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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 […]

The college basketball season continues on Saturday with a matchup between Providence and St. John’s. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Providence-St. John’s prediction and pick. The Providence Friars (11-10) take on the No. 15 St. John’s Red Storm (18-3) on Saturday at Madison Square Garden in a pivotal conference […]

St. John’s welcomes Xavier for a competitive Big East matchup on Wednesday night. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Xavier-St. John’s prediction and pick. Xavier started the season ranked with a win over South Carolina but then immediately lost to Michigan after that. It’s been an up-and-down season for the […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a St. John’s-Seton Hall prediction and pick. Find out how to watch St. John’s-Seton Hall. The St. John’s Red Storm is learning how to win. The Johnnies aren’t dominating their opponents, but they are beating them. St. John’s trailed Villanova for large portions of a […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Villanova-St John’s prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Villanova-St John’s. On a loaded Saturday of college basketball, this game rates as one of the better attractions and, beyond that, a really intriguing game from a betting standpoint. Villanova is clearly getting better […]

It is a Big East battle in Cincinnati as St. John’s faces Xavier. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a St. John’s-Xavier prediction and pick. St. John’s comes into the game at 12-3 on the year, 3-1 in conference play. They opened up the year 4-0 before a one-point double-overtime loss […]

Butler looks for their first Big East win, as they face St. John’s. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Butler-St. John’s prediction and pick. Butler comes into the game sitting at 7-7 on the year. They would open the year at 1-1, with a win over Missouri State, and a […]

St. John’s has been red-hot entering this game, winning nine straight games, while Creighton is coming off a huge win in their last game against Villanova. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a St. John’s-Creighton prediction and pick. St. John’s is 11-2 this season with notable wins against New Mexico, Virginia, […]

The St. John’s Red Storm (9-2, 1-0 Big East) are on the road to take on the Providence Friars (7-5, 1-0 Big East) Friday night. Below we will continue our College Basketball odds series with a St. John’s-Providence prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. Here are the […]

St. John’s opens their Big East schedule as they host DePaul. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a DePaul-St. John’s prediction and pick. DePaul comes into the game at 8-2 on the year. They opened the season 7-0, with their biggest win being over Duquesne. Still, the start was good enough […]

St. John’s looks to continue their winning streak as they host Bryant. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Bryant-St. John’s prediction and pick. Bryant comes into the game sitting at 6-5 on the year. After opening up 3-1, it has been a struggle since. They have traded wins and losses […]

St. John’s basketball coach Rick Pitino paid homage to the school’s legendary coach Lou Carnesecca. Pitino wore a sweater during the Kansas State game Saturday, in tribute to the legendary coach. He even went so far as to have the sweater tailor-made, per CBS Sports. The sweater looked exactly like the classic wardrobe accessory that […]

Kansas State hits the road to open the Saturday college basketball slate, as they visit St. John’s. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Kansas State-St. John’s prediction and pick. Kansas State enters the game sitting at 6-2 on the year. They opened up with two wins before facing LSU. LSU […]

College basketball fans and coaches are remembering the former St. John’s basketball coach, Lou Carnesecca. Carnesecca passed away at the age of 99, just weeks before his 100th birthday. He reached a Final Four at the school and won more than 500 games at the Catholic college in New York City. In Memoriam of Lou […]

St. John’s basketball seems to have taken a step up this year from a team just scrapping to get into the NCAA Tournament to a team that can be a dark horse contender to compete in the Big East and make an NCAA Tournament run. Rick Pitino and the Red Storm have proved that already […]

St. John’s and Baylor meet in the Bahamas for the Baha Mar Hoops Championship on Thursday night! It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Baylor-St John’s prediction and pick. After losing the opening game of the season to one of the top teams in the country, No. 6 Gonzaga, Baylor has […]

For the fourth time in their respective coaching careers, Rick Pitino and Richard Pitino faced off as opponents on Sunday afternoon when son (Richard) brought his unbeaten New Mexico Lobos to Madison Square Garden to face father (Rick) and the also unbeaten St. John’s Red Storm. And for the third time in these four meetings, it was […]

St. John’s fifth-year transfer guard Deivon Smith will enter his final year of college basketball with a heavy heart following Amir Abdur-Rahim’s tragic death. The USF head basketball coach shockingly passed on Oct. 24 at just 43 years old, roughly one week before he was expected to begin his second year with the team. Smith, […]

