St. John's Red Storm

The St. John's Red Storm represent New York City basketball in its purest form, playing on campus at the historic Carnesecca Arena in Queens. With one of the winningest programs in NCAA Division I history, St. John's carries deep roots in the city's playground basketball culture and a passionate, demanding fan base. As a Big East original, the Red Storm remain central to the conference's identity and rivalries.

St. John's University fielded its first basketball team in 1907. The program's home arena is named for Lou Carnesecca, the Hall of Fame coach who won 526 games over two stints and became the face of Red Storm basketball. St. John's reached the NCAA championship game in 1952 as the tournament runner-up and made its second Final Four in 1985. A founding member of the original Big East in 1979, St. John's ranks among the sport's all-time winningest programs, though it has never claimed a national title.