Saturday night’s blowout of Villanova wasn’t enough to cancel out St. John’s’ putrid defeat to UConn during the week in the eyes of the AP poll voters.
The Red Storm fell three spots to No. 18 in the final regular season AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll. They also fell two spots to No. 17 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
St. John’s was leapfrogged by No. 10 Texas Tech, No. 16 Alabama, and No. 17 North Carolina in this week’s poll after those three teams enjoyed undefeated weeks.
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The Red Storm were romped in a 72-40 defeat to now-No. 4 UConn last Wednesday, who advanced two spots in this week’s poll. The 32-point blowout was the worst margin of defeat for St. John’s as a ranked team since 1960, when they lost 106-71 to No. 9 St. Bonaventure in the NIT.
Villanova continued to lose ground among teams receiving votes, dropping to four points accrued after getting trounced by St. John’s.
The 18th-ranked Red Storm (23-6, 16-2 Big East) will take on the Georgetown Hoyas (13-16, 5-13 Big East) on Tuesday, March 3, at Madison Square Garden in their Senior Night game. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m., and the game can be streamed on Peacock.
