#52 St. John's Men's Basketball 2022-2023 Preview

 
 
St. John’s Red Storm
 
2022-2023 Overall Rank: #52
Conference Rank: #7 Big East
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2021-22 Record: 17-15, 8-11
2021-22 Postseason: None
Coach: Mike Anderson
Coach Record: 50-41 at St. John’s, 420-242 overall
 
Key Departed Players:
Julian Champagnie, Guard, 19.2 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 2.0 apg
Aaron Wheeler, Forward, 10.0 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.5 apg
Stef Smith, Guard, 6.3 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 1.9 apg
Tareq Coburn, Guard, 4.3 ppg, 0.9 rpg, 0.5 apg
 
Key Returning Players:
Posh Alexander, Junior, Guard, 13.8 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 5.5 apg
Dylan Addae-Wusu, Junior, Guard, 8.5 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 3.9 apg
Montez Mathis, Senior, Guard, 8.2 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 1.9 apg
Joel Soriano, Senior, Center, 6.4 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 1.1 apg
Rafael Pinzon, Sophomore, Guard, 3.2 ppg, 1.1 rpg, 1.2 apg
O’Mar Stanley, Sophomore, Forward, 3.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 0.2 apg
Esahia Nyiwe, Senior, Forward, 2.3 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 0.6 apg
 
Key New Players:
Andre Curbelo, Junior, Guard, Transfer from Illinois
David Jones, Junior, Forward, Transfer from DePaul
Mohamed Keita, Freshman, Center
Kolby King, Freshman, Guard
AJ Storr, Freshman, Guard
Drissa Traore, Freshman, Forward
 
Projected Postseason Tournament: NIT
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 79.6 (12th in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Defense: 74.2 (293, 10)
Field-Goal Percentage: 45.3 (103, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 42.4 (131, 7)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.2 (186, 7)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 33.5 (195, 7)
Free-Throw Percentage: 67.7 (298, 11)
Rebound Margin: -1.1 (242, 9)
Assists Per Game: 18.8 (2, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.9 (106, 5)