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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 […]

The Creighton Bluejays take on the St. John’s Red Storm. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Creighton St. John’s prediction and pick. Find how to watch Creighton St. John’s. Rick Pitino is one of the great coaches in college basketball history. He won national championships at two different schools. Not many men […]

Last weekend, the St. John’s basketball team blew a big 19-point lead against Seton Hall that resulted in a 68-62 loss. It was a difficult one to swallow for the Red Storm after having such a big lead, and head coach Rick Pitino was not happy about it after the game. After St. John’s basketball […]

Two of the worst in the Big East face off as St. John’s visits Georgetown. It is time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a St. John ‘s-Georgetown prediction, pick, and how to watch. St. John’s enters the game sitting at 14-12 on the year, and 6-9 in conference play.  They have lost […]

The St. John’s basketball program has had a tough time in the first year with legendary head coach Rick Pitino. The Red Storm entered Tuesday with a disappointing 14-12 record and a 6-9 mark in Big East play, which is third-worst in the conference.  After Sunday’s loss to Seton Hall, Pitino went viral for all […]

St. John’s men’s basketball head coach Rick Pitino is apparently fed up with his team. After a 68-62 home loss to Seton Hall on Sunday, which dropped the team to 14-12 on the season and put them third-from-last in the Big East, Pitino lit into his Red Storm players. “We are so unathletic that we […]

The Seton Hall Pirates take on the St. John’s Red Storm. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Seton Hall St. John’s prediction and pick. Find how to watch Seton Hall St. John’s. The Big East is a good conference right now. It is poised to get even better in the future. Seton […]

Two teams tied in the Big East standings face off as St. John’s visits Providence. It is time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a St. John ‘s-Providence prediction, pick, and how to watch. St. John’s enters the game sitting at 14-10 on the year, and 6-7 in conference play. Still, they have […]

The St. John’s Red Storm will plan to wreak havoc on the road as they travel to Milwaukee to take on the seventh-ranked Marquette Golden Eagles. Let’s check out our College Basketball odds series where our St. John’s-Marquette prediction and pick will be revealed. Entering play with a 14-9 record and a dead-even 6-6 mark […]

St. John’s basketball coach Rick Pitino is offering some suggestions to help fix the game of basketball. Pitino would like to see a salary cap implemented in college basketball for the power 5 conferences, per his social media. Pitino is suggesting a salary cap of  $1.5 to $2 million for the Big East along with […]

The No.1 ranked UConn Huskies travel to Madison Square Garden to take on Rick Pitino and the St John’s Red Storm. The teams faced off in December, with UConn escaping with a 69-65 victory. It was the sixth time in seven games that St John’s covered the spread against the Huskies. It is time to […]

It is a Big East battle as St. John’s faces Xavier. It is time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a St. John’s- Xavier prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. St. John’s enters the game sitting at 13-7 on the year, and 5-4 in Big East play. They started conference play strong, winning four of their […]

Villanova and St. John’s will face off for the second time in three weeks when the Wildcats visit the Red Storm. The Johnnies upset Villanova as 3.5-point underdogs, adding to the Wildcats’ woes this season. It is time to continue our men’s college basketball odds series with a Villanova-St. John’s prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The […]

Ranked 17th in the nation, Shaka Smart and the Marquette Golden Eagles take on Rick Pitino’s St. John’s Red Storm in this important Big East matchup. Below we will continue our college basketball odds series with a Marquette-St. John’s prediction and pick. Shaka Smart had Marquette ranked as high as 6th nationally in the AP […]

St. John’s basketball head coach Rick Pitino will not coach on Tuesday night against Seton Hall due to COVID, per Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. Rothstein also reports that associate head coach Steve Masiello will step in and replace Pitino as acting head coach Tuesday. St. John’s basketball wants to win the game of course. […]

Two of the top teams in the Big East face off as Creighton hosts St. John’s. It is time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a St. John’s-Creighton prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. St. John’s enters the game sitting at 12-4 on the year. After a rough start, going 2-2 with losses to Michigan […]

It’s a Big East matchup when the Xavier Musketeers travel to New York to take on the St John’s Red Storm. It is time to continue our college basketball odds series with a Xavier-St John’s prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. Xavier went through a rough patch at the start of December, losing three straight games, with […]

St. John’s Basketball head coach Rick Pitino hasn’t taken a liking to the latest NCAA proposal granting different rules to schools with higher resources compared to the rest of the Division I schools. “So let me understand this latest proposal. Basically low to mid majors will now become like football’s 1AA & no March Madness. […]

