2024–25 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

The 2024–25 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represents St. John's University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are coached by Rick Pitino, in his second year at the school, and play their home games at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden as members of the Big East Conference.

2024–25 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 21
APNo. 22
Record4–1 (0–0 Big East)
Head coach
Associate head coachSteve Masiello
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCarnesecca Arena
Madison Square Garden
Seasons
2024–25 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
DePaul 0 0   5 0   1.000
No. 15 Marquette 0 0   5 0   1.000
Providence 0 0   5 0   1.000
Xavier 0 0   5 0   1.000
No. 14 Creighton 0 0   4 0   1.000
No. 22 St. John's 0 0   4 0   1.000
No. 2 UConn 0 0   4 0   1.000
Butler 0 0   3 1   .750
Georgetown 0 0   3 1   .750
Villanova 0 0   3 3   .500
Seton Hall 0 0   2 2   .500
2025 Big East tournament winner
As of November 20, 2024
Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

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The Red Storm finished the season 20–13, 11–9 in Big East play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Seton Hall in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament before losing in the semifinals to UConn.

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Cruz Davis 0 G 6'3" 172 Sophomore Plano, TX Transferred to Hofstra
Jordan Dingle 3 G 6'3" 196 Senior Valley Stream, NY Graduated
Nahiem Alleyne 4 G 6'4" 200 GS Senior Buford, GA Graduated
Daniss Jenkins 5 G 6'3" 175 GS Senior Dallas, TX Graduated/undrafted in 2024 NBA draft; signed with the Detroit Pistons
Chris Ledlum 8 G/F 6'6" 225 GS Senior Brooklyn, NY Graduated
Joel Soriano 11 F 6'11" 255 GS Senior Yonkers, NY Graduated/undrafted in 2024 NBA draft; signed with the Charlotte Hornets
Sean Conway 30 G 6'4" 200 GS Senior Fairfield, CT Graduated
Glenn Taylor Jr. 35 F 6'6" 205 Junior Las Vegas, NV Transferred to Oklahoma[1]
Drissa Traore 55 F 6'8" 215   Junior New York City, NY Transferred to Rhode Island[2]

Incoming transfers

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Name Num Pos Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school
Aaron Scott 0 G/F 6'7" 200 Senior Spring, TX North Texas
Kadary Richmond 1 F 6'6" 205 GS Senior Brooklyn, NY Seton Hall
Deivon Smith 5 G 6'1" 172 Senior Loganville, GA Utah
Vincent Iwuchukwu 8 F 7'1" 240 Junior San Antonio, TX USC

Recruiting classes

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2024 recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Jaiden Glover
#23 SF
Elizabeth, NJ The Patrick School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sep 12, 2023 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 84
Khaman Maker
#34 C
Las Vegas, NV Trinity International School 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sep 18, 2023 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 80
Lefteris Liotopoulos
SG
Greece, EUR DEKA Academy 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) N/A May 23, 2023 
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPNN/A   ESPN grade: NR
Rúben Prey
PF
Lisbon, Portugal Club Joventut de Badalona, S.A.D 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) N/A Jun 17, 2024 
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPNN/A   ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

