Bryson Tiller is leaving Kansas for bitter rival Missouri.

Kansas big man Flory Bidunga, Wake Forest’s Juke Harris and Saint Mary’s Paulius Murauskas are among the parade of players entering the transfer portal on the first of 15 days Division I men’s basketball players can go looking for a new school.

St. John’s says Hall of Fame basketball coach Rick Pitino has signed a new agreement that will keep him under contract with the school through 2030, according to multiple reports.

Caleb Foster returned from a broken foot and rescued Duke’s national title hopes, helping the top-seeded Blue Devils rally from a 10-point second-half deficit to beat St. John’s 80-75 and advance to the Elite Eight.

Rick Pitino is back on top of college basketball yet again after leading St. John's to its first Sweet 16 of the 21st century.

No. 6 UConn goes into the NCAA Tournament having lost two of its past four games after getting beat by 20 points by St. John's in the Big East final.

Zuby Ejiofor had seven blocks, nine rebounds and three steals to anchor a tenacious defensive performance that carried No. 13 St. John’s to its second straight Big East Tournament championship with a 72-52 blowout of sixth-ranked UConn at Madison Square Garden.

Sixth-ranked UConn and No. 13 St. John’s are ready for the rubber match.

Zuby Ejiofor scored 20 points and No. 13 St. John’s beat Seton Hall 78-68 to reach the Big East Tournament title game for the second consecutive season.

UConn heads into the postseason undefeated and still the unanimous choice at No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s basketball Top 25.

Zuby Ejiofor’s penultimate regular-season home game at St. John’s was certainly a memorable one.

Zuby Ejiofor had 16 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists for his first career triple-double, and No. 15 St. John’s bounced back from an embarrassing loss by blitzing Villanova 89-57 at Madison Square Garden.

Tarris Reed Jr. had 20 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks, and No. 6 UConn held 15th-ranked St. John’s to 20% shooting in a 72-40 blowout that snapped the Red Storm’s 13-game winning streak.

After a 4-3 start this season, St. John’s is enjoying its most dominant roll in decades.

Bryce Hopkins had 15 points and 10 rebounds as No. 17 St. John’s breezed past Creighton 81-52 for its 13th straight victory — marking the school’s longest winning streak in 41 years.

Zuby Ejiofor scored six of his 25 points in overtime and No. 17 St. John’s outlasted pesky Xavier 87-82 at Madison Square Garden for its 10th consecutive victory.

With an impressive performance at a pulsating Madison Square Garden, No. 22 St. John’s showed everyone that third-ranked UConn has a legitimate challenger in the Big East.

Zuby Ejiofor had 21 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists as No. 22 St. John’s beat third-ranked UConn 81-72, snapping the Huskies’ 18-game winning streak.

St. John’s rallied from a 16-point deficit in the second half to defeat Xavier 88-83, giving Rick Pitino his 900th victory.

Rick Pitino felt like it was just another game, even though it was Kentucky.

Otega Oweh scored 20 points and Kentucky stifled No. 22 St. John’s in the second half, beating former coach Rick Pitino 78-66 in Atlanta.

Purdue has reclaimed the No. 1 spot in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll.

Labaron Philon scored 25 points and No. 15 Alabama passed an early season non-conference test with a 103-96 victory over fifth-ranked St. John’s.

Michigan State’s Tre Holloman plans to end his college career at another school and Xavier Booker is shooting for a fresh start.

Zuby Ejiofor scored a career-high 33 points, a St. John’s record in the Big East Tournament, and the sixth-ranked Red Storm pulled away from No. 25 Marquette 79-63 to reach the conference championship game for the first time in 25 years.

RJ Luis Jr. scored 20 points and No. 6 St. John’s romped to a 78-57 blowout of Butler in their Big East Tournament quarterfinal.

Rick Pitino has won his first Big East Coach of the Year award and RJ Luis Jr. took Player of the Year honors after they propelled a resurgent St. John’s program to its best regular season in almost four decades.

The college basketball season has wound down toward the end, with some conference tournaments already starting.

Auburn and Duke remain atop the AP Top 25.

The final horn sounded and St. John’s skipped cutting down the nets.

RJ Luis Jr. scored 24 points and No. 7 St. John’s clinched a share of its first Big East regular-season title in 33 years by beating Butler 76-70.

Tyler Perkins hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 8 seconds remaining and Villanova defeated No. 9 St. John’s 73-71, ending the Red Storm’s 10-game winning streak.

RJ Luis Jr. scored six of his 21 points in the final 2:16 to help No. 12 St. John’s extend its winning streak to 10 games with a 68-62 victory over No. 19 UConn.

