2025-2026 Season

Wouldn't it be a thrill to go back-to-back seasons sweeping the team from cow tipping Storrs!

Let's do it, and show their fans that St. John's is NYC's team, and the Garden is not Storrs South.

Let's make the Garden so inhospitable for them they never want to come back.
A missing piece of the magical season last year was taking them down in the Big East tourney. I would love to see that this season.
 
101 days out from CBB. 4th biggest storyline is UCONN vs SJU...



4. The snippy UConn-St. John's rivalry takes center stage in frenzied Big East race

The caliber of rosters that UConn and St. John's have put together just looks a little different than the rest of their Big East brethren.

Dan Hurley didn't seem to take kindly to ceding the Big East crown to St. John's, and he's done something about it. UConn crushed it in retention (Alex Karaban, Solo Ball, Jaylin Stewart and Jayden Ross are all back). It looks to have nailed its portal class with Silas Demary Jr. and Malachi Smith solving the point guard woes. Oh, and it reeled in the No. 7-rated recruiting class, headlined by five-star Braylon Mullins who shreds nets for a living.


Meanwhile in Jamaica, Rick Pitino will cycle in six new faces surrounding big man Zuby Ejiofor, the best defensive player in the league. Ejiofor and forward Dillon Mitchell are as good of defenders as you'll find at their respective positions. St. John's hopes to have fixed its shooting issues by landing Ian Jackson, Oziyah Sellers, Joson Sanon and Dylan Darling. But the X-Factor is Bryce Hopkins. For the second offseason in a row, Pitino has snatched a talented transfer from a fellow Big East program. Last year, it was Seton Hall's Kadary Richmond. This year, it's Providence's Hopkins who, when healthy, is a menacing pass-dribble-shoot forward. The catch is that Hopkins has played just four games since New Year's Day … in 2024.

The mutual respect between Hurley and Pitino is obvious, but these two hyper-competitive coaches have their sights set on a championship. The two tangles in Big East play will be tremendous. Maybe they will meet at Madison Square Garden in the pure Big East Tournament. If the basketball Gods have some spunk, we'll receive a fourth matchup in the Big Dance.

UConn-St. John's. We need it.
 
101 days out from CBB. 4th biggest storyline is UCONN vs SJU...



4. The snippy UConn-St. John's rivalry takes center stage in frenzied Big East race

The caliber of rosters that UConn and St. John's have put together just looks a little different than the rest of their Big East brethren.

Dan Hurley didn't seem to take kindly to ceding the Big East crown to St. John's, and he's done something about it. UConn crushed it in retention (Alex Karaban, Solo Ball, Jaylin Stewart and Jayden Ross are all back). It looks to have nailed its portal class with Silas Demary Jr. and Malachi Smith solving the point guard woes. Oh, and it reeled in the No. 7-rated recruiting class, headlined by five-star Braylon Mullins who shreds nets for a living.


Meanwhile in Jamaica, Rick Pitino will cycle in six new faces surrounding big man Zuby Ejiofor, the best defensive player in the league. Ejiofor and forward Dillon Mitchell are as good of defenders as you'll find at their respective positions. St. John's hopes to have fixed its shooting issues by landing Ian Jackson, Oziyah Sellers, Joson Sanon and Dylan Darling. But the X-Factor is Bryce Hopkins. For the second offseason in a row, Pitino has snatched a talented transfer from a fellow Big East program. Last year, it was Seton Hall's Kadary Richmond. This year, it's Providence's Hopkins who, when healthy, is a menacing pass-dribble-shoot forward. The catch is that Hopkins has played just four games since New Year's Day … in 2024.

The mutual respect between Hurley and Pitino is obvious, but these two hyper-competitive coaches have their sights set on a championship. The two tangles in Big East play will be tremendous. Maybe they will meet at Madison Square Garden in the pure Big East Tournament. If the basketball Gods have some spunk, we'll receive a fourth matchup in the Big Dance.

UConn-St. John's. We need it.
Hoping to get a watch party at my buddy’s restaurant for the game vs Uconn in New Haven!
 
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