Rick Pitino and St. John’s Were Magical All Season. Then It Came Crashing Down.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — For as satisfying as St. John’s resurrection has felt, the ending verse was about as empty as imaginable. Of all the ways to go out. An impossibly bad offensive performance. An inability to get the final defensive stops. A second-round NCAA Tournament loss to an Arkansas team that barely made the field.

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Not only that but a decision that will follow Rick Pitino and St. John’s for a long time. Probably for however long it takes to get back here and advance.

Four minutes and 56 seconds. That’s how long the 2025 Big East Player of the Year

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