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Coming off a humbling loss to Alabama in which they gave up their most points in a game since Rick Pitino was hired, St. John’s does not look like the top-five team they were picked to be in the preseason. The Red Storm showed flashes of their precipitous ceiling, but they are not where they […]
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The season has only just tipped off, but Zuby Ejiofor is already impressing draft experts enough to land on their radars. Earlier this week, Bleacher Report and NBA TV draft expert Jonathan Wasserman projected the Johnnies’ star center to be selected by the New York Knicks with the 24th overall pick in his latest two-round […]
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Rick Pitino has prioritized the transfer portal in his construction of the Red Storm roster in his tenure, but that doesn’t mean he is neglecting the high school circuit. Four-star shooting guard Adam Oumiddoch announced his commitment to St. John’s on Wednesday afternoon, according to multiple reports. The Overtime Elite prospect is ranked as the […]
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When Rick Pitino decided to bring Iona guard Daniss Jenkins along with him to St. John’s after taking the program’s head coaching job more than two years ago, he wanted a composed, win-at-all-cost point guard who could make a big play when the time called for it. Jenkins did exactly that in his only season […]
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The Red Storm’s time as a top-ten team lasted all of one week into the season. St. John’s was ranked No. 13 in the latest AP top 25 men’s basketball poll released on Monday, tumbling down from their preseason No. 5 ranking after a 103-96 loss to No. 15 Alabama on Saturday. The eight-spot drop […]
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The Red Storm offense ran buck wild for a second-straight game in the young season. The problem on Saturday afternoon was that Alabama’s offense was even better. Against the high-octane Crimson Tide offense, St. John’s could not keep pace and allowed their most points in a game in the Rick Pitino era, falling 103-96 to […]
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Welcome to the thread for Saturday’s St. John’s men’s basketball season opener versus Alabama. 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 […]
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Rubber meets the road for St. John’s on Saturday. Coming off a predictable 34-point rout of Quinnipiac on Monday, the Red Storm tip off their first of several high-caliber battles on their non-conference slate when they face the No. 15 Alabama Crimson Tide at Madison Square Garden. The Johnnies are looking for their first win […]
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On a night when the Red Storm returning players received their Big East championship rings, the Johnnies’ star-studded six-man transfer class showed they wanted to claim their own bling this season. St. John’s looked every part like a fifth-ranked team in their curtain raiser for the 2025-26 season, leaving nothing to chance and decimating Quinnipiac […]
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Welcome to the thread for tonight’s St. John’s men’s basketball season opener versus Quinnipiac. 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 preview of tonight’s matchup here. You can follow updates of Monday’s game on Rumble in the Garden’s […]
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Expectations have not been this massive in more than forty years for St. John’s. Coming off a premature Second Round exit in the NCAA Tournament that left a Big East double championship season on a bitter note, the Red Storm are looking to break through that ceiling and go even further in 2026. Hall of […]
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It was easy to forget that it was only a late October preseason game inside Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. St. John’s and Michigan scrapped and clawed like it was a Sweet Sixteen game in March for forty minutes plus an extra period. The Red Storm had plenty of chances to secure a confidence-boosting […]
about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Coming off a shaky ten-point win over Towson in their first exhibition game last week, Rick Pitino and the Red Storm have one more scrimmage to work on some issues before the season tips off in two weeks. They will get a genuine test this weekend as they face former St. John’s commit Yaxel Lendeborg […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
2 months ago | 1 read
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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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