Rick Pitino has signed a new deal with St. John's University, extending his contract through the 2029-30 season and receiving a significant pay increase. His leadership has transformed the program, leading to a 20-13 record in his first season and a remarkable 31-5 record in 2024-25, which included winning both the regular season and Big East Tournament titles.
I try not to make it out about me. I know there was attention coming into the game, me playing my former team. But the biggest thing was just playing through my teammates, not doing too much, and coming out with the win.
By the way, Kim's a young coach. He's a very good coach. He communicates well with his team...What happened to them is they lost so many close games in the beginning that it went the other way for them, and unfortunately, that happens. He's gonna have a long career. He's a very good basketball coach.
I don't what made me feel like that, but it was just a feeling I had that we were going to match up with them again - or possibly matchup with them again - so I mean, it is what it is. I'm just looking forward to being in the Big East Tournament again.
Marquette, led by Skylar Forbes with 15 points and four steals, picked up a 69-65 victory over Providence in their last game. Lee Volker added 15 points, 12 rebounds and four steals. With Grace Boffeli (20 PTS, 10 REB, 2 STL, 60 FG%) contributing the best performance on the team, Creighton won 73-71 against Xavier.
