Missed the Johnnies over the holidays? Here’s what you need to know.
As St. John’s students prepared for and took their final exams, an outbreak of the COVID-19 would derail the start of Big East conference play. Due to the highly-transmissible Omicron COVID-19 variant, a cascade of positive tests across the league forced the Big East to modify its seemingly harsh cancellation policy. St. John’s was not immune to the outbreak. When students took their winter break, the Red Storm Men’s Basketball team did as well: the team would encounter positive tests that resulted in an 18-day pause in play.