Thomas Cavanagh

Thomas Cavanagh

@tjcavanagh.bsky.social

Editor for Rumble In The Garden. St. John's alum. Mets, Knicks, Rangers, RBNY sufferer, metalcore and college basketball enjoyer | he/him

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Zuby Ejiofor builds St. John’s men’s basketball legacy by winning Big East Player of the Year Ejiofor becomes the fourth Red Storm player ever to win the conference’s top player award

Zuby Ejiofor cemented his St. John’s men’s basketball legacy by winning the Big East Player of the Year award

Read more below | #SJUBB

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The 2025-26 Big East Player of the Year Zuby Ejiofor

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Seton Hall head coach Shaheen Holloway says in his award acceptance speech that Zuby Ejiofor embodies the Big East conference and he’s a big fan of his.

Sha jokes “Zuby, I’m glad you’re out of the league.”

#SJUBB #HALLin

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Hello from the Garden!

Here for the Big East end-of-season awards ceremony where Zuby Ejiofor will be honored as the conference’s player of the year.

Follow along with us today | #sjubb

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St. John’s men’s basketball moves up to No. 13 in last AP Top 25 poll of regular season The Red Storm jumped five spots following wins over Georgetown and Seton Hall to close conference play

St. John's made a nice leap to No. 13 in the final AP Top 25 men's basketball poll of the regular season

Read more below | #sjubb

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2 days ago
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St. John’s star Zuby Ejiofor wins Big East Defensive Player of the Year award Ejiofor becomes the fifth Red Storm player to win the honor, and the senior big man in line for more accolades this week

Zuby Ejiofor was named the Big East Defensive Player of the Year on Monday afternoon, becoming the fifth St. John's men's basketball player to ever win the award.

Read more below | #SJUBB

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4 days ago
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St. John’s men’s basketball clinches Big East regular season title in gritty win over Seton Hall The Red Storm ended their season by coming out on top of another tight defensive duel and adding more hardware

St. John's overcame Seton Hall in a physical defensive battle to clinch at least a share of the Big East regular season title for a second straight season

Read our game recap of the Red Storm's 72-65 win below | #sjubb

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1 week ago
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St. John’s men’s basketball completes comeback in Senior Night win over Georgetown The Red Storm survived a scare behind Zuby Ejiofor’s 23-point showing in his final home regular season game

After being honored on Senior Night, Zuby Ejiofor led St. John's to a come-from-behind victory over Georgetown with 23 points in his final regular season home game.

Read our recap of the Red Storm's 72-69 win below | #sjubb

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1 week ago
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Game thread: St. John’s men’s basketball vs. Georgetown Zuby Ejiofor and the Red Storm’s seniors play in their final home regular season game

The Red Storm will bid farewell to Zuby Ejiofor and five other seniors in the final regular season home game on Tuesday night.

Here is our game thread for tonight's St. John's-Georgetown matchup | #sjubb

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1 week ago
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Rick Pitino calls for St. John’s basketball fans to give Zuby Ejiofor a great send-off The Hall of Famer appealed to Red Storm fans to pack MSG for the captain’s final home regular season game

Rick Pitino is calling on St. John's fans to show out and give Zuby Ejiofor a proper send-off in Tuesday's Senior Night game against Georgetown

Read more | #SJUBB

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Villanova head coach Kevin Willard reflects on ‘miserable experience’ working for Rick Pitino after bad losses The former Pitino assistant knows first-hand what it’s like to be around the Hall of Famer in the days following a terrible defeat

Kevin Willard didn't mince words describing what it's like coaching on Rick Pitino's staff following a bad loss.

“I’m not bullshitting you, I don’t have hair because of him. I had a full head of hair when I started working for him."

Read more below | #sjubb

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1 week ago
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St. John’s men’s basketball gives perfect response to UConn blowout by shredding Villanova Led by Zuby Ejiofor’s triple-double, the Red Storm were motivated to show Wednesday night’s performance did not reflect who they are

There was plenty of uncertainty about how St. John’s would respond to their blowout loss to UConn. By the end of Saturday night, it seemed like the result was always inevitable.

