Rumble In The Garden

Robert Deutsch-Imagn Images Everything is in place to ensure that the Red Storm can replicate their massive success from the 2024-25 season and go much farther next March Saturday’s season-ending loss to Arkansas is going to sting for a while. More than seventy-two hours later, St. John’s fans are still lamenting RJ Luis, Jr. getting benched late and not having the … [Read more...] about Despite a brutal finish, this St. John’s dream season could be the start of something bigger

Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images The Red Storm had their worst shooting performance of the season at the worst possible time The greatest season of Red Storm men’s basketball in 25 years ended with a whimper on Saturday afternoon. Second-seed St. John’s fell to ten-seed Arkansas in the second round of the NCAA Tournament by a score of 75-66. The Johnnies had their … [Read more...] about St. John’s men’s basketball’s dream season comes to premature end versus Arkansas in Second Round of 2025 NCAA Tournament

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Rick Pitino and the Johnnies seek to knock off Calipari and the Razorbacks in the Mike Anderson Bowl and advance to their first Sweet Sixteen since 1999 Pitino versus Calipari. These three words speak for themselves. Knocking off 15-seed Omaha in an 83-53 blowout on Thursday night, 2-seed St. John’s turns to Saturday afternoon, where … [Read more...] about 2025 NCAA Tournament Second Round game thread: (2) St. John’s vs. (10) Arkansas men’s basketball

Eric Canha-Imagn Images Luis Jr.’s 22-point outing leads the Johnnies to their first Big Dance victory in a quarter-century and sets up a matchup with 10-seed Arkansas on Saturday The March Madness monkey is off the Red Storm’s back. St. John’s has won an NCAA Tournament game for the first time since Y2K was in America’s collective consciousness, zipping past 15-seed … [Read more...] about St. John’s crushes Omaha to win first NCAA Tournament game since 2000, sets up clash between Pitino and Calipari

Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images Luis becomes the first Red Storm All-American since Ron Artest in 1999 After leading the best St. John’s team this century in scoring and posting a team-best 29 points to lead the Johnnies to their first Big East tournament title in a quarter-century, the Associated Press named RJ Luis Jr. as a Second-Team All-American on Tuesday. AP … [Read more...] about St. John’s men’s basketball star RJ Luis Jr. named Second Team AP All-American