It is a Big East against Big 12 battle as St. John’s faces West Virginia. It is time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a St. John’s-West Virginia prediction, pick, and how to watch. St. John’s enters the game sitting at 4-2 on the year, and winners of two straight. the only two […]

The Michigan basketball team came into Madison Square Garden Monday on a two-game winning streak, going up against the coach that beat them in the 2013 NCAA Basketball Tournament final, Rick Pitino. The 71-year-old Pitino signed a six-year deal to coach the Red Storm back in March of this year, and has since focused on […]

Rick Pitino is now the head coach for St. John’s basketball, but he had quite the journey to get there. Pitino’s coaching career began all the way back in 1974. He has coached college and he has coached NBA, and perhaps the most intriguing part of his career came when he started coaching Louisville… after […]

St. John’s basketball center Joel Soriano had an impressive second half in their 90-74 win over Stony Brook on Tuesday. Soriano gave credit to head coach Rick Pitino for motivating him at halftime, per FOX Sports’ John Fanta. Joel Soriano on scoring 16 points in the second half: “Coach Pitino said some things to me. […]

St. John’s basketball fans are eager for the 2023 basketball season to begin as this will be the first season for new head coach Rick Pitino. Pitino had an extremely successful career with Kentucky basketball and Louisville basketball before a scandal at Louisville derailed his career. Pitino then spent a few years coaching in other […]

It was a disappointing 2022-23 season for the St. John’s Red Storm. They finished with an overall record of 18-15 and only 7-13 in Big East Conference play. They managed to knock off Butler in the first round of the Big East Tournament, but lost to Marquette in the second round and missed the NCAA […]

The St. John’s men’s basketball team has been extremely busy this offseason after hiring Rick Pitino as the new head coach. The Red Storm have added a few players via the transfer portal, and the tough days of St. John’s basketball is hopefully in the rearview mirror. Still, even with August almost here, they have […]

Former North Carolina basketball signee Simeon Wilcher has committed to the St. John’s basketball program to play for Rick Pitino, according to Jeff Goodman of Stadium. Simeon Wilcher is a guard and ranked in the top 50 of the 2023 recruiting class, according to 247Sports. It is a big get for the St. John’s basketball […]

Rick Pitino is changing the culture in St. John’s basketball squad. He is now only left with double-double machine Joel Soriano and rarely-used forward Drissa Traore. The Red Storm experienced a purge as Pitino’s coaching style forced most players to enter the transfer portal. The new St. John’s basketball coach predicted that his team would […]

When Rick Pitino took the St. John’s basketball job, he was adamant that he could overhaul the roster and win immediately. Now, it seems increasingly likely that he was right. On Friday, St. John’s landed star University of Pennsylvania transfer Jordan Dingle, the second-highest scorer in college basketball nation last year and one of the […]

The St. John’s men’s basketball team has had a busy offseason. It began with firing Mike Anderson and then immediately landing NCAA legend Rick Pitino as the new head coach. Then, the Red Storm landed quite a few players via the transfer portal in a bit of a program facelift. However, now issues are arising […]

Former UMass guard RJ Luis committed to the St. John’s basketball program, according to a Sunday tweet from NYT Sports Basketball Insider Adam Zagoria. A former 3-star recruit out of Miami, Fla., Luis initially committed to UMass over offers from Temple, Kansas State, Rutgers, VCU and St. Bonaventure, among others, according to 247Sports. He joined a 2022 Minutemen […]

Senior guard Nahiem Alleyne was a key contributor off the bench for the UConn Huskies in their run to the national title in 2023, and now he will be a member of the Huskies’ Big East conference rival in the St. John’s Red Storm, he announced on Twitter. https://twitter.com/Nahiem10/status/1647738313791488003?s=20 St. John’s basketball head coach Rick […]

For years, the balance of power in college basketball was so strongly tipped in the coach’s favor. They could make a long-term commitment to a program and then abruptly leave for a better offer. Those players who that coach recruited were left utterly powerless. Now, however, the modern transfer rules have changed everything. Yet, St. […]

After months of college basketball, the 2022-23 season is officially over. The UConn Huskies took home their fifth title after defeating the San Diego Aztecs in the championship game on Monday. Now, programs are already thinking about the 2023-24 season with their new recruits and transfer additions. One player who could make some noise in […]