Read our recap of the Red Storm's 89-57 win over Villanova below | #sjubb

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1 week ago
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Game thread: St. John’s men’s basketball vs. Villanova The Red Storm look to get back into the win column following Wednesday’s miserable blowout to UConn

St. John's looks to move on from their awful offensive night on Wednesday by getting back in the win column versus Villanova.

Here is our game thread | #sjubb

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1 week ago
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How St. John’s men’s basketball responds to rancid UConn loss will define their season The Red Storm can’t erase that embarrassing performance, but they can use it as fuel to finish the season emphatically, like they’ve done after previous setbacks

St. John's men's basketball can show that their unfathomably poor performance versus UConn doesn't define them if they make the right adjustments and finish the season emphatically.

Read more below | #sjubb

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St. John’s men’s basketball gets pulverized by UConn to end 13-game winning streak The Red Storm picked a bad time to have one of their worst offensive performances in program history

Wednesday night’s game between St. John's and UConn was supposed to be a closely-contested duel of the Big East's best.

What followed was one of the worst offensive showings Rick Pitino and the Red Storm have ever seen.

Read our game recap below | #sjubb

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2 weeks ago
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Game thread: St. John’s men’s basketball at UConn The Red Storm are hoping to complete a massive regular season sweep of the Huskies and expand their first-place lead by two games

St. John’s travels up to Hartford to play UConn on Wednesday night, hoping to complete a massive regular season sweep of the Huskies and expand their first-place lead in the Big East

Here is our game thread | #sjubb

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2 weeks ago
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St. John’s men’s basketball moves up to No. 15 in AP Top 25 poll The Red Storm finally climbed up the rankings after a couple weeks of no movement

St. John's finally enjoyed upward movement in the rankings after standing pat the last two weeks, climbing to No. 15 in the latest AP Top 25 men's basketball poll after building their current winning streak to 13 games.

Read more below | #sjubb

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2 weeks ago
Me and Vincent Trocheck in Pittsburgh

One combined Olympic gold medal between this guy and I

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2 weeks ago
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St. John’s men’s basketball demolishes Creighton to push winning streak to 13 games Everything went the Red Storm’s way on Johnnies Day

St. John's left nothing to chance in their 81-52 blowout of Creighton on Saturday afternoon to improve their winning streak to 13 games | #sjubb

Read our game recap below:

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It’s the first time the US men’s and women’s hockey teams have won gold in the same Olympics 🥇🥇

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Sure, the U.S. won gold, but Canada won where it mattered most: the Deserve to Win-O-Meter

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dawg🥹

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Everyone in New York is shouting “Thank you, Jack Hughes” in unision

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I know it is easy to be upset with our country, leaders, the players who support them, etc... but have you considered how funny it is when Canada loses?

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I’ve seen enough, build the statue for Michael Bradley already #RBNY

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Ian Jackson ruled out for St. John’s men’s basketball game against Creighton with ankle injury The Red Storm will be without a key starter on Saturday afternoon

St. John's will be without one of their starters this weekend -- and maybe longer.

Ian Jackson was ruled out of Saturday's contest against Creighton with an ankle injury and could miss multiple games.

Read more | #sjubb

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2 weeks ago
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Former St. John’s basketball coach Steve Lavin fired at San Diego Lavin had a 46-79 record in four seasons coaching the Toreros, including a 11-17 mark this season

San Diego announced they will part ways with former St. John's basketball head coach Steve Lavin. The ex-Red Storm headman spent the last four seasons leading the Toreros.

Read more | #sjubb

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2 weeks ago
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St. John’s men’s basketball moves into first place in Big East after shutting down Marquette The Red Storm now stand all alone at the top of the conference after avoiding an upset to the Golden Eagles

St. John's avoided becoming the second Big East superpower to get shocked on Wednesday night, staving off Marquette to take sole possession of first place in the conference standings.

Read our game recap below | #sjubb

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