St. John's Red Storm NCAA Basketball Betting
Certainly, Rick Pitino has made a significant impact in his two seasons as head coach of the St. John’s Red Storm. As he previously did at Iona, Pitino is leading a program renaissance. Still, a second round loss to old rival John Calipari and his Arkansas Razorbacks was a bitter pill to swallow. Heading into the NCAA Tournament, the Johnnies were riding high as Big East regular season and tournament champions. Now the question is if Pitino can keep it going in the 2025-26 season. Gamblers will certainly bet that he can.
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2025 St. John’s Red Storm Season Recap
Overall, the St. John’s Red Storm are 31-4 straight up, 18-12-1 against the spread, and 14-16-1 over/under the total. St. John’s has national metrics of 67th for scoring offense, 159th for field goal percentage, 342nd for 3-point field goal percentage, 292nd for free throw percentage, and 14th for offensive rebounding. While defensively, St. John’s is 31st for scoring defense, 18th for field goal percentage permitted, 78th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 158th for defensive rebounding.
Late on, St. John’s has covered seven of its previous ten games. St. John’s has gone under the total in seven of its last ten outings. First among St. John’s scorers is RJ Luis, with 18.2 points per game.
Though his No. 2, the No. 10 Arkansas Razorbacks, shockingly eliminated St. John's Red Storm on Saturday, fiery SJU head coach Rick Pitino kept things classy and respectful in his postgame press conference.
"It goes back to we just didn't do the little things to win that game," Pitino told reporters, "and you gotta give (Arkansas) the credit. They were the better basketball team by far."
The Red Storm managed to claw back from a 13-point deficit at one point before losing 75-66. Neither team put up a stellar shooting performance, but the Storm's was particularly bad, shooting just 28% from the field and 2-21 from behind the arc.
Considering his squad's early elimination, Pitino also made sure to shout out three of his team's seniors in the postgame remarks.
"I'm just very appreciative for Aaron Scott. He had a bad game, but he gave me his heart and soul with a broken finger. I'm very appreciative of Kadary Richmond. He was a true pleasure to coach. He had a bad game tonight defensively, and (I)took him out of the game, but he was pure joy to coach. I'm very, very appreciative of Deivon Smith, who's been hurt and gave me everything he had. ... I hate to see them go out this way. ... I don't mind going out with a loss; I just hate to see us play that way offensively.
"You gotta live with it. You put a lot of time and effort, the coaches did, and it's just a bitter pill to swallow with that type of performance. We'll give the credit to Arkansas, and I'll be very, very thankful to those three guys for giving me everything they had, and we move on."
In the end, Arkansas' win was definitely a victory few saw coming, but that makes it even sweeter for the Razorbacks.
All-American St. John's guard RJ Luis was a big part of his team's success this season—but he picked an unfortunate game to have his worst shooting outing of the year.
Luis attempted 17 field goals and made just three in the No. 2 Red Storm's loss. He finished with nine points in 30 minutes—and was almost entirely absent as St. John's let a tight game fritter away down the stretch.
After the game, Red Storm coach Rick Pitino discussed Luis's absence.
"You already know the answer... you're asking leading questions," Pitino told a reporter. "You already know. Don't ask leading questions. You already know why he didn't play."
Latest NCAA Tournament Results
| YEAR |
RESULT |
| 2025 |
Lost Second Round vs. (10) Arkansas 66–75 |
| 2019 |
Lost First Four vs. (11) Arizona State 65–74 |
| 2015 |
Lost Second Round vs. (8) San Diego State 64–76 |
| 2011 |
Lost Second Round vs. (11) Gonzaga 71–86 |
| 2002 |
Lost First Round vs. (8) Wisconsin 70–80 |
| 2000 |
Lost Second Round vs. (10) Gonzaga 71–86 |
| 1999 |
Lost Elite Eight vs. (4) Ohio State 74–77 |
| 1999 |
Lost First Round vs. (10) Detroit 64–66 |
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