This is March.

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

Rick Pitino says the performance by the Red Storm today was pure class: "We had three different teams, and they all had brought it. Sometimes when you lose, 'oh the world is coming to end.' You saw what great players do, and they all brought it." #SJUBB

Rick Pitino wants St. John's fans to pack MSG for Tuesday's Senior Day game: "We need to get everyone behind this team in the Georgetown game. Our seniors deserve it, and Zuby deserves it." #sjubb

Zuby on responding to the UConn loss: "We move on, we understood that we didn't bring it effort wise on both sides of the ball. That's something that I'm telling the guys cannot happen again. We came into practice, competed at a high-level." #sjubb

Zuby Ejiofor on his personal growth in his three seasons at St. John's: "I feel like I grew up here. I remember coming here so nervous, made a lot of mistakes, but I kept working." #sjubb

Zuby Ejiofor says he knew was close to recording a triple-double, and Pitino made sure to let him know. #sjubb

Rick Pitino says Ian Jackson is one of the two most improved players on the team. "He doesn't see it like I see because he wants to score 40 points per game, but he's he's long, fast, and intelligent, and he can become the best defensive guard on our team." #sjubb

According to Elias Sports Bureau, Zuby Ejiofor is the 3rd player in NCAA Division I to record 16+ points, 12+ rebounds, 10+ assists, and 3+ blocks in a game since 2005-06. #SJUBB

Kevin Willard on coaching on Rick Pitino's staff after a bad loss: "I had a full head of hair on my head before I coached with him, I feared for my