The Red Storm clinched the Big East regular-season title three months after Mr. Carneseca died just short of his 100 th birthday. When Mr. Pitino was hired at St. John’s he vowed to return the program to the elite level it enjoyed in the 1980s under Mr. Carneseca, who compiled 526 wins over two different stints at St. John’s.

Even as the wins have piled up, Rick Pitino has maintained that his St. John’s team can beat anybody, but also lose to anyone.

That's the way university president Rev. Brian A. Shanley feels. He calls Rick Pitino ''a magician. He's a genius."

The time is set for the last game of the regular season for the Marquette men's basketball ... St. John's, in its second season under head coach Rick Pitino, is close to clinching its first ...

The Golden Eagles cruised to two easy wins last week, but the competition heats up in the final two regular-season matchups.

While exiled from college basketball in 2019 and coaching in Greece after a tumultuous ending to his Louisville tenure, Rick Pitino called his shot. The storied college basketball coach, then 66, told college hoops writer Adam Zagoria that "I would bring St. John's to the Elite level not seen since Louie (Carnesecca) roamed the sidelines."

Rick Pitino has had a wildly successful season on the court with the St. John's Red Storm, fulfilling his promise to bring the program back to prominence.

The Golden Eagles (22-7, 13-5 Big East) have opportunities to notch Quad 1 victories in their final two regular-season games.