The 2023–24 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by Rick Pitino, in his first year at the school, and played their home games at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden as members of the Big East Conference.
Previous season The Red Storm finished the season 17–14, 7–13 in Big East play to finish in eighth place. They defeated Butler in the opening round of the Big East tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Marquette.
On March 10, 2023, the school fired head coach Mike Anderson for cause. Anderson disputed the assertion that his firing was for cause, and filed a notice of intent to arbitrate seeking the guaranteed money that was owed to him on his contract, as well as an additional $34.2 million in punitive damages. On March 20, the school named Hall of Famer Rick Pitino as the team's new head coach.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Posh Alexander 0 G 6'0" 200 Junior Brooklyn, NY Transferred to Butler AJ Storr 2 G 6'6" 200 Freshman Rockford, IL Transferred to Wisconsin André Curbelo 3 G 6'1" 175 Junior Vega Baja, PR Transferred to Southern Miss O'Mar Stanley 4 F 6'8" 230 Sophomore Overland Park, KS Transferred to Boise State Dylan Addae-Wusu 5 G 6'4" 230 Junior Bronx, NY Transferred to Seton Hall Montez Mathis 10 G 6'4" 210 RS senior Baltimore, MD Graduated Kolby King 12 G 6'2" 175 Freshman Pembroke Pines, FL Transferred to Tulane Jason Simpson 13 G 5'10" 155 Sophomore West Palm Beach, FL Walk-on; transferred to Florida State Parker Williams 14 G 6'0" 180 Freshman Birmingham, AL Walk-on; transferred Esahia Nyiwe 22 F 6'10" 220 Senior Omaha, NE Graduated David Jones 23 F 6'6" 210 Junior Santo Domingo, DR Transferred to Memphis Rafael Pinzon 24 G 6'6" 195 Sophomore Arecibo, PR Transferred to Bryant Mohamed Keita 34 C 7'1" 220 Freshman Conakry, Guinea Transferred to Tulsa
Incoming transfers Name Num Pos Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Cruz Davis 0 G 6'3" 170 Sophomore Plano, TX Iona (3 yrs immediate eligibility) Sadiku Ibine Ayo 2 F 6'7" 210 Sophomore Asabi-Kumasi, Ghana Iona (3 yrs immediate eligibility) Jordan Dingle 3 G 6'3" 195 Senior Valley Stream, NY Penn (1 yr immediate eligibility) Nahiem Alleyne 4 G 6'4" 195 GS senior Buford, GA UConn (1 yr immediate eligibility) Daniss Jenkins 5 G 6'3" 175 GS senior Dallas, TX Iona (1 yr immediate eligibility) Chris Ledlum 8 G/F 6'6" 225 GS senior Brooklyn, NY Harvard (1 yr immediate eligibility) RJ Luis Jr. 12 G 6'7" 196 Sophomore Miami, FL UMass (3 yrs immediate eligibility) Zuby Ejiofor 24 F 6'8" 220 Sophomore Garland, TX Kansas (3 yrs immediate eligibility) Sean Conway 30 G 6'4" 200 GS senior Fairfield, CT VMI (1 yr immediate eligibility) Glenn Taylor Jr. 35 F 6'6" 200 Junior Las Vegas, NV Oregon State (2 yrs immediate eligibility)
Recruiting classes
2023 recruiting class
2024 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Regular season
!colspan=12 style=|Big East tournament
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Source
Awards and honors
Preseason honors Preseason All-Big East First Team Joel Soriano C October 24, 2023
Postseason honors All-Big East Second Team Daniss Jenkins G March 10, 2024 All-Met First Team Daniss Jenkins G April 17, 2024 All-Met First Team Joel Soriano C
References