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Senior Day is always a bittersweet occasion, but it will mean so much more when St. John’s bids farewell to one of the program’s greatest players of the 21st century. Along with five other seniors, Zuby Ejiofor will play in his final regular-season home game this Tuesday night against Georgetown (7 p.m., Peacock). This won’t […]
In college basketball, three days are long enough to fall hard and then rise just as high. On February 25th, St. John’s was handily defeated by Connecticut in a 32-point laugher. Three days later, Villanova scored the first basket of the game, but then the Johnnies completely took over, and the Wildcats also fell to […]
Saturday night’s blowout of Villanova wasn’t enough to cancel out St. John’s’ putrid defeat to UConn during the week in the eyes of the AP poll voters. The Red Storm fell three spots to No. 18 in the final regular season AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll. They also fell two spots to No. 17 […]
Kevin Willard didn’t have to imagine what the inside of the St. John’s basketball practice facility looked like in the days following their embarrassing 72-40 loss to UConn. He’s lived it. As an assistant coach for ten years under Rick Pitino when he led the Boston Celtics and Louisville men’s basketball, Willard experienced plenty of […]
There was so much uncertainty about how St. John’s would respond to their unspeakably awful 72-40 loss to UConn in the lead-up to Saturday’s game against Villanova. By the end of the night, it appeared like the result was always inevitable. As he always seems to pull off following a terrible loss, Rick Pitino worked […]
Welcome to the thread for Saturday’s St. John’s men’s basketball matchup against Villanova. 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 […]
There is no sugar-coating it: St. John’s got their behinds kicked against UConn. The readers of this site are already well-aware of the grotesque details of Wednesday night’s 72-40 clubbing, and the inescapable tomato flinging from normally college basketball-agnostic sports media outlets for their efforts affirmed that, but what’s done is done and memories from […]
Wednesday night’s game had all of the trappings of a closely-contested battle of ranked heavyweights at the top of the Big East. No. 15 St. John’s was riding the high of a 13-game winning streak, while sixth-ranked UConn was looking for revenge after their defeat to the Johnnies three weeks ago. What instead transpired inside […]
Welcome to the thread for Wednesday’s St. John’s men’s basketball matchup against UConn. 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]