St. John's Moves Up In National Rankings

 

St. John's Head Coach Rick Pitino. Photo by Jason Schott.

The St. John's Red Storm continued their ascent up the national polls on Monday, as they came in at No. 22 in both the USA Today Sports Coaches Poll.

This comes as the Red Storm have won seven in a row to give them a 16-5 overall record and an 9-1 mark in Big East Conference play. 

Last Wednesday, St. John's rolled to a 92-70 win over Butler on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden. 

The only other Big East school in the Top 25 is Connecticut, who came in at No. 3 in both the AP poll and USA Today’s.

The Red Storm play tonight at DePaul at 8:00 p.m., and then a of showdown with UConn on Friday night at The Garden.

AP TOP 25 MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL POLL (released February 2):

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

1. Arizona - 22-0 - 1475 - 59

2. Michigan - 20-1 - 1388 

3. UConn - 21-1 - 1367

4. Duke - 20-1 - 1314

5. Illinois - 19-3 - 1172

6. Gonzaga - 22-1 - 1167

7. Iowa State - 20-2 - 1130

8. Houston - 19-2 - 1067

9. Nebraska - 20-2 - 1036

10. Michigan State - 19-3 - 950

11. Kansas - 16-5 - 847

12. Purdue - 18-4 - 697

13. Texas Tech - 16-5 - 638

14. North Carolina - 17-4 - 633

15. Vanderbilt - 19-3 - 627

16. BYU - 17-4 - 622

17. Florida - 16-6 - 618

18. Virginia - 18-3 - 578

19. Saint Louis - 21-1 - 353

20. Clemson - 18-4 - 284

21. Arkansas - 16-6 - 276

22. St. John's - 16-5 - 199

23. Miami (OH) - 22-0 - 170

24. Louisville - 15-6 - 148

25. Tennessee - 15-6 - 134

RECEIVED VOTES: Texas A&M (83), Alabama (48), Iowa (39), UCF (39), Kentucky (28), Villanova (15), NC State (9), Auburn (8), Utah St. (6), Miami (4), Georgia (3), Santa Clara (1), George Mason (1), Wisconsin (1). 

USA TODAY SPORTS COACHES POLL (released February 2):

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

1. Arizona - 22-0 - 775 - 31

2. Michigan - 20-1 - 728

3. UConn - 21-1 - 715

4. Duke - 20-1 - 692

5. Gonzaga - 22-1 - 625

6. Illinois - 19-3 - 599

7. Iowa State - 20-2 - 588

8. Houston - 19-2 - 586

9. Nebraska - 20-2 - 502

10. Michigan State - 19-3 - 486

11. Kansas - 16-5 - 448

12. Purdue - 18-4 - 387

13. Texas Tech - 16-5 - 365

14. BYU - 17-4 - 315

15. Vanderbilt - 19-3 - 311

16. Florida - 16-6 - 306

17. Virginia - 18-3  - 303

18. North Carolina - 17-4  - 280

19. Clemson - 18-4 - 217

20. Saint Louis - 21-1 - 197

21. Arkansas - 16-6 - 154

22. St. John's - 16-5 - 132

23. Louisville - 15-6 - 72

24. Miami (OH) - 22-0 - 68

25. Texas A&M - 17-4 - 61

Schools Dropped Out: No. 23 Alabama, No. 25 Iowa

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Iowa (52), Tennessee (50), UCF (15), Alabama (15), Villanova (15), Kentucky (9), NC State (4), Utah State (2), Georgia (2), Saint Mary's (1).