The Johnnies are taking their ball and going house.
After being neglected of the 2024 March Insanity bracket, St. John’s introduced they won’t be collaborating within the NIT both.
The choice was introduced on Choice Sunday shortly after it was revealed that the Pink Storm wouldn’t be within the NCAA Match this spring after falling to seize the Massive East crown over the weekend and a slew of bubble groups fared higher than anticipated.
“At the beginning, we’ve got nice respect for the Nationwide Invitation Match and St. John’s storied historical past within the occasion,” head coach Rick Pitino stated in an announcement. “After thorough consideration of all that goes into postseason participation, we consider at the moment it’s best for our staff and basketball program to organize for subsequent season. We stay targeted on constructing a championship-level basketball program right here at St. John’s. I wish to thank all our followers for his or her great help this previous season and look ahead to the brilliant future forward for St. John’s Basketball.”
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The 2023-24 season marked Pitino’s first on the helm of the lads’s basketball program and noticed St. John’s go 11-9 within the Massive East and end 20-13 total.
Whereas it had been an up-and-down season for St. John’s they’d gone on a little bit of a run towards the tip of the yr with six straight wins and giving the defending nationwide champs, UConn a run for his or her cash within the Massive East Match semifinals.
The Pink Storm had hoped to make their first NCAA Match look since 2019 and attempt to pull off a win within the Massive Dance for the primary time in practically 25 years.
There had been loads of consideration and stress on St. John’s since Pitino accepted the top teaching place final March as this system seemed to shift gears after a number of years with Mike Anderson as the top coach.
Pitino introduced in a virtually completely new roster for the 2023-24 season with solely a choose few returning together with Joel Soriano.
