St. John’s (16-10, 10-9 BIG EAST) 2021 BIG EAST TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY JEEP N25 SAINT PETER’S (CA)* W, 76-75 MARCH 10-13, 2021 N26 LA SALLE (CA)* W, 82-65 St. John’s Record: 16-10, 10-9 BIG EAST N30 vs. Boston College # W, 97-93 D2 vs BYU ^ L, 74-68 FS1/FOX • 970 AM (WNYM)/570 AM (WMCA) D6 STONY BROOK (CA) W, 89-66 NEW YORK, N.Y. • MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (19,812) D8 RIDER (CA) W, 82-79 D11 • at Seton Hall L, 77-68 D13 • at Georgetown L, 97-94 OT • The St. John’s men’s basketball team finished the regular-season winning D17 • No. 9/9 CREIGHTON (CA) L, 94-76 10 of its last 13 contests and secured a spot in the top-5 of the BIG EAST ST. JOHN’S IN THE D20 • GEORGETOWN (CA) W, 94-83 standings for the first time since 2014-15. The Red Storm strung together J6 • at Xavier L, 69-61 six-straight victories from Jan. 18 to Feb. 3, a streak which included four BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP BIG EAST road wins and a home triumph against then-No. 3/3 Villanova. J9 • at No. 7/5 Creighton L, 97-79 • For the second time in program history, St. John’s enters the BIG EAST (1980-2020) J12 • BUTLER (CA) W, 69-57 Championship Presented by Jeep as the No. 4 seed. It marks the Red J16 • MARQUETTE (CA) L, 73-71 Storm’s best seed for the conference tournament since finishing third ALL-TIME APPEARANCES 38th in 2021 J18 • at No. 23/RV Connecticut W, 74-70 in 1999-2000. St. John’s will face Seton Hall at Madison Square Garden OVERALL W/L 29-33 J23 UTAH VALLEY (CA) W, 96-78 on Thursday at 3 p.m. on FS1 with announcers Tim Brando and Jim SEED #4 0-1 J27 • at DePaul W, 81-68 Jackson on the call. Gus Johnson and Jim Jackson will announce the semifinal and championship rounds. St. John’s radio broadcasts with FIRST ROUND APPEARANCES 17 (9-8) J31 • at Marquette W, 75-73 John Minko and Brandon Tierney will air on 970 AM (WNYM)/570 AM QUARTERFINAL APPEARANCES 25 (11-14) F3 • No. 3/3 VILLANOVA (CA) W, 70-59 (WMCA) and will be available through TuneIn Radio, SiriusXM and at SEMIFINAL APPEARANCES F6 • at Providence W, 92-81 RedStormSports.com. 11 (5-6) F9 • at Butler L, 76-73 OT • St. John’s enters the BIG EAST Tournament having won 11 of 14 games FINALS APPEARANCES 5 (3-2) in New York City, all of which came at the Johnnies’ on-campus home, F16 • XAVIER (CA) W, 93-84 CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 (1983, 1986, 2000) Carnesecca Arena. The Red Storm will make its season debut at its home F20 • DEPAUL (CA) L, 88-83 court in Midtown, Madison Square Garden, with four returners who F23 • at No. 8/6 Villanova L, 81-58 were instrumental in leading St. John’s to wins in its final two games M3 • PROVIDENCE (CA) W, 81-67 at “The World’s Most Famous Arena” in 2019-20. Julian Champagnie, M6 • SETON HALL (CA) W, 81-71 Rasheem Dunn, Marcellus Earlington and Greg Williams Jr. played key ST. JOHN’S STATS roles in leading St. John’s to an 88-86 victory over Marquette in the OVERALL BIG EAST BIG EAST Tournament (MSG) regular-season finale and in a 75-62 win against Georgetown in the 2020 BIG EAST Tournament opening round. 16-10 Record 10-9 M11 vs. Seton Hall 3 p.m. • No. 1 seed Villanova will face the winner of No. 8 Georgetown/No. 9 M12 Semifinal 6 p.m. Marquette in the first quarterfinal contest Thursday at noon on St. 79.3 PPG 77.5 M13 Championship 6:30 p.m. John’s side of the bracket. The semifinal is scheduled for 6 p.m. on 76.7 Opp PPG 77.1 Friday. A potential St. John’s-Villanova matchup would be their third .452 FG% .444 * Lapchick Tournament meeting in just over a month. The Red Storm used a stout defensive # Hall of Fame Bubbleville at Mohegan Sun Arena performance as well as a double-double from Julian Champagnie (14 .464 OPP FG% .454 points, 13 rebounds) and a game-high 16 points from Posh Alexander .350 3FG% .357 ^ Legends Classic at Mohegan Sun Arena to upend the Wildcats, 70-59, in their last meeting in New York City on Feb. 3. .342 OPP 3FG% .331 • St. John’s finished the regular season occupying the 67th spot in the .749 FT% .739 NCAA’s NET Rankings. The Red Storm went 6-1 in non-conference play with its only setback coming against BYU (NET 18). 