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Could St John’s basketball and Arkansas square off in the same pod? If they do, the Red Storm head coach, Rick Pitino, isn’t concerned about facing John Calipari. After St John’s basketball won the Big East title, they are hoping to continue their success. Even with the caliber of head coaches, Pitino is less than […]

The week of March Madness is here and we are under 72 hours away from the festivities getting underway. The biggest stars in college basketball will be going at it all over the nation as they try to become the next NCAA Tournament hero. Some of those stars will waste no time going at each […]

St. John’s basketball is one of the hottest teams in the country this season under Rick Pitino. The Johnnies are storming into the NCAA Tournament as a No. 2 seed after winning the Big East regular season title and cruising through the Big East Tournament on their way to the title. Before the Red Storm […]

St. John’s basketball has galvanized New York ahead of its March Madness appearance. The Red Storm clinched their first outright Big East title in 25 years. Rick Pitino and his crew will be carrying Queens and the entire Empire State on their back for the 2025 NCAA Tournament. St. John’s enters comfortably as the No. […]

The Rick Pitino effect at St. John’s is REAL. And for the first time since 2000, the Johnnies are Big East Tournament Champions. Almost two years to the day since he held his introductory press conference at Madison Square Garden as the 22nd head coach in St. John’s program history, Pitino has the Johnnies back […]

St. John’s basketball sits alone at the top of the Big East after knocking off Creighton Saturday. But the Red Storm and head coach Rick Pitino didn’t just end a long conference title drought. St. John’s watched RJ Luis shatter a record once held by Red Storm legend Chris Mullin. Luis dropped 27 points on […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Creighton-St John’s prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Creighton-St John’s. The Creighton Bluejays are trying to overcome the past and the present in this Big East Tournament final against St John’s. Creighton is back in the Big East final, but the Bluejays […]

Head coach Rick Pitino has St. John’s basketball peaking at the right time, and it all starts with the leader. Zuby Ejiofor is one of the main reasons behind the success of the Red Storm. Not just throughout the regular season, in which the team went 27-4, but as St. John’s look to be the […]

The story of the Big East this season has been the job Rick Pitino has done with St. John’s basketball. The Johnnies have been the best team in the Big East all season long, comfortably securing the regular season title and working their way into the top 10 of the AP poll. Now, Pitino and […]

St. John’s basketball head coach Rick Pitino was full of jokes in the postgame of his team’s win over Butler. The No. 6 Red Storm advanced to the semifinals of the Big East Tournament with their 78-57 victory. To this point, the program is having its best season since the legendary Lou Carnesecca was roaming […]

The top seed in the Big East Conference Tournament hits the court as St. John’s faces Butler. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Butler-St. John’s prediction and pick. Butler was 14-18 in the regular season, and 6-14 in conference play, which gave them the nine-seed in the Big East Tournament. […]

St John’s basketball had a thrilling win against Marquette on Saturday, which revealed a turnaround unlike any other, in part due to head coach Rick Pitino. In his second season, he helped the Red Storm clinch the regular season Big East title. Not to mention, Pitino also made CBB history, by becoming the only head […]

There’s never any quit from head coach Rick Pitino’s squad, as St. John’s basketball fought through a classic Big East showdown against Marquette on Saturday. Zuby Ejiofor made a heads-up play as time was winding down in overtime, and connected on a short floater in front of the basket to give the Red Storm a […]

Two of the best in the Big East face off as St. John’s visits Marquette. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a St. John’s-Marquette prediction and pick. St. John’s comes into the game at 26-4 on the year. They opened the year 4-0 before losing two of their next three. From […]

St. John’s basketball coach Rick Pitino is set to stay in the Big Apple. Pitino is shutting down any rumors or innuendo that he will leave the Red Storm for another school. The team’s head coach is also joking that one reason why he won’t leave is because of his salary. “Why would I leave?” […]

The St. John’s basketball team is changing for the better under Rick Pitino. Pitino has won a Big East regular season conference championship with the Red Storm, in just his second season. It’s the first time in 40 years that the school accomplished that feat outright. St. John’s basketball player RJ Luis is providing insight […]

Seton Hall has had a rough season, while St. John’s has been the best team in the Big East this season. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Seton Hall-St. John’s prediction and pick. Seton Hall is 7-21 this season, with only notable wins against VCU and UConn. They have suffered […]

Rick Pitino has only been coaching the St. John’s basketball program for 62 games, but he’s already managed to turn the Red Storm around, make all sorts of history, and live up to the Godfather of New York moniker that has been making the rounds ever since the smooth-talking, sharp-dressing college basketball icon was hired […]

Even while playing in a hostile environment against a gritty Butler team, Rick Pitino and St. John’s basketball did what they have done best all year: win. The Johnnies escaped a valiant upset bid from one of America’s former Cinderellas at Hinkle Fieldhouse, gutting out a 76-70 win to extend their win streak to four […]

The college basketball season continues on Wednesday with a matchup between St. John’s and UCF. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a St. John’s-Butler prediction and pick. The No. 7 St. John’s Red Storm (24-4, 15-2 BIG EAST) visit the Butler Bulldogs (13-14, 6-10 BIG EAST) on Wednesday night with a […]

St. John’s basketball has become reinvented as a top 10 program under Rick Pitino. The Red Storm showed the nation why they’re No. 9 overall, pummeling Big East heavyweight UConn 89-75 on Sunday night. Pitino has guided St. John’s to a 24-4 mark now. But the Red Storm is 15-2 overall in the always gritty […]

The Cinderella season continued for St. John’s basketball on Sunday with a very convincing 89-75 win over UConn at Madison Square Garden. This victory completed the Red Storm’s season sweep of the two-time defending national champions after they also won on the road earlier this month. St. John’s didn’t seem like it would have its […]

For what seems like the entire season, college basketball fans have been waiting for UConn to start clicking. The back-to-back national champions have struggled all season long after losing much of their roster from the last two years, and those hard times continued on Sunday with a blowout 89-75 loss to No. 10 St. John’s […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a UConn-St John’s prediction and pick. Find out how to watch UConn-St John’s. The UConn Huskies are making their last stand. The Huskies, in their bid for a three-peat national championship, were recently humiliated in a late-game loss to Seton Hall. UConn led by three […]

It came as a shock when Rick Pitino and St John’s basketball beat UConn the first time. However, their roster was fully healthy. Heading into their second matchup against UConn, it’s a different story. Following Wednesday’s game against DePaul, Pitino told reporters regarding a potential injury ahead of the big game. “Kadary Richmond has been […]

St. John’s is playing like the best team in the Big East this season, while DePaul has been the complete opposite. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a St. John’s-DePaul prediction and pick. St. John’s is 22-4 this season and has won nine straight games. They have quality wins against New […]

St. John’s basketball head coach Rick Pitino made a heartwarming admission after his team’s massive 79-73 victory over No. 24 Creighton. Madison Square Garden was rocking on Sunday afternoon as the Red Storm distanced themselves from the rest of the field in the Big East standings. St. John’s is now on the verge of winning […]

Rick Pitino has St. John’s basketball distancing itself from the rest of the Big East. The Red Storm took down No. 24 Creighton 79-73 in the battle of the conference’s best. But that wasn’t the “biggest shock” involving Pitino Sunday. The national champion winning head coach with Kentucky and Louisville saw this stunner: Deivon Smith […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Creighton-St John’s prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Creighton-St John’s. The Creighton Bluejays are very relieved right now. For a brief moment, it seemed they had missed their chance to compete for the regular-season championship in the Big East. They had fallen […]

The tide may be turning for Villanova basketball’s Kyle Neptune, after leading the Wildcats to a 73-71 victory over St. John’s on Wednesday. Neptune received a warm sentiment from fans after the third-year head coach earned the win against the No. 9 team in the country, keeping the program’s pursuit of a NCAA Tournament bid […]

St. John’s has been one of the hottest teams in college basketball recently, but that wasn’t enough to get it over the hump on Wednesday night. Rick Pitino and the Red Storm were upset by Villanova on the road in a 73-71 classic thanks to a game-winning 3-pointer by Tyler Perkins. The loss certainly took […]

St. John’s looks to remain atop the Big East as they face Villanova. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a St. John’s-Villanova prediction and pick. St. John’s comes into the game at 21-3 on the year and 12-1 in conference play. After starting the year 4-0, they would lose two of […]

Storrs, Connecticut may be the basketball capital of the world and home of the two-time defending National Champion UConn Huskies, but on Friday night, it was the St. John’s Red Storm who proved that for at least this season, the best team in the Big East likely resides in New York City. Despite trailing by 14 […]

Dan Hurley and the No. 19 UConn Huskies had a concerning injury update regarding guard Hassan Diarra. After the Huskies’ matchup against the No. 12 St. John’s Red Storm on Friday, Hurley gave an update on Diarra. He stated the player has been dealing with a knee injury, an injury that’s expected to linger throughout […]

2024-25 has been somewhat of a dream season for St. John’s basketball in year two under Rick Pitino, and the Red Storm may have had their biggest highlight yet on Friday night. After a very slow start in a hostile environment against UConn, St. John’s stormed back and collected a very gritty 68-62 win. This […]

St. John’s is playing like the best team in the Big East, while UConn has had more of a bumpy road this season despite playing better recently. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a St. John’s-UConn prediction and pick. St. John’s is 20-3 this season and has won nine straight games. […]

Year two running the show for St. John’s basketball is going better than even Rick Pitino himself could have expected, as the Red Storm is up to 20-3 on the season after a very impressive 70-64 win against Marquette. The matchup between two top 15 teams was decided on the defensive end, and Pitino’s squad […]

The top two teams in the Big East square off as Marquette visits St. John’s. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Marquette-St. John’s prediction and pick. Marquette comes into the game at 18-4 on the year, and 9-2 in Big East play, placing them in second in the conference. They […]

St. John’s basketball is back. The molten-hot team is cruising toward its first NCAA Tournament bid in five seasons and currently ranks among the top-15 squads in the country. Red Storm head coach Rick Pitino has revamped the program and reinvigorated the fan base’s passion in less than two full years at the helm. The […]