St. John's Red Storm NCAA Basketball News

Henry Sims has emerged as one of the nation's biggest surprises this season, not to mention one of No.

Now that some time has passed to let the wounds heal after the overtime thriller at Syracuse, we're ready to move forward to Georgetown's next opponent, the St.

It wasn't long ago that the new era of St. John's basketball was supposedly upon us.

In between, the Cincinnati Bearcats stifled the St. John's offense, winning 76-54. After learning that junior guard Malik Stith was leaving the Red Storm program for personal reasons , the Red Storm were left with a 6 man rotation and no secondary ballhandler.

Red Storm coach Steve Lavin announced Wednesday that Stith, the only returnee from last season's team, will remain a part of the program in some capacity and will continue to make progress toward earning his degree in sport management.

When God'sgift Achiuwa decided to play for St. John's, he had a vision of what it would be like, complete with playing in the postseason.

St. John's Red Storm guard/forward Moe Harkless #4 celebrates when the St. John's Red Storm played the Georgetown Hoyas Sunday, January 15, 2012 at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, New York.

Halfway through the Big East season, St. John's is turning heads despite the team's extreme youth... and extreme lack of depth.

After beginning the 1st week of Big East play 2-2, including a strong showing versus Providence and then a gritty win on the road versus Cincinnati, the Red Storm have gone 1-4 over their last 5 games.

For a team as young as the one Bob Huggins is coaching this season, almost every experience - every arena, every opponent - is a new one.

St. John's entertains West Virginia at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday. A pre-game look at a few pertinent tempo-free numbers, Big East Conference games are the only ones included: Little surprise West Virginia has a healthy efficiency margin while the Red Storm struggle in the 'red'. Interesting both clubs play at a brisk pace.

To preview the Villanova Wildcats vs. St. John's Red Storm clash, we chatted with Pico Ducle who runs the Rumble In The Garden blog for SB Nation.

Better late than never, right? While the THUNDERTRAIN chugs through the beautiful state of New Jersey, we here at the GLOBAL PHENOMENON are providing you with everything you need to know about the Hoyas' next opponent: The Mighty Red Storm of St.