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St. John’s blew the remainder of their preseason equity in their infuriating 78-66 defeat to Kentucky on Saturday. They surrendered a seven-point halftime lead and were flat-out dominated in the second half by a Wildcats team criticized for their inability to play physically in previous marquee games this season. With a 7-4 record and their […]
about 2 months ago | 3 reads
Desperately needing a signature win in non-conference play to enter into the holiday break with tons of momentum in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday afternoon, St. John’s instead played their worst half of basketball under Rick Pitino and melted down in spectacular fashion against Kentucky, intensifying the panic facing the Red Storm after a troubling start […]
about 2 months ago | 6 reads
Welcome to the thread for Saturday’s St. John’s men’s basketball matchup versus Kentucky. Please be respectful in the comment section and do not share any illegal streams of today’s game. If you haven’t already, check out our game preview here. You can follow updates of Saturday’s game on Rumble in the Garden’s official X account […]
about 2 months ago | 6 reads
Saturday’s meeting with the Wildcats has been almost two years in the making. The seed was planted at Kentucky head coach Mark Pope’s introductory press conference in April of 2024, when the former National Champion proposed scheduling a game against his former college coach, Rick Pitino, and the St. John’s Red Storm to 20,000 attentive […]
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Supporters began congregating at the 1870 Court gathering in the build-up to the start of conference play for the Red Storm on Tuesday night. There was an aura of general optimism combined with a nostalgic look back at the successful 2024-25 season, as St. John’s was set to begin its Big East title defense in […]
about 2 months ago | 3 reads
The Red Storm’s Big East title defense didn’t begin in style at Carnesecca Arena on Tuesday night, but they took care of business in a 79-66 victory over the DePaul Blue Demons to begin conference play with a win for the fifth consecutive season. DePaul hung around for the first nine minutes, something they couldn’t […]
about 2 months ago | 4 reads
Welcome to the thread for Tuesday’s St. John’s men’s basketball matchup versus DePaul. Please be respectful in the comment section and do not share any illegal streams of today’s game. If you haven’t already, check out our game preview here. You can follow updates of Tuesday’s game on Rumble in the Garden’s official X account […]
about 2 months ago | 2 reads
It’s easy to forget, but the Red Storm need to take care of another game before their much-hyped matchup against Kentucky in Atlanta on Saturday. For the fourth time in five seasons, St. John’s will open its Big East schedule against the DePaul Blue Demons at their on-campus home of Carnesecca Arena. Game information Who: […]
about 2 months ago | 3 reads
Another ugly offensive start isn’t surprising for St. John’s. Neither are the big scoring runs that make up for their early scoring droughts. It took eight minutes for the Red Storm to wake up on Saturday, then they completely overwhelmed Iona for the final thirty-two in a 91-64 victory over Iona, scoring 55 points and […]
about 2 months ago | 4 reads
Welcome to the thread for Saturday’s St. John’s men’s basketball matchup against Iona. Please be respectful in the comment section and do not share any illegal streams of this weekend’s game. You can follow updates of Saturday’s game on Rumble in the Garden’s official X account (formerly Twitter) at @rumbleSBN or on Rumble in the […]
2 months ago | 1 read
When Ian Jackson transferred from North Carolina to St. John’s, many didn’t expect Jackson to begin his Red Storm career cutting his teeth off the bench. Although the New York native hasn’t already lived up to the moniker of being the program’s “next great point guard” as head coach Rick Pitino tweeted this offseason, Jackson […]
2 months ago | 4 reads
The Red Storm’s Senior Day matchup against the heavyweight Huskies is getting the top-billing venue it deserves. St. John’s announced they will host UConn for a home game at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, March 1, the first time the women’s basketball team plays a standalone game at the World’s Most Famous Arena. Tip-off for […]
