Overview

• Rick Pitino led St. John's to a 27-4 record and its first outright Big East regular-season title since 1985, earning him his first Big East Coach of the Year award.
• RJ Luis Jr., averaging 18.1 points and 7.1 rebounds, was named Big East Player of the Year, the first St. John's player to receive the honor since Walter Berry in 1986.
• The Red Storm's Zuby Ejiofor was recognized as the conference's Most Improved Player and was also named to the All-Big East first team alongside Luis.
• St. John's enters the Big East Tournament as the top seed, marking the first time since 1986 that the program has achieved this position.
• Pitino's coaching achievements include becoming the first coach to lead five different programs to regular-season conference titles and amassing 881 career wins, the most among active Division I coaches.