35.8 Rebounds 35.6 • The Red Storm’s 10 victories in BIG EAST play tied for the program’s most 16.5 Assists 16.1 conference victories since the league realigned in 2013-14. It also marked just the fourth time in the last two decades St. John’s recorded double 12.8 Turnovers 12.6 digit BIG EAST wins in a season. 4.0 Blocks 4.2 BROADCAST INFORMATION • St. John’s is 434-303 (.589) all-time at Madison Square Garden, which has 9.2 Steals 7.9 served as the home court for St. John’s basketball for 90 years. TV: The 2021 BIG EAST Tournament will be nationally televised on FS1 and FOX (championship game). Tim Brando and Jim Jackson are the announcers for St. 2020-21 St. John’s Red Storm John’s quarterfinal contest. Gus Johnson and Jim Jackson are the announcers for the semifinals and Most Common Starters (GP-GS) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Notes championship. F 1 Josh Roberts (24-16) 6-9 220 Jr. 2.5 2.7 Ranked 14th on the BIG EAST’s blocks chart Radio: St. John’s IMG Sports Network 970 AM (WNYM)/570 (WMCA). John Minko and Brandon F 2 Julian Champagnie (24-23) 6-8 215 So. 19.9 7.3 All-BIG EAST First Team; BIG EAST Most Improved Player Tierney are the announcers. Chris Majkowski is the G/F 15 Vince Cole (26-21) 6-6 185 Jr. 9.0 2.6 Ranks second on team in FT pct (83.3 pct) and 3FGM (35) producer/engineer. G 0 Posh Alexander (24-24) 6-0 205 Fr. 11.1 *4.4 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year Internet: Full H.D. video broadcast FOXSports.com. Audio available on TuneIn Radio. Live stats and G 3 Rasheem Dunn (21-16) 6-2 190 R-Sr. 9.1 *4.0 1,392 points, 303 assists, 145 steals over four year career Learfield IMG College audio on RedStormSports. Off the Bench com. Instagram/Twitter: @StJohnsBBall, #sjubb G 4 Greg Williams Jr. (23-17) 6-3 200 Jr. 9.4 *2.1 Led BIG EAST shooting 47.6 pct from distance in league play G 5 Dylan Addae-Wusu (26-0) 6-4 235 Fr. 6.7 *2.4 Averaged 20.1 minutes coming off the bench MEDIA INFORMATION G/F 10 Marcellus Earlington (26-1) 6-6 240 Jr. 6.6 4.0 Seventh in the BIG EAST with a 43.2 3FG pct in league play G 11 John McGriff (17-0) 6-0 185 R-Fr. 0.7 0.6 Appeared in 11 BIG EAST games Senior Associate Athletics Director F 12 Arnaldo Toro (20-4) 6-8 240 Gr. 1.3 1.9 Averaged 8.1 minutes in BIG EAST action for External Relations Stephen Dombroski Office Phone 718-990-6897 F 13 Isaih Moore (24-8) 6-10 205 Jr. 9.2 4.8 Second in the BIG EAST with a 60.7 FG pct in conference play Mobile Phone 518-928-6103 * - indicates assists per game E-mail [email protected] Inside the Huddle #0 POSH ALEXANDER • Fr. • G • 6-0 • 190 #10 MARCELLUS EARLINGTON • Jr. • F • 6-6 • 240 2020-2021 BY THE NUMBERS 4Only player to appear in all 58 games over the past two seasons at St. John’s 4 Led the BIG EAST averaging 2.6 steals per game during the regular season 4 Scored double figures seven times during the regular season and 18 times over 4 Ranked sixth in the BIG EAST and led all underclassmen with 4.4 assists per the past two years game during the regular-season 4 Ranked second on the team averaging 3.3 defensive rebounds in BIG EAST play 4 Scored double figures 13 times with two 20-point performances during regular season #1 JOSH ROBERTS • Jr. • F • 6-9 • 220 #11 JOHN McGRIFF • R-Fr. • G • 6-0 • 185 4 Has averaged 1.0 blocks in 71 career appearances at St. John’s 4Made 17 appearances and averaged 5.4 minutes during the regular season 4 Started 13 of 17 appearances in BIG EAST play 4Averaged 11.0 minutes off the bench in the final two regular season contests 4 Shot a team-best 63.6 percent (28-44 FT) from the field in 24 appearances during the regular season 4Scored a season-high five points shooting 2-for-5 from the field in a win over Stony Brook at Carnesecca Arena #2 JULIAN CHAMPAGNIE • So. • G/F • 6-8 • 220 #12 ARNALDO TORO • Gr. • F • 6-8 • 240 4 Finished regular season ranked top-10 in the BIG EAST in scoring (19.9), re- 4Has played in 119 games, starting 64 times over his four year Division I career bounding (7.3), free-throw pct (88.7), steals (1.5), 3FG made (2.4), blocks (1.0) 4Started four times in 13 BIG EAST appearances averaging 8.3 minutes per game 4 Seven double-doubles tied for most in BIG EAST during the regular season 4Scored a season-high seven points on 2-for-3 shooting in a win over Stony 4 Led the team in scoring 14 times in 24 regular season appearances Brook at Carnesecca Arena #3 RASHEEM DUNN • R-Sr.