Monday, February 24, 2025

St. John's #7 In National Polls, Best Since 1991

 

The celebration was on Sunday at Madison Square Garden during a late timeout in St. John's win over UConn. Photo by Jason Schott.


The St. John's Red Storm made a major move in the Top 25 rankings on Monday, as they came in at No. 7 in both the Associated Press poll, and the USA Today Coaches' poll.

It is the highest national ranking for St. John's since it was No. 7 in the December 2, 1991 poll, during Lou Carnesecca's last season at the helm.

St. John's is now 24-4 on the season, including 15-2 in Big East play, in sole possession of first place in the conference, with a 2 1/2 game lead on Creighton (12-4) with three games to play.

This comes after a dominant 89-75 win over UConn, the two-time defending national champion, on Sunday at a sold-out Madison Square Garden. They went on the road and beat DePaul, 82-58, on Wednesday night in Chicago.

The only other Big East team in the Top 25 is Marquette, which came in at No. 21 in the AP Poll and No. 22 in the USA Today Coaches' Poll. Creighton, which dropped out of both of polls last week, returned to the USA Today poll at No. 25. 

BIG EAST PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kadary Richmond was named the Big East Player of the Week on Monday, after a week in which he averaged 17.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists, and 3.0 steals in 38.5 minutes per game. 

Richmond had double-doubles in both games St. John's played this week. On Wednesday at Villanova, he had 17 points (7-10 FG) and 10 rebounds, as well as five rebounds and two steals. In Sunday's win over UConn, he had 18 points (5-6 FG, 8-9 FT) and nine rebounds, six assists, and two steals.

AP TOP 25 MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL POLL (released February 24):

RANKING - TEAM - RECORD - POINTS - FIRST-PLACE VOTES:

1. Auburn - 25-2 - 1500 - 60

2. Duke - 24-3 - 1406 

3. Florida  - 24-3 - 1397

4. Houston - 23-4 - 1327

5. Tennessee - 22-5 - 1236

6. Alabama - 22-5 - 1198

7. St. John's - 24-4 - 1132

8. Michigan State - 22-5 - 1055

9. Iowa State - 21-6 - 1004

10. Texas Tech - 21-6 - 915

11. Wisconsin - 21-6 - 800

12. Texas A&M - 20-7 - 797

13. Clemson - 22-5 - 712

14. Missouri - 20-7 - 683

15. Michigan - 20-6 - 657

16. Maryland - 21-6 - 630

17. Kentucky - 18-9 - 461

18. Memphis - 22-5 - 393

19. Louisville - 21-6 - 372

20. Purdue - 19-9 - 328

21. Marquette - 20-7 - 309

22. Arizona - 18-9 - 289

23. Saint Mary's - 25-4 - 284

24. Mississippi State - 19-8 - 264

25. BYU - 19-8 - 135

RECEIVED VOTES:  Creighton (53), Mississippi (28), Kansas (25), New Mexico (23), VCU (20), Oregon (20), UCLA (14), Drake (12), UC San Diego (8), Gonzaga (3), High Point (3), Illinois (3), Vanderbilt (2), Utah St. (1), Yale (1).

USA TODAY SPORTS COACHES POLL (released February 24):

RANKING - TEAM - RECORD - POINTS - FIRST-PLACE VOTES:

1. Auburn - 25-2 - 748 - 28

2. Duke - 24-3 - 708 - 2

3. Florida - 24-3 - 693

4. Houston - 23-4 - 660

5. Tennessee - 22-5 - 610

6. Alabama - 22-5 - 607

7. St. John's - 24-4 - 571

8. Michigan State - 22-5 - 512

9. Iowa State - 21-6 - 492

10. Texas Tech - 21-6 - 467

11. Texas A&M - 20-7 - 438

12. Wisconsin - 21-6 - 384

13. Michigan - 20-6 - 377

14. Clemson - 22-5 - 352

15. Maryland - 21-6 - 326

16. Missouri - 20-7 - 263

17. Louisville - 21-6 - 241

18. Memphis - 22-5 - 205

19. Purdue - 19-9 - 175

20. Saint Mary's - 25-4 - 173

21. Arizona - 18-9 - 159

22. Marquette - 20-7 - 150

23. Kentucky - 18-9 - 137

24. Mississippi State - 19-8 - 89

25. Creighton - 19-8 - 43

SCHOOLS DROPPED OUT: No. 25 Kansas

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: BYU (39), New Mexico (29), VCU (22), Ole Miss (15), UC San Diego (14), UCLA (13), Utah State (11), Kansas (11), Gonzaga (7), UConn (5), Drake (2), UC Davis (1), Oregon (1).


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