Luis beat fellow unanimous All-Big East first team selections Ryan Kalkbrenner of Creighton, Kam Jones of Marquette and Eric Dixon of Villanova. Pitino was also named the Big East Coach of the ...

Rick Pitino won his first Big East Coach of the Year award Wednesday and RJ Luis Jr. took Player of the Year honors after they propelled a resurgent St. John's program to its best regular season ...

Then, RJ Luis Jr. followed her lead. He couldn’t help himself, as much as he tried. The tears began flowing. “I told my mom before I went up to make my speech, ‘Please don’t cry, because ...

St. John’s guard RJ Luis Jr. showed exactly why he was named Big East Player of the Year. Despite being held to only two first-half points, Luis finished with 29 points, 10 rebounds, one assist ...

RJ Luis Jr. wiped away tears. The St. John’s star had just taken the stage at Madison Square Garden to accept his trophy for 2024-25 Big East Player of the Year when he saw his mother in the ...

Walter Berry was the last Johnnie to win the award in 1986. Luis beat fellow unanimous All-Big East first team selections Ryan Kalkbrenner of Creighton, Kam Jones of Marquette and Eric Dixon of ...

The last time St. John’s won the Big East Tournament, RJ Luis Jr. wasn’t born yet. Neither were Zuby Ejiofor or Kadary Richmond. Rick Pitino was coaching the Boston Celtics — a job he held ...

(AP Photo/Jessica Hill) The best player on the league’s best team St. John’s wing RJ Luis Jr. was named Big East Player of the Year Wednesday after earning a majority of votes from the league ...