The Hall of Fame coach has the Red Storm looking strong. Plus, new-look Wisconsin, Utah Valley is in the mid-major spotlight, and this weekend’s games to watch.

Mike Francesa said he saw this red storm coming, over long conversations with Rick Pitino at Saratoga Race Course last summer. But on Tuesday night, he saw it arrive in full force, when the 15th-ranked St. John’s men’s basketball team routed Georgetown, 66-41, to complete a perfect January.

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.

With Tuesday’s 66-41 win at Georgetown, the Johnnies improved to 7-0 since the calendar flipped to 2025. They completed their first undefeated January since 1985, a year in which the late Lou Carnesecca led St. John’s to the Final Four.

St. John's basketball head coach Rick Pitino gives an update on transfer guard Deivon Smith, who has missed the last two games with an injury

As Arkansas basketball's John Calipari comes back to Kentucky, Rick Pitino has a message.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rick Pitino joked that senior guard Kadary ... about the ’80s,” Pitino said after a 66-41 victory at Georgetown on Tuesday night. “I always toast Lou after every game ...

Rick Pitino looks on during the St. John’s-Xavier game on Jan. 22, 2025. Robert Sabo for NY Post Pitino expects starting point guard Deivon Smith to miss Tuesday’s game against Georgetown ...

S o much has happened since Zuby Ejiofor’s putback layup lifted St. John’s to a comeback win over Providence a few days before Christmas. Ejiofor’s last-second heroics set t

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The Red Storm (18-3, 9-1 Big East) are unbeaten since a 57-56 loss at Creighton on Dec. 31. They completed their first perfect month since the 1984-85 team starring Chris Mullin went 8-0 in January 1985 as part of a 19-game winning streak.

On my first day as King of Sports I’ll call the media to my Ovaltine Office — I drink the delicious malt every day — and wave my pen as a ceremonial sword, righting all wrongs and making sports great again.