2022–23 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team explained

Sport:	basketball
Year:	2022–23
Prev Year:	2021–22
Next Year:	2023–24
Team:	St. John's Red Storm
Conference:	Big East Conference
Short Conf:	Big East
Record:	18–15
Conf Record:	7–13
Head Coach:	Mike Anderson
Hc Year:	4th
Asst Coach1:	T.J. Cleveland
Asst Coach2:	Van Macon
Asst Coach3:	Greg Vetrone
Arena:	Carnesecca Arena Madison Square Garden
Champion:	Empire Classic champions

The 2022–23 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by Mike Anderson, in his fourth year at the school, and played their home games at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 17–14, 7–13 in Big East Play to finish in eighth place. They won defeated Butler in the opening round of the Big East tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Marquette.

On March 10, 2023, the school fired head coach Mike Anderson for cause.^[1] On March 20, the school named former Kentucky and Louisville head coach Rick Pitino the team's new head coach.^[2]

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
	1	F	6'9"	205	GS Senior		Graduated/declared for 2022 NBA draft
	2	G/F	6'8"	215	Junior		Declared for 2022 NBA draft
Stef Smith	3	G	6'2"	195	GS Senior		Graduated
Tareq Coburn	10	G	6'5"	210	GS Senior		Graduated
Artemios Gavalas	14	G	6'0"	180	Sophomore		Walk-on; transferred
Jalen Rosemond	34	F	6'8"	220	Senior		Walk-on; graduate transferred to Molloy

Incoming transfers

Name	Num	Pos	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
	5	G	6'1"	175	Junior		Illinois
	23	F	6'6"	195	Junior		DePaul

Recruiting classes

2023 recruiting class

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition|-!colspan=12 style=| Regular season|-!colspan=12 style=|Big East tournament^[3]

Rankings

See also: 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

Notes and References

1. Web site: St. John's fires Mike Anderson; Rick Pitino reportedly top candidate . 2023-03-23 . FOX Sports . en-US.
2. Web site: Rick Pitino hired at St. John's: Hall of Fame coach returning to Big East after three seasons leading Iona . 2023-03-23 . CBSSports.com . en.
3. Web site: 2022–23 Men's Basketball Schedule . St. John's University Athletics . October 2, 2022 . en.