The St. John’s Red Storm are headed back to the NCAA Tournament, facing Arizona State in the play-in round.
The Johnnies are back in the field for the 30th time (with one vacated), for the first time since 2015, and only the fifth time since the turn of the century. They have not won a game in the tournament since 2000, when they topped Northern Arizona in the first round.
No, recent history isn’t on the Red Storm’s side. But the beauty of March is that every team has a shot, and that every team is going to give you their best shot.