The St. John's Red Storm is the nickname used for the 17 varsity athletic programs of St. John's University, in the U.S. state of New York. St. John's 17 NCAA Division I teams compete in the Big East Conference, with the exception of the fencing team, which compete in the ECAC. On December 15, 2012, St. John's and the other six Catholic, non-FBS schools announced that they were departing the former Big East for a new conference. The "Catholic 7", after purchasing the "Big East" name from the FBS schools and adding Butler, Creighton, and Xavier, began operating as the new Big East Conference beginning in July 2013.
The St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represents St. John's University located in Queens, New York. The team participates in the Big East Conference. As of the end of the 2022–23 season, St. John's ranked ninth with 1,922 total wins among NCAA Division I teams. St. John's has appeared in 30 NCAA tournaments, most recently appearing in 2019. The Red Storm's best finish in the NCAA tournament came in 1952 when they were NCAA runner-ups and made the Final Four. St. John's also made a Final Four appearance in 1985. St. John's is coached by Rick Pitino.
The Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team represents the University of Oklahoma (OU) and competes in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I.
The 2011 Big East men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2010-11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 8–12, 2011 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. This was the third Big East tournament to include all 16 of the conference's teams. The teams finishing 9 through 16 in the regular season standings played first-round games, while teams 5 through 8 received byes to the second round. The top 4 teams during the regular season received double-byes to the quarterfinals. The tournament was won by Connecticut, their seventh title, tying Georgetown for the most championships in Big East Men's Basketball Tournament history. Connecticut guard Kemba Walker was named the tournament MVP.
The 2010–11 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Steve Lavin in his first year at the school. Saint John's home games were played at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden and the team is a member of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 21–12, 12–6 in Big East play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2011 Big East men's basketball tournament to Syracuse. They received an at-large bid in the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they lost in the first round to Gonzaga.
The Sanford Pentagon is an indoor arena located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Pentagon opened in September 2013 and has a seating capacity of 3,250 spectators. It hosts the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA G League. The facility is known for hosting a wide range of sporting events including: regional youth basketball tournaments, NCAA Division I basketball games, NCAA Division II basketball games and tournaments, mixed martial arts events, and occasional concerts.
The 2013–14 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Steve Lavin in his fourth year at the school. Saint John's home games were played at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden and the team was a founding member of the new Big East Conference. They finished the season 20–13, 10–8 in Big East play to finish in three-way tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament to Providence. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Robert Morris in the first round.
The 2014–15 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Steve Lavin in his fifth year at the school. St. John's home games were played at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden and the team was members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 21–12, 10–8 in Big East play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament to Providence. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to San Diego State. On March 27, 2015 St. John's and head coach Steve Lavin mutually agreed to part ways.
The 2014–15 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Red Storm were led by third-year head coach Joe Tartamella, played their games at Carnesecca Arena and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 23–11, 11–7 in Big East play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big East women's basketball tournament where they lost to Seton Hall. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Army in the first round, Fordham in the second round before losing to Big East member Villanova in the third round.
The 2015–16 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by alumni and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member Chris Mullin in his first year at the school. St. John's home games were played at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden and was a member of the Big East Conference.
The 2016–17 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by alumni and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member Chris Mullin in his second year at the school. They played their home games at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the regular season 14–19, 7–11 in Big East play to finish in eighth place. They defeated Georgetown in the first round of the Big East tournament before losing to Villanova in the quarterfinals.
The 2016–17 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Red Storm, led by fifth-year head coach Joe Tartamella, played their games at Carnesecca Arena and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 22–12, 11–7 in Big East play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big East women's basketball tournament where they lost to DePaul. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Sacred Heart and Harvard in the first and second rounds, before losing Michigan in the third round.
The 2017–18 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by alumnus and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member Chris Mullin, in his third year at the school. They played their home games at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 16–17, 4–14 in Big East play to finish in tie for ninth place. They beat Georgetown in the first round of the Big East tournament before losing to Xavier in the quarterfinals.
The 2017–18 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Red Storm, led by sixth-year head coach Joe Tartamella, played their games at Carnesecca Arena and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 19–15, 9–9 in Big East play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East women's basketball tournament to Creighton. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Marist, Penn and Duquesne in the first, second and third rounds before losing to West Virginia in the quarterfinals.
The Fordham–St. John's rivalry is an inter-conference rivalry between the Fordham Rams and the St. John's Red Storm who are both located in New York City: Fordham playing in The Bronx and St. John's playing in Queens. Conference-wise, the Rams play in the Atlantic 10 Conference, while the Red Storm play in the Big East Conference.
The 2018–19 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by alumnus and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member Chris Mullin, in his fourth year at the school. They played their home games at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 21–13, 8–10 in Big East Play to finish in seventh place. They defeated DePaul in the first round of the Big East tournament before losing Marquette in the quarter-finals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as an 11th seed. However, they lost to fellow 11th seed Arizona State the First Four.
The 2018–19 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Red Storm, led by seventh-year head coach Joe Tartamella, played their games at Carnesecca Arena with 1 game at Madison Square Garden and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 15–16, 7–11 in Big East play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big East women's basketball tournament to Creighton where they lost to Marquette.
Joanne Persico is the winningest coach at any sport at St. John's University with 540 career wins. She is an American collegiate volleyball coach and former collegiate volleyball player. In 1987, she was named Big East Player of the Year. Since 1994, she has been the women's volleyball head coach at St. John's University in New York City, now an NCAA Division 1 team. In 2006 and 2018, she was named the Big East Coach of the Year. Persico has tallied 540 career victories and six BIG EAST titles throughout her 29 seasons as head coach. Her total is the 23rd most by any active Division I women's volleyball coach. She is the fifth longest tenured women's volleyball coach at a single program and has tallied the seventh most wins among those coaches.
The 2020–21 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are coached by Mike Anderson, in his second year at the school, and play their home games at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 16-11, 10-9 in Big East Play to finish in 4th place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament to Seton Hall.
The 2021–22 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by Mike Anderson, in his third year at the school, and played their home games at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden as members of the Big East Conference.
