St. John's University Athletics
St. John’s Men’s Basketball Docuseries “Pitino: Red Storm Rising” to Premiere February 11, Exclusively on VICE TV
1/17/2025 12:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The six-part docuseries provides behind-the-scenes access into the St. John’s Men’s Basketball program
NEW YORK – VICE TV announced on Friday that "Pitino: Red Storm Rising", a six-part docuseries on the St. John's men's basketball program, which will premiere on February 11.
The docuseries will provide a behind-the-scenes look into the St. John's men's basketball program and Hall of Fame Head Coach Rick Pitino.
VICE TV will debut Pitino: Red Storm Risingon Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 10 p.m., and the series will run for six consecutive weeks leading up to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. To find VICE TV on your local cable or satellite provider,click here. The series will additionally be available on multiple streaming platforms, including Hulu, Sling, Philo, DISH Anywhere, VidGo, Xfinity and DirectTV Stream.
The filming for the docuseries began in the fall and has followed the program step-by-step through the 2024-25 campaign, where the Red Storm are off to its best start through 18 games since the 1985-86 season. The show features exclusive interviews with Coach Pitino, Red Storm players, college basketball media personalities and much more.
The Johnnies hold a 15-3 record on the year and are off to their best start to BIG EAST play at 6-1 since the 1998-99 campaign. Pitino, in 37 years as a collegiate head coach, is the winningest active coach in NCAA Division I Basketball totaling 869 career victories. The New York native was the first coach to ever bring three different schools to a Final Four and has won two National Championships at Kentucky (1996) and Louisville (2013).
ABOUT VICE MEDIA
VICE Media is a global media and entertainment company that produces authentic, high-quality content across television, digital, film, news, and branded advertising. The company has four main businesses in its portfolio: VICE Studios (award-winning television, documentary, and film production company); VICE TV (40M plus subscriber sports and entertainment cable network in partnership with A+E); VIRTUE Worldwide (a global, full-service strategic, creative, and branded entertainment agency that excels in increasing brands' cultural capital in today's ever-changing, digital-first world) and Pulse (leading commercial and music video production company). Recent Vice Studios content includes hit UK series Gangs of London (now available on Netflix in the U.S.), MAX documentary Bama Rush, and the newly launched video podcast Shane Smith Has Questions, which has attracted millions of views on YouTube. For media contact please reach out to The Lippin Group for VICE TV at VICETV@lippingroup.com.
The docuseries will provide a behind-the-scenes look into the St. John's men's basketball program and Hall of Fame Head Coach Rick Pitino.
VICE TV will debut Pitino: Red Storm Risingon Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 10 p.m., and the series will run for six consecutive weeks leading up to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. To find VICE TV on your local cable or satellite provider,click here. The series will additionally be available on multiple streaming platforms, including Hulu, Sling, Philo, DISH Anywhere, VidGo, Xfinity and DirectTV Stream.
The filming for the docuseries began in the fall and has followed the program step-by-step through the 2024-25 campaign, where the Red Storm are off to its best start through 18 games since the 1985-86 season. The show features exclusive interviews with Coach Pitino, Red Storm players, college basketball media personalities and much more.
The Johnnies hold a 15-3 record on the year and are off to their best start to BIG EAST play at 6-1 since the 1998-99 campaign. Pitino, in 37 years as a collegiate head coach, is the winningest active coach in NCAA Division I Basketball totaling 869 career victories. The New York native was the first coach to ever bring three different schools to a Final Four and has won two National Championships at Kentucky (1996) and Louisville (2013).
ABOUT VICE MEDIA
VICE Media is a global media and entertainment company that produces authentic, high-quality content across television, digital, film, news, and branded advertising. The company has four main businesses in its portfolio: VICE Studios (award-winning television, documentary, and film production company); VICE TV (40M plus subscriber sports and entertainment cable network in partnership with A+E); VIRTUE Worldwide (a global, full-service strategic, creative, and branded entertainment agency that excels in increasing brands' cultural capital in today's ever-changing, digital-first world) and Pulse (leading commercial and music video production company). Recent Vice Studios content includes hit UK series Gangs of London (now available on Netflix in the U.S.), MAX documentary Bama Rush, and the newly launched video podcast Shane Smith Has Questions, which has attracted millions of views on YouTube. For media contact please reach out to The Lippin Group for VICE TV at VICETV@lippingroup.com.
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