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Nothing has phased Zuby Ejiofor in his time at St. John’s. Since transferring from Kansas after his freshman year, Ejiofor secured a rotation spot in his sophomore year, then won the starting center job in his junior year, developed into an incredibly impactful player on the court, and captained the first Red Storm team to […]
4 months ago | 6 reads
No team won as much in the Big East preseason awards as St. John’s. The team was picked to finish first in the conference since 1991 and their captain won its most prominent honor. Zuby Ejiofor was named by the conference’s coaches as the Big East preseason player of the year award winner on Tuesday […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
What’s old is new. Although St. John’s added an arsenal of skilled shooters through the transfer portal this offseason and hoped those long-range woes were behind them, they struggled to find the bottom of the net in Saturday’s dress rehearsal versus Towson. However, like they did on numerous occasions last season, the Red Storm came […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
Preseason exhibitions and secret scrimmages tipped off around college basketball earlier this week, and on Saturday, St. John’s will take part in one of two scheduled tune-ups before the season officially tips off on November 3 when they face Quinnipiac. Welcome to the thread for Saturday’s St. John’s men’s basketball exhibition game versus Towson. Please […]
4 months ago | 6 reads
Head coach Pitino announced the St. John’s starting lineup ahead of their first preseason exhibition versus Towson: Oziyah Sellers, Ian Jackson, Joson Sanon, Dillon Mitchell, and Zuby Ejiofor, with one surprising omission from that five. Providence transfer Bryce Hopkins will come off the bench versus the Tigers on Saturday afternoon. The decision to play Hopkins, […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
As St. John’s built one of the most talented rosters in the nation this summer, it became clear that they would open the preseason as a top-10 ranked team in the AP poll. The only question was where they would be ranked. We have our answer on Monday afternoon. The Red Storm are ranked No. […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
As many of you are likely aware, Google searches are … different these days. The good news is Google is offering a solution for folks who like to get their news from specific sources. If you want to help Rumble In The Garden — while also streamlining all your Google searches — there is now […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
After christening Ian Jackson as the Red Storm’s “next great” point guard earlier this offseason, then proclaiming St. John’s would run a point-less system in August, Rick Pitino is now announcing that Stanford transfer Oziyah Sellers is the starting point guard for St. John’s heading into the season. “Oziyah is the point guard and Dylan [Darling] is […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
It has been quite some time since St. John’s was in the running for a top high school prospect this early in a recruiting cycle, but that has now changed. The Johnnies were named in class of 2026 recruit Adam Oumiddoch’s final five schools he is considering last week, according to multiple reports. Other schools […]
4 months ago | 4 reads
A very noteworthy preseason exhibition is finally set in stone after months of teasers from Red Storm head coach Rick Pitino. St. John’s is scheduled to take on Michigan in an exhibition game at Madison Square Garden as part of the Bad Boy Mowers Series on Saturday, October 25. Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m. […]
5 months ago | 2 reads
One of the leading stories of this college basketball offseason has been the nation-best transfer class joining St. John’s for the 2025-26 season. The six new additions from the portal of course engendered hype in the Red Storm as a preseason top-five team and a legitimate Final Four contender, but it also invited curiosity about […]
6 months ago | 2 reads
Things will look a little different around here today. A few weeks ago we told you something new was coming to Rumble In The Garden and today it’s here. Things are cleaner, faster and easier to use. There are the same writers, coverage, comments, and community you’ve come to rely on, now with less […]
6 months ago | 4 reads