St. John’s Red Storm
2025-2026 Overall Rank: #14
Conference Rank: #2 Big East
2024-25 Record: 31-5, 18-2
2024-25 Postseason: NCAA
Coach: Rick Pitino
Coach Record: 51-18 at St. John’s, 761-308 overall
Key Departed Players:
RJ Luis Jr., Guard, 18.2 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 2.0 apg
Kadary Richmond, Guard, 12.4 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 5.3 apg, 2.0 spg
Deivon Smith, Guard, 9.3 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 3.9 apg
Aaron Scott, Guard, 8.4 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 1.0 apg
Simeon Wilcher, Guard, 8.0 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 1.4 apg
Key Returning Players:
Zuby Ejiofor, Senior, Forward, 14.7 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 1.6 apg
Sadiku Ibine Ayo, Senior, Forward, 1.9 ppg, 1.4 rpg
Ruben Prey, Sophomore, Forward, 1.6 ppg, 1.5 rpg
Lefteris Liotopoulos, Sophomore, Guard, 1.4 ppg
Key New Players:
Dylan Darling, Junior, Guard, Transfer from Idaho State
Bryce Hopkins, Senior, Forward, Transfer from Providence
Ian Jackson, Sophomore, Guard, Transfer from North Carolina
Fotis Konstantinidis, Freshman, Guard
Dillon Mitchell, Senior, Forward, Transfer from Cincinnati
Kelvin Odih, Freshman, Guard
Casper Pohto, Freshman, Guard
Joson Sanon, Sophomore, Guard, Transfer from Arizona State
Oziyah Seller, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Stanford
Imran Suljanovic, Freshman, Forward
Handje Tamba, Senior, Center, Transfer from NAIA
Projected Postseason Tournament: NCAA
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 78.5 (65th in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Defense: 65.8 (29, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 44.5 (176, 7)
Field-Goal Defense: 39.7 (14, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.1 (323,10)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 30.1 (339, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 69.1 (279, 9)
Rebound Margin: 5.8 (21, 2)
Assists Per Game: 15.7 (52, 4)
Turnovers Per Game: 10.9 (96, 3)
