It still guarantees a double take. Seeing St. John's ranked among the top 10 teams in the country, it looks like a false printing of the eyes. When the season began, it would have felt like a safer bet to never see schools rank so highly in your lifetime.
However, on Monday, St. John's rose three more spots to rank seventh in the latest AP poll. This is the best team ranking since December 2, 1991. This is the longest stretch in 26 years for the third consecutive week in the top 10.
Red Storm (24-4) lost once in 2025, entering Wednesday's game at Butler from the best game of the season, with Johnny completing a season sweep of two defending national champion UConn, and another move Moved to the first complete Big East title since 1985.
This is through Steve Rabin's false promise, Norm Roberts' false promises for six seasons, Chris Marin's misguided nostalgia, Mike Anderson's untenuated tenure, and this is the same programme. It is almost impossible to believe that there is.