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2024–25 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Aaron Scott 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Legacy the School of Sport Sciences
North Texas
Spring, TX
G 1 Kadary Richmond (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) GS Brewster Academy
Seton Hall
Brooklyn, NY
F 2 Sadiku Ibine Ayo 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Our Savior Lutheran
Iona
Asabi-Kumasi, Ghana
G 5 Deivon Smith 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Grayson
Utah
Loganville, GA
G 7 Simeon Wilcher 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Roselle Catholic Plainfield, NJ
F 8 Vincent Iwuchukwu 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Jr Southern California Academy
USC
San Antonio, TX
F 11 Jadien Glover 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr The Patrick School Brooklyn, NY
G 12 RJ Luis Jr. 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Mt. Zion Prep
UMass
Miami, FL
C 14 Khaman Maker 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr SFBA Trinity Prep Las Vegas, NV
F 17 Rubén Prey 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Fr Joventut Badalona Lisbon, Portugal
F 24 Zuby Ejiofor (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jr Garland
Kansas
Garland, TX
G 31 Lefteris Liotopoulos 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr DEKA Academy Greece
F 44 Brady Dunlap 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Harvard-Westlake Newhall, CA
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Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 17, 2024*
6:30 p.m., BTN
at No. 25 Rutgers
Charity Exhibition benefiting the V Foundation
W 91–85 
 27  Ejiofor   13  Ejiofor   6  Richmond  Jersey Mike's Arena (4,240)
Piscataway, NJ
October 26, 2024*
12:00 p.m.
Towson
Charity Exhibition benefiting Autism Speaks
W 64–46 
 11  Tied   8  Luis Jr   2  Tied  Carnesecca Arena (1,742)
Queens, NY
Regular season
November 4, 2024*
6:30 p.m., FS1
Fordham
Rivalry
W 92–60  1–0
 17  Wilcher   9  Richmond   6  Smith  Carnesecca Arena (5,602)
Queens, NY
November 9, 2024*
2:00 p.m., FS2
Quinnipiac W 96–73  2–0
 24  Luis Jr.   13  Luis Jr.   10  Smith  Carnesecca Arena (5,602)
Queens, NY
November 13, 2024*
6:30 p.m., FS2
No. 22 Wagner W 66–45  3–0
 13  Luis Jr.   8  Smith   7  Richmond  Carnesecca Arena (4,751)
Queens, NY
November 17, 2024*
12:00 p.m., FS1
No. 22 New Mexico
NYC Hoops for Heroes Classic
W 85–71  4–0
 21  Luis Jr.   11  Luis Jr.   7  Luis Jr.  Madison Square Garden (12,310)
New York, NY
November 21, 2024*
7:00 p.m., CBSSN
No. 22 vs. No. 13 Baylor
Bahamas Championship semifinals
L 98–99 2OT 4–1
 22  Ejiofor   10  Ejiofor   7  Richmond  Baha Mar Convention Center (2,077)
Nassau, Bahamas
November 22, 2024*
7:00 p.m./9:30 p.m., CBSSN
No. 22 vs. Tennessee/Virginia
Bahamas Championship 3rd place game
      Baha Mar Convention Center 
Nassau, Bahamas
November 24, 2024*
11:00 a.m., CBSSN
No. 22 vs. Georgia
Atlantis Resort Series
      Imperial Arena 
Nassau, Bahamas
November 30, 2024*
5:00 p.m., Peacock
Harvard       Carnesecca Arena 
Queens, NY
December 7, 2024*
11:30 a.m., FOX
Kansas State
Big East–Big 12 Battle
      Carnesecca Arena 
Queens, NY
December 11, 2024*
7:00 p.m., CBSSN
Bryant       Carnesecca Arena 
Queens, NY
December 17, 2024
6:30 p.m., Peacock
DePaul       Carnesecca Arena 
Queens, NY
December 20, 2024
8:00 p.m., FOX
at Providence       Amica Mutual Pavilion 
Providence, RI
December 28, 2024*
6:00 p.m., FS1
Delaware       Carnesecca Arena 
Queens, NY
December 31, 2024
4:00 p.m., Peacock
at Creighton       CHI Health Center Omaha 
Omaha, NE
January 4, 2025
2:00 p.m., FS1
Butler       Carnesecca Arena 
Queens, NY
January 7, 2025
6:30 p.m., FS1
at Xavier       Cintas Center 
Cincinnati, OH
January 11, 2025
7:00 p.m., CBSSN
Villanova       Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
January 14, 2025
7:30 p.m., Peacock
Georgetown
Rivalry
      Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
January 18, 2025
8:00 p.m., FOX/FS1
at Seton Hall       Prudential Center 
Newark, NJ
January 22, 2025
7:00 p.m., FS1
Xavier       Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
January 28, 2025
6:30 p.m., FS1
at Georgetown
Rivalry
      Capital One Arena 
Washington, D.C.
February 1, 2025
12:00 p.m., CBSSN
Providence       Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
February 4, 2025
6:30 p.m., FS1
Marquette       Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
February 7, 2025
8:00 p.m., FOX
at UConn       Gampel Pavilion 
Storrs, CT
February 12, 2025
6:00 p.m., FS1
at Villanova       Finneran Pavilion 
Villanova, PA
February 16, 2025
3:00 p.m., FS1
Creighton       Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
February 19, 2025
9:00 p.m., FS1
at DePaul       Wintrust Arena 
Chicago, IL
February 23, 2025
12:00 p.m., FOX
UConn       Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
February 26, 2025
9:00 p.m., CBSSN
at Butler       Hinkle Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, IN
March 1, 2025
2:15 p.m., CBS
Seton Hall       Carnesecca Arena 
Queens, NY
March 8, 2025
TBA, FOX/FS1
at Marquette       Fiserv Forum 
Milwaukee, WI
Big East tournament
March 12–15, 2025
TBA
vs.        Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source[3]

Rankings

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Ranking movements
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References

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  1. ^ Sulley, Colton (July 22, 2024). "OU basketball lands St. John's forward Glenn Taylor Jr. via transfer portal". The Oklahoman. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  2. ^ Koch, Bill (April 29, 2024). "Rhode Island basketball gets a player with Big East roots; who is he?". The Providence Journal. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  3. ^ "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". St. John's University Athletics. Retrieved September 12, 2024.