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How buzzkill St. John's loss may save them in the end

So this is what the view is like from the other side. This is what it’s like to have the target on your back again, the lofty national ranking, the...

St. John's bumped off by feisty Seton Hall in Big East opener

Here’s a New Year’s resolution the rest of the Big East might be well-served to keep in mind: Whatever you do, don’t trail Seton Hall at halftime. Fifteenth-ranked St. John’s...

No. 15 St. John's kicks off Big East slate against rival Seton Hall

Now we truly find out about St. John’s. Are the Johnnies really this good, No. 15 in the nation good? Are they 11-1 good? Capable of beating anyone in the...

Obekpa, Pointer carry St. John’s over Long Beach St.

To think, there were those who questioned St. John’s thin frontcourt. Those concerns seem as ancient as the Knicks’ and Nets’ title hopes. With sophomore Rysheed Jordan unavailable because of...

Serby's Sunday Q&A with D’Angelo Harrison

Steve Serby talks with guard D’Angelo Harrison about St. John’s red-hot start, his feelings about his brother, who is in prison and the challenges he has faced on and off...

No. 24 St. John’s avoids letdown, crushes Fairleigh Dickinson

When St. John’s left the Carrier Dome with its first win at Syracuse in 15 years, the Red Storm departed with more than just a potential marquee victory to showcase...

St. John's dulls pain of losing Isaiah Briscoe by landing Philly guard

It isn’t Isaiah Briscoe, but Steve Lavin landed a part of his future backcourt Tuesday afternoon. The St. John’s coach picked up a verbal commitment from Philadelphia guard Samir Doughty,...

St. John's roars back after pitiful start to survive D-II team

Four years into their career, St. John’s senior class still hasn’t figured out the first half. Take Monday night’s uneven 94-81 victory over Division II-foe Franklin Pierce, for instance, a...

St. John's picked to finish third in Big East

Villanova is the unanimous choice by the coaches to win the Big East championship. The Wildcats have four starters returning from the team that won the conference's regular-season title and...

Will Rysheed Jordan ever be allowed to talk to the media?

Rysheed Jordan remains a mystery. St. John’s sophomore point guard was unavailable to reporters — along with the program’s other first-year players — on Media Day Friday. St. John’s coach...

St. John's: We have the best backcourt in the country

The basketball opener is more than a month away for St. John’s, but the Red Storm’s swagger is in midseason form. Take senior guard Phil Greene IV, for instance, who...

St. John's Harrison named top player in NY area

Just over one year ago, D’Angelo Harrison’s future was unclear. The star guard had been suspended by coach Steve Lavin for unspecified conduct detrimental to the team, ending Harrison’s sophomore...

Johnnies shed sorrow, focus on NIT

The NCAA Tournament disappointment is over. The NIT is now the focus. And top-seeded St. John’s is out to win a championship. The road begins Tuesday night against No. 8...

St. John's has questions to answer for next season

The NCAA Tournament hopes of St. John’s were dashed Thursday afternoon at the Garden in what was a microcosm of the Red Storm’s season — a slow start followed by...

Is Steve Lavin the one to take St. John's to the next level?

They’d all been in the building together, Providence players, St. John’s players, all of them hearing the madness bleed through the walls of their dressing rooms, all of them made...

Johnnies enter Big East tourney out to improve bubble status

Look, they could have made this a lot easier on themselves, OK? St. John’s has proven through most of the second half of this season that it could well be...

Johnnies' Harrison makes All-Big East team

The Big East announced its all-conference teams Sunday afternoon and St. John’s was well represented. Junior guard and leading scorer D’Angelo Harrison (17.6 points per game) made the first team,...

St. John's Rewind: Memorable 2OT victory in Milwaukee

Barring a Sweet 16 run or a Big East championship, my most memorable moment of this St. John’s season is going to be Saturday’s double overtime 91-90 victory over Marquette....

Rice, Harrison forged unlikely bond after hitting rock bottom

At this time last year, D’Angelo Harrison was in what he described as a dark place, suspended for the rest of the season by coach Steve Lavin for behavioral issues....

St. John's rewind: How to stay on the NCAA bubble

St. John’s took the first step Sunday on what it hopes is a run to the NCAA Tournament, racing out to a big lead and holding off underwhelming DePaul, 72-64,...