The 2025–26 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by Rick Pitino, in his third year at the school and 37th overall. They played their home games at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden as members of the Big East Conference.

Previous season The Red Storm had a breakout year under second year coach Rick Pitino where they finished the season 31–5, 18–2 in Big East play to win both the Big East regular season and tournament championship, and got a #2 seed to the NCAA Tournament. However, they lost to #10 seed Arkansas in the Round of 32.

Offseason Departures Aaron Scott 0 6'7" 210 F Senior Spring, TX Graduated, signed with the Boston Celtics Kadary Richmond 1 6'6" 205 G GS Senior Brooklyn, NY Graduated, signed with the Washington Wizards Deivon Smith 5 6'0" 175 G Senior Decatur, GA Graduated, signed with the Atlanta Hawks Simeon Wilcher 7 6'4" 190 G Sophomore Plainfield, NJ Transferred to Texas Vince Iwuchukwu 8 7'1" 250 C Junior Lagos, Nigeria Transferred to Georgetown Jaiden Glover 11 6'4" 205 G/F Freshman Brooklyn, NY Transferred to St. Joseph's RJ Luis Jr. 12 6'7" 215 G/F Junior Miami, FL Declared for 2025 NBA Draft/Undrafted, signed with the Utah Jazz Khaman Maker 14 7'2" 220 C Freshman Juba, South Sudan Transferred to DePaul Brady Dunlap 44 6'7" 190 G/F RS Sophomore Newhall, CA Transferred to Saint Louis

Incoming transfers Dylan Darling 0 G 6'1" 175 RS Junior Spokane, WA Idaho State Dillon Mitchell 1 F 6'8" 205 Senior Tampa, FL Cincinnati Joson Sanon 3 G 6'5" 200 Sophomore Fall River, MA Arizona State Oziyah Sellers 4 G 6'5" 190 Senior Hayward, CA Stanford Ian Jackson 11 G 6'5" 195 Sophomore The Bronx North Carolina Bryce Hopkins 23 F 6'7" 225 GS Senior Oak Park, IL Providence Handje Tamba 44 C 6'11" 240 GS Senior Kinshasa, DRC Milligan

Recruiting classes 2025 recruiting class

Preseason The Big East preseason coaches poll was reached on October 21, 2025. All awards were voted on by the league's 11 head coaches, who could not vote for their own team or players.

Big East Preseason Coaches Poll Big East CoachesPoints 1.St. John's97 (7) 2.UConn94 (4) 3.Creighton80 4.Providence64 5.Marquette60 6.Georgetown57 7.Villanova50 8.Xavier33 9.DePaul29 10.Butler26 11.Seton Hall15Reference: (#) first-place votes

All-Big East Preseason Selections Preseason Big East Player of the Year Zuby Ejiofor F Sr. Preseason All-Big East First Team Bryce Hopkins G/F Sr. Preseason All-Big East Second Team Ian Jackson G So. Preseason All-Big East Third Team Dillon Mitchell F Sr. Preseason All-Big East Third Team Joson Sanon G So.

Preseason Award Watch Lists Jerry West Award Top 20 Ian Jackson G So. NABC Player of the Year Top 20 Zuby Ejiofor F Sr. Karl Malone Award Top 20 Bryce Hopkins G/F Sr. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Top 20 Zuby Ejiofor F Sr. Naismith Player of the Year Top 50 Zuby Ejiofor F Sr. Bryce Hopkins G/F Sr. Ian Jackson G So.

Top 25 Preseason Polls APRankingTeam1Purdue (35)2Houston (16)3Florida (8)4UConn (2)5St. John's6Duke7Michigan8BYU9Kentucky10Texas Tech11Louisville12UCLA13Arizona14Arkansas15Alabama16Iowa State17Illinois18Tennessee19Kansas20Auburn21Gonzaga22Michigan State23Creighton24Wisconsin25North CarolinaUSA Today CoachesRankingTeam1Purdue (18)2Houston (12)3Florida (1)4UConn5Duke6St. John's7Michigan8BYU9Kentucky10Louisville11Texas Tech12UCLA13Arizona14Illinois15Arkansas16Alabama17Tennessee18Iowa State19Kansas20Gonzaga21Michigan State22Auburn23Creighton24Wisconsin25North Carolina

Roster

Schedule and results

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Source

Awards and honors

Preseason honors Preseason Big East Player of the Year Zuby Ejiofor F October 21, 2025 Preseason All-Big East First Team Bryce Hopkins G/F Preseason All-Big East Second Team Ian Jackson G Preseason All-Big East Third Team Joson Sanon G

Rankings

References