2 months ago | 1 read
The Red Storm were dealt another blow to its depth on Tuesday. The program announced that guard Casper Pohto will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a chronic hip injury, and recovery is expected to take 6 to 8 months. Committing to St. John’s in June, the 6-foot-3 guard from Stockholm, Sweden, only played in six […]
2 months ago | 2 reads
Cold weather was on its way as 14,000 fans were taking their seats for an inter-conference battle between two teams hoping to change course after slow starts. The Red Storm were frustrated by two winnable games that they let slip away during the recent Players Era Festival tournament in Las Vegas. Fans were discussing the […]
2 months ago | 2 reads
The Red Storm finally stopped its descent through the AP poll and moved up in the rankings for the first time this season on Monday, climbing one spot to No. 22 in the latest AP top 25 men’s basketball poll after their scrappy 63-58 win over Ole Miss this weekend. St. John’s also moved up […]
2 months ago | 3 reads
To paraphrase a nugget of hockey wisdom: “They don’t ask how, they ask how many.” Hours after the first-place Colorado Avalanche gutted out an unflattering overtime win over the New York Rangers in the NHL, St. John’s survived its own sloppy matchup at Madison Square Garden and inched past Ole Miss in a 63-58 rock […]
2 months ago | 4 reads
Welcome to the thread for Saturday’s St. John’s men’s basketball matchup versus Ole Miss. Please be respectful in the comment section and do not share any illegal streams of today’s game. If you haven’t already, check out our game preview here. You can follow updates of Saturday’s game on Rumble in the Garden’s official X […]
2 months ago | 2 reads
Urgency is rising for St. John’s to begin playing like the top-ten team they were picked to be in the preseason poll. Their opponents on Saturday night weren’t rated as highly as the Red Storm from the onset, but they are also hoping for better days. Ole Miss has lost three straight games and is […]
2 months ago | 3 reads
A cold reality set in for St. John’s through seven games: they do not look like a serious contender right now. Not even the most pessimistic of critics could imagine St. John’s struggling as much as they have in the first month of the season, but the Red Storm are in a critical juncture after […]
2 months ago | 2 reads
A little over a week since their upset victory over then-No. 18 Oklahoma State, the St. John’s women’s basketball team has carried its impressive early-season momentum into the Cayman Islands Classic, picking up two wins over Georgia Tech and Memphis during Thanksgiving weekend to improve to 7-1. St. John’s opened their trip with a nail-biting 77-75 […]
2 months ago | 2 reads
Despite a 4-3 start in which they have lost all three of their meetings against ranked opponents, poll voters aren’t leaving St. John’s out of the top 25, yet. The Johnnies came in at No. 23 in the latest AP top 25 men’s basketball poll released on Monday, tumbling down nine spots from No. 14 […]
2 months ago | 3 reads
One year ago, St. John’s experienced a deflating trip in The Bahamas that consisted of a heartbreaking loss to a Big 12 power in which they didn’t deserve to lose, and a maddening defeat against an SEC team in a game they absolutely deserved to lose. The same story played out at the Players’ Era […]
3 months ago | 2 reads
St. John’s got their much-needed win to boost their resume in their 96-81 rout of Baylor yesterday. They will have the chance to pick up another strong win on Wednesday when they take on No. 21 Auburn in their last of three games at the Players’ Era Festival in Las Vegas. This is the game […]
3 months ago | 1 read
Entering Tuesday’s game against Baylor, St. John’s were hoping to reverse the soul-crushing loss to the Bears they suffered last season. More importantly, they needed to put behind yesterday’s bitter one-point loss to Iowa State and lock down a big win for their resume to ensure they didn’t leave Las Vegas empty-handed. There was no […]
3 months ago | 4 reads
All of a sudden, St. John’s is facing a must-win situation on Tuesday after their gut-wrenching 83-82 loss to Iowa State to open their Players’ Era Festival trip on Monday afternoon. If the Johnnies want to pick up a resume-building win and potentially face a good opponent on Wednesday, they need to take care of […]
3 months ago | 4 reads