1/20/2025 1:23:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Red Storm check in at No. 20 in Associated Press Poll and No. 21 in USA Today Coaches’ Poll
QUEENS, N.Y.– After winning five straight and 11 of its last 12 contests, the St. John's men's basketball team returned to the national polls on Monday. The Red Storm received a No. 20 ranking in the Associated Press poll and check in at No. 21 in the USA Today Coaches' poll.
The Red Storm re-enter the poll after being ranked for back-to-back weeks for the first time in nine years on Nov. 11 and Nov. 18. The top 20 AP ranking marks the program's highest since the 2014-15 campaign, when it rose to No. 15 during on Dec. 29, 2014. In the Coaches' poll, the Johnnies were ranked as high as No. 20 earlier this season on Nov. 18.
St. John's is off to a 7-1 start in BIG EAST competition, its best since the 1998-99 campaign. The Red Storm hold sole possession of first place in the BIG EAST standings on January 20 for the first time since 1986. The Johnnies, led by National Player of the Year Walter Berry, were 5-1 in the league, half a game ahead of Syracuse and Villanova at 4-1. That team finished 31-5, shared the BIG EAST Regular Season title and won the BIG EAST Tournament.
The Johnnies will return to Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night to face Xavier at 7 p.m. To purchase tickets to the contest at the World's Most Famous Arena, click here.
