds of miles away in Milwaukee, St. John’s was also placed on the brink […]
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Welcome to the thread for Wednesday’s St. John’s men’s basketball matchup against Marquette. Please be respectful in the comment section and do not share any illegal streams of the game. You can follow updates of this game on Rumble in the Garden’s official X account (formerly Twitter) at @rumbleSBN or on Rumble in the Garden’s […]
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It was another undefeated week for St. John’s, who built their winning streak to eleven games after victories over Xavier and Providence last week. Unfortunately for them, they did not move in the rankings for another week. The Red Storm were ranked No. 17 in the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll for a second […]
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The Big East Conference announced that Providence forward Duncan Powell will be suspended for his next three games for his actions in the fight that broke out during Saturday’s game between St. John’s and Providence. Powell’s punishment includes an automatic one-game suspension mandated by NCAA rules for fighting. Besides Powell, no other players involved in […]
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While Providence was spoiling for a fight, St. John’s was playing for a win. The sold-out Amica Mutual Pavilion crowd fans were expectedly belligerent against Bryce Hopkins as he made his return to Rhode Island. Somehow, that hostility from the stands bled into the action on the floor and created an unforgettable scene in Saturday […]
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There will be no love lost when Bryce Hopkins makes his long-awaited return to Providence on Valentine’s Day. While St. John’s is looking to get out of Amica Mutual Pavilion with a victory on Saturday and extend their winning streak to eleven, the Friars and their fans would want nothing more than to complete the […]
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After its win over third-ranked Connecticut last Friday, expectations for the Red Storm were rising. However, the coaches and players were careful to focus on “One game at a time”. Fans were talking about Tre Carroll of Xavier, who torched the Johnnies for 31 points in the first meeting in January. Who would draw the […]
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The Red Storm just lost their only high school commitment in the 2026 recruiting class. Four-star guard Adam Oumiddoch announced Tuesday night that he is de-committing from St. John’s and re-opening his recruitment. “This wasn’t an easy decision, and it comes with a great deal of respect for the St. John’s program,” Oumiddoch said in […]
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Seventy-two hours removed from all-out jubilation breaking out in Madison Square Garden, that energy was replaced by restlessness at the World’s Most Famous Arena. St. John’s was at serious risk of spoiling the immaculate vibes produced from dispatching their biggest rival, UConn. Despite an inability to string together baskets, contain Xavier defensively, or execute late […]
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After dispatching then-No. 3 UConn on Friday night, St. John’s moved up five spots to No. 17 in this week’s AP Top 25 poll. The Red Storm also improved to No. 17 in the latest USA Today Coaches’ Poll. This is the ninth week St. John’s has appeared in the AP top 25 this season, […]
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Welcome to the thread for Monday’s St. John’s men’s basketball matchup against Xavier. Please be respectful in the comment section and do not share any illegal streams of the game. You can follow updates of Monday’sgame on Rumble in the Garden’s official X account (formerly Twitter) at @rumbleSBN or on Rumble in the Garden’s new […]
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There was plenty of buzz during the pregame regarding expectations before the matchup between the two best teams in the Big East. UConn faithful shared their belief that the performance of Tarris Reed and Silas Demary, a transfer from Georgia, was key to their ability to defeat St. John’s. They also pointed out with some […]
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It was a heavyweight matchup of embittered rivals that lived up to its main event billing. The best two teams in the Big East traded blows for forty minutes inside of a supercharged Madison Square Garden on Friday night. Once the final buzzer sounded, St. John’s delivered the knockout punch against third-ranked UConn for their […]
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If you were living under a rock and needed some reason to get excited for Friday’s game between St. John’s and UConn, here’s a simple gist: The first matchup of the season between the two best teams in the Big East, who are both ranked, each led by National Championship-winning head coaches who don’t do […]
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Ahead of Tuesday’s game against DePaul, CBS Sports analyst Jon Rothstein spoke with Rick Pitino on his “Inside College Basketball Now” show to discuss multiple topics like his 900th win, St. John’s’ heavyweight matchup with UConn this Friday, and the Red Storm bouncing back from their disappointing start. However, Pitino and Rothstein also talked about […]
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While Red Storm fans likely had wandering eyes for Friday’s highly anticipated duel with No. 3 UConn, St. John’s needed to handle business and avoid a calamitous defeat on the road against DePaul. The Red Storm did not let a rocky first half against the Blue Demons snowball into a possible trap game scare, pulling […]
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Welcome to the thread for Tuesday’s St. John’s men’s basketball matchup against DePaul. Please be respectful in the comment section and do not share any illegal streams of tonight’s game. You can follow updates of Tuesday’s game on Rumble in the Garden’s official X account (formerly Twitter) at @rumbleSBN or on Rumble in the Garden’s […]
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The Red Storm continue their climb back up the polls. St. John’s jumped three spots to No. 22 in the latest AP top 25 men’s basketball poll released on Monday afternoon, overtaking mid-major darling Miami (OH), Louisville, and Alabama, the latter of whom fell out of the rankings altogether. The Johnnies were also ranked No. […]
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It is no coincidence that the fortunes of this St. John’s season changed when Dillon Mitchell was promoted back into the starting lineup. Before Mitchell was promoted in the rotation, St. John’s was standing at a 9-5 record and in danger of falling off the tournament bubble after a disastrous defeat to now-last-place Providence. Once […]
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