Rick Pitino has been calling for a the Big East to become a mega-conference for some time. And in his latest appearance Monday on The Pat McAfee Show, the Naismith Hall of Fame St. John’s coach reiterated that he’d like to see the Big East merge with the ACC.

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A white “Welcome Home St. John’s CHAMPIONS” banner proudly greeted entrants. Thirty-nine years after the legendary Lou Carnesecca-Chris Mullin Final Four team, 2 ¹/₂ decades after the last Big East Conference Tournament championship team,

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St. John’s basketball has galvanized New York ahead of its March Madness appearance. The Red Storm clinched their first outright Big East title in 25 years. Rick Pitino and his crew will be carrying Queens and the entire Empire State on their back for the 2025 NCAA Tournament.

Zuby Ejiofor scored a career-high 33 points, a St. John’s record in the Big East Tournament, and the sixth-ranked Red Storm pulled away from No. 25 Marquette 79-63 to reach the conference championship game for the first time in 25 years.

St. John's was not satisfied with winning solely the Big East regular-season crown, so the Johnnies went out and put the finishing touches on their first Big East Tournament title since 2000. Thanks to 27 points from RJ Luis and another 20 from Zuby Ejiofor,