It nonetheless warrants a double-take. Seeing St. John’s ranked among the many nation’s high 10 groups appears like a misprint to the eyes. When the season began, it could’ve felt like a safer wager to by no means see the varsity ranked so extremely once more in your lifetime, an honor that might solely exist in earlier eras, as prone to return as Ebbets Area.
However Monday, St. John’s moved up one other three spots, coming in at No. 7 within the newest AP ballot. It’s the workforce’s highest rating since Dec. 2, 1991. It’s their third straight week inside the highest 10, its longest stretch in 26 years.
The Crimson Storm (24-4) have misplaced as soon as in 2025, coming into Wednesday’s recreation at Butler off their greatest recreation of the season, wherein the Johnnies accomplished a season-sweep of the two-time defending nationwide champion, UConn, and moved one other step nearer to their first outright Huge East title since 1985.
It’s nearly unattainable to imagine this is identical program that suffered by way of six seasons of Norm Roberts, by way of the false promise of Steve Lavin, by way of the misguided nostalgia of Chris Mullin, by way of the uninspired tenure of Mike Anderson.
