College basketball · Team · 2025-26

St. John's

Big East
AP No. 13
30–7
Rated 10th of 365

Top-50 offense, top-10 defense

They win at both ends — 33rd in adjusted offense and 7th in adjusted defense of 365 Division I teams in 2025-26.

+27.5Net rating12th of 365

Points per 100 possessions, adjusted offense minus adjusted defense · Final ratings for 2025-26 · last updated May 5, 2026, 9:46 AM ET

Ratings · 2025-26

How good, and how they get there

ADJ O121.433rd of 365 · 2nd of 11 in the Big East
ADJ D93.87th of 365 · 1st of 11 in the Big East
TEMPO69.475th of 365 · 3rd of 11 in the Big East
WIN PROB95.1%10th of 365 · 2nd of 11 in the Big East
WAB+7.88th of 365 · 2nd of 11 in the Big East

The four factors

Their strongest factor is eFG% allowed — 47.5, 30th of 365.

Effective field goal rateOffense 189th, defense 30th of 365
51.147.5
Turnover rateOffense 37th, defense 42nd of 365
14.419.1
Offensive rebound rateOffense 43rd, defense 152nd of 365
35.229.9
Free-throw rateOffense 57th, defense 100th of 365
40.231.8

Each bar is the team’s place among all 365 Division I teams, so a longer bar is better on both sides — even where the better number is the smaller one (turnovers committed, everything allowed). The tick marks the median team. Free-throw rate is free throws attempted per 100 shots.

Roster · 2025-26

Who carries it

Zuby Ejiofor plays the most — 74.7% of the team’s minutes.

PLAYER

CLASS

Zuby EjioforPF/C · 6-9 · 16.3 points a game in 37 games

74.7

26.4

122.3

+13.5

—

Bryce HopkinsWing G · 6-7 · 13.6 points a game in 37 games

71.8

22.0

116.8

+7.3

—

Oziyah SellersWing G · 6-5 · 10.3 points a game in 37 games

71.3

15.5

118.0

+2.9

—

Dillon MitchellPF/C · 6-8 · 8.3 points a game in 37 games

70.1

15.9

121.0

+8.2

—

Joson SanonWing G · 6-5 · 7.9 points a game in 37 games

52.2

19.4

97.7

−0.7

—

Dylan DarlingScoring PG · 6-1 · 6.9 points a game in 35 games

50.2

17.4

110.1

+4.6

—

Ian JacksonCombo G · 6-4 · 9.4 points a game in 36 games

44.4

24.6

104.7

+3.6

—

Rubén PreyPF/C · 6-10 · Played 26% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

26.8

—

Sadiku Ibine AyoWing G · 6-7 · Played 15% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

15.7

—

Lefteris LiotopoulosWing G · 6-5 · Played 15% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

15.6

—

Handje TambaC · 6-11 · Played 8 of the 10 games a rating needs

1.2

—

Fotis KonstantinidisPure PG · 6-2 · Played 7 of the 10 games a rating needs

0.6

—

Ratings print for players with 40% of their team’s minutes and enough games; the rest show “—”. Tap a player to open his college file.

Results · 2025-26

Every final

Won 30 of 37 finals by an average margin of +11.3 a game.

30–7 · Big East 21–2 · home 18–2 · away 9–1 · neutral 3–4

DATE

OPPONENT

RESULT

MARGIN

Mar 27

vs Dukeneutral floor · No. 1 seed · postseason

L 75–80

−5

Mar 22

vs Kansasneutral floor · No. 4 seed · postseason

W 67–65

Mar 20

vs Northern Iowaneutral floor · No. 12 seed · postseason

W 79–53

+26

Mar 14

vs UConnhome · No. 6 · conference

W 72–52

+20

Mar 13

vs Seton Hallhome · conference

W 78–68

+10

Mar 12

vs Providencehome · conference

W 85–72

+13

Mar 7

at Seton Hallaway · conference

W 72–65

Mar 4

vs Georgetownhome · conference

W 72–69

Game-by-game results start in 2023-24. The margin is the final score difference; tournament opponents show the seed they carried.

The AP path

Where the poll had them

Opened at No. 5, peaked at No. 5 and closed at No. 13 — ranked in 25 of 34 regular-season games.

Higher on the line is a better rank; a gap is a game they entered unranked.

2024-25Opened unranked, peaked at No. 6 and closed at No. 6 — ranked in 20 of 34 regular-season games.
2023-24Unranked in all 33 regular-season games.

The coach · 2025-26

How he wants to play

Rick Pitino

Head coach · year 3 at St. John's · 915–318 career

TEMPO69.4Possessions per 40 minutes, adjusted
3PA RATE27.5Share of his team’s shots taken from three

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