#22 St. John's Men's Basketball 2024-2025 Preview

 
 
St. John’s Red Storm
 
2024-2025 Overall Rank: #22
 
Conference Rank: #4 Big East
 
 
2023-24 Record: 20-13, 11-9
2023-24 Postseason: None
Coach: Rick Pitino
Coach Record: 20-13 at St. John’s, 731-303 overall
 
Key Departed Players:
Daniss Jenkins, Guard, 14.9 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 5.4 apg, 1.6 spg
Joel Soriano, Center, 13.8 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.7 bpg
Jordan Dingle, Guard, 11.6 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 1.7 apg
Chris Ledlum, Guard, 9.5 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 1.8 apg, 1.2 bpg
Nahiem Alleyne, Guard, 6.4 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 1.0 apg
Glenn Taylor Jr., Forward, 4.4 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 1.2 apg
 
Key Returning Players:
RJ Luis Jr., Junior, Guard, 10.9 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 1.0 apg
Zuby Ejiofor, Junior, Forward, 4.3 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 1.1 bpg
Brady Dunlap, Sophomore, Forward, 3.2 ppg, 1.5 rpg
Simeon Wilcher, Sophomore, Guard, 2.8 ppg, 1.1 apg
 
Key New Players:
Jaiden Glover, Freshman, Forward
Vince Iwuchukwu, Junior, Center, Transfer from USC
Lefteris Liotopoulos, Freshman, Guard
Khaman Maker, Freshman, Center
Ruben Prey, Freshman, Forward
Kadary Richmond, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Seton Hall
Aaron Scott, Senior, Forward, Transfer from North Texas
Deivon Smith, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Utah
 
Projected Postseason Tournament: NCAA
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 78.8 (51st in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 71.9 (178, 7)
Field-Goal Percentage: 45.3 (124, 4)
Field-Goal Defense: 43.3 (146, 7)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.2 (208, 8)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.1 (173, 7)
Free-Throw Percentage: 72.8 (130, 8)
Rebound Margin: 5.2 (31, 2)
Assists Per Game: 15.7 (40, 5)
Turnovers Per Game: 10.9 (95, 5)