2023–24 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team explained

Sport:basketball
Year:2023–24
Prev Year:2022–23
Next Year:2024–25
Team:St. John's Red Storm
Conference:Big East Conference
Short Conf:Big East
Record:20–13
Conf Record:11–9
Head Coach:Rick Pitino
Hc Year:1st
Assoc Coach:Steve Masiello
Asst Coach1:Ricky Johns
Asst Coach2:Van Macon
Arena:Carnesecca Arena
Madison Square Garden

The 2023–24 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represents St. John's University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are coached by Rick Pitino, in his first year at the school, and play their home games at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden as members of the Big East Conference.

Previous season

The Red Storm finished the season 17–14, 7–13 in Big East play to finish in eighth place. They 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] Anderson has disputed the assertion that his firing was for cause and filed a notice of intent to arbitrate seeking the guaranteed money that was owed to him on his contract as well as an additional $34.2 million in punitive damages.[2] [3] On March 20, the school named Hall of Famer Rick Pitino as the team's new head coach.[4]

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
0 G 6'0" 200 Junior Transferred to Butler
2 G 6'6" 200 Freshman Transferred to Wisconsin
3 G 6'1" 175 Junior Transferred to Southern Miss
O'Mar Stanley 4 F 6'8" 230 Sophomore Transferred to Boise State
Dylan Addae-Wusu 5 G 6'4" 230 Junior Transferred to Seton Hall
Montez Mathis 10 G 6'4" 210 RS Senior Graduated
Kolby King 12 G 6'2" 175 Freshman Transferred to Tulane
Jason Simpson 13 G 5'10" 155 Sophomore Walk-on; transferred to Florida State
Parker Williams 14 G 6'0" 180 Freshman Walk-on; transferred
Esahia Nyiwe 22 F 6'10" 220 Senior Graduated
23 F 6'6" 210 Junior Transferred to Memphis
Rafael Pinzon 24 G 6'6" 195 Sophomore Transferred to Bryant
34 C 7'1" 220 Freshman Transferred to Tulsa

Incoming transfers

Name Num Pos Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school
Cruz Davis 0 G 6'3" 170 Sophomore Iona
Sadiku Ibine Ayo 2 F 6'7" 210 Sophomore Iona
3 G 6'3" 195 Senior Penn
Nahiem Alleyne 4 G 6'4" 195 GS Senior UConn
5 G 6'3" 175 GS Senior Iona
Chris Ledlum 8 G/F 6'6" 225 GS Senior Harvard
RJ Luis 12 G 6'7" 196 Sophomore UMass
Zuby Ejiofor 24 F 6'8" 220 Sophomore Kansas
Sean Conway 30 G 6'4" 200 GS Senior VMI
Glenn Taylor Jr. 35 F 6'6" 200 Junior Oregon State

Recruiting classes

2024 recruiting class

Schedule and results

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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: Fired Hoops Coach Mike Anderson Seeks $45.6M from St. John's. Medcalf. Myron. ESPN. May 11, 2023. November 1, 2023.
  3. Web site: Mike Anderson Lawsuit Seeks $46 Million, Reveals Strong Supporting Evidence. Sports Illustrated Fan Nation: All Hogs. Smith. Keith. May 11, 2023. November 16, 2023.
  4. 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.
  5. Web site: 2023–24 Men's Basketball Schedule . St. John's University Athletics . August 28, 2023 . en.
  6. Web site: 2023-24 St. John's Red Storm Schedule . 2023-09-22 . ESPN . en.