St. John’s is 7-0 in 2025, making this the program’s first unbeaten January in 40 years dating to its last Final Four season in 1985.

The men’s and women’s basketball teams at St. John’s will wear “Lou” patches on their uniform jerseys for the rest of this season to honor Hall of Fame coach Lou Carnesecca, who died Saturday at age 99.

In their return to the national rankings, Rick Pitino and his St. John’s team finished much better than they started.

Kansas remained atop the first Associated Press men’s college basketball poll of the regular season after winning a matchup of basketball bluebloods.

Tristen Newton had 25 points and nine assists as No. 2 UConn advanced to the Big East championship game with a rollicking 95-90 victory over St. John’s at Madison Square Garden.

Daniss Jenkins scored a season-high 27 points and St. John’s shredded No. 15 Creighton 80-66 for its best win under Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino.

Reigning national champion Connecticut, Purdue and North Carolina remain atop The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for the third consecutive week.

With legal disputes escalating over the use of name, image and likeness compensation in the recruitment of college athletes, Hall of Fame basketball coach Rick Pitino believes it’s time for the NCAA to stand down when it comes to policing member schools.

Cam Spencer had 23 points, freshman Stephon Castle scored a season-best 21 and top-ranked UConn pulled away from St. John’s for a 77-64 victory at Madison Square Garden.

The Jim Harbaugh controversy has now reached one of the most iconic venues in basketball, as Michigan fans briefly took over Madison Square Garden during a win over St. John’s.

The cost of the unprecedented search for the missing Titan submersible will easily stretch into the millions of dollars.

Several Caribbean nations have struck down laws criminalizing same-sex relations in recent years.

Orden David took the government of his island nation of Antigua and Barbuda to court to end his country’s anti-sodomy law.

St. John’s introduced 70-year-old Rick Pitino as its new men's basketball coach with a news conference at Madison Square Garden.

Rick Pitino insists he doesn’t know his next move.

St. John’s has fired men’s basketball coach Mike Anderson, one day after his fourth season in charge ended with an overtime loss to No. 6 Marquette in the Big East Tournament quarterfinals.

David Jones scored 16 points, AJ Storr added 15 and St. John’s beat No. 20 Providence 73-68 to hand the Friars a costly defeat in their pursuit of a second consecutive regular-season conference title.

Wake Forest meets Boston College in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament looking for another win on its NCAA Tournament resume.

Alexander scored 16 points and St. John's smothered No. The latest victory gave St. John's its first four-game Big East winning streak since the 2014-15 NCAA Tournament team. '”AdVillanova was the first top-5 opponent to play in the Queens gym since St. John's lost 72-71 to No. If we can get a Big East game, we’ve got to play the Big East game. St. John's: Saturday at Providence, which has won nine of the past 11 meetings.

The Galen Arena is closed due to a confirmed case of COVID-19 as the Southern California men's basketball team canceled an NCAA college basketball game against Stanford in Los Angeles, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___The men’s basketball game Saturday between DePaul and St. John's has been postponed due to a COVID-19 issue within the Red Storm program. ___Miami Dolphins reserve linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill will miss Sunday’s game at Buffalo because of an illness not related to COVID-19, the team said. ___A second Cleveland Browns coach has tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the team's big game with the Pittsburgh Steelers. ___Virginia Commonwealth postponed its men’s basketball game Saturday against Davidson because of COVID-19 protocols.

On the night of May 31, the basement of St. John's parish house suffered fire damage during protests against police brutality and racism. But true to the St. John's way, it did not become a symbol of repudiation of the president in the ensuing weeks. Johns Church, Lafayette Square." If he was in town, he was in church, Leon said of the younger Bush. St. John's agreed to let the city erect fencing around the church late last month very reluctantly, Budde said putting a physical barrier between the church and demonstrators.

ST. JOHN'S, NL – Residents of a Canadian town faced a snowstorm that brought them 30 inches of now over the weekend. St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada is in a state of emergency with 300 Canadian troops planned to arrive Monday morning to help take residents to emergency centers and make sure those with health issues are taken care of.

PLYMOUTH, Mich. – The Inn at St. John's in Plymouth, Mich. announced a promotion to support school supply collection efforts of the Plymouth Community United Way. Backpacks and supplies should be brought to the St. John's Pro Shop, where golf vouchers will be distributed. "Free golf for school supplies is a win-win trade off," said Paul Wegert, General Manager. According to the United Way, local service agencies say the number of people seeking assistance is increasing each year. "This is a great partnership with St. John's Golf Course.