St. John’s head basketball coach Rick Pitino is not a big believer in the Preseason AP Top 25 poll. As the blue-blood Kansas Jayhawks topped the No. 1 spot in Monday’s rankings, with Alabama and UConn following at No. 2 and No. 3, St. John’s did not crack the list. Pitino swiftly called the preseason […]

St. John’s basketball head coach Rick Pitino has more than Thursday’s charity exhibition to focus on; it’s also playing against freshman standouts Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper. Both players are projected to be lottery picks, with Bailey being a likely No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. Pitino knows the significance of playing top-tier […]

It’s that time of year again. November is approaching, which means the college basketball season is around the corner. The preseason AP Top 25 poll was released on Monday, which means it’s time to overanalyze something that’ll mean nothing in March. Of course, true hoop-heads can’t help themselves anyway. The official list is as follows, […]

Burglary is always stressful, especially when a legendary hoops coach like Rick Pitino is the victim. The St. John’s basketball program leader’s office got broken into on Tuesday, and several goods were stolen, Pitino expressed his anger, via his social media. “Really upset! Taking my memorabilia is one thing but the 1985 6L Petrus Pomerol […]

The Arkansas basketball team lost their head coach after the conclusion of this past season as Eric Musselman left the Razorbacks to be the next head coach of USC basketball. In today’s era of college basketball, a coaching change means that there is going to be some transfer portal departures. One Arkansas player that entered […]

The St. John’s basketball team was close to making it into the NCAA Tournament last season, but they came up a little bit short. Next season will be year two for head coach Rick Pitino, and it will be an expectation for the Red Storm to make it into the tournament. Pitino and his staff […]

All-Big East 1st Team performer Kadary Richmond was the top prize remaining in the college basketball transfer portal up until he made his decision on Tuesday afternoon to stay close to home and remain in the Big East. Richmond began his collegiate career at Syracuse, but has spent the last three seasons in South Orange, […]

The St. John’s basketball team has reason to be optimistic about the future as Rick Pitino just finished his first season as head coach. The Red Storm had a decent year, but Pitino wants his squad to be a consistent NCAA Tournament team. Getting there is the goal next season for St. John’s, recent transfer […]

Though the date of the game has yet to be set, the World’s Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden, will be the site of a highly anticipated matchup between father and son. No, LeBron James and Bronny James will not be going head to head against each other at MSG. Technically it’s a possibility, but […]

At 71 years old, Rick Pitino’s college basketball coaching career may be winding down. But whenever the time comes the time comes that he finally retires, that will likely come after the St. John’s basketball sideline boss coaches one more game against his former team, the Kentucky Wildcats. On Monday morning, Pitino seemingly accepted new […]

Selection Sunday might be over but a lot of reactions are still coming in. A prominent story is that St. John’s basketball program will miss the NCAA Tournament. They have also declined to join the NIT. Coach Rick Pitino has a lot of feelings about this March Madness snub due to knowing that the Red […]

One of the most popular pastimes among fans and media alike when it comes to March Madness and the NCAA Tournament is debating which teams got snubbed and actually deserved to be there. One team noticeably absent is St. John’s and head coach Rick Pitino blasted the selection committee for not including the Red Storm. […]

Coach Rick Pitino started last year’s offseason with a clean slate of players as only a few returned. Despite this, the St. John’s basketball program rocked their conference by earning 12 wins against tough opponents. They reached the Big East tournament’s semifinal and put up a fight as the top-seeded team in the nation, UConn, […]

The quarterfinals of the Big East tournament continue as St. John’s faces Seton Hall. It is time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a St. John ‘s-Seton Hall prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. St. John’s finished the regular season at 19-12 on the year, while finishing 11-9 in conference play. That gave them the […]

The St. John’s Red Storm will take their two-game winning streak on the road when they take on divisional rivals the Butler Bulldogs in this pivotal Wednesday night showdown. We’re here to share our college basketball odds series, make a St. John’s-Butler prediction, and pick while showing you how to watch. St. John’s (15-12) embarks […]

St. John’s basketball coach Rick Pitino is pleased with how his team performed in an important victory over Creighton on Sunday. The Red Storm and Pitino got their first win over a ranked team this season, when the club beat Creighton 80-66. St. John’s played unselfishly on offense. “When you have 24 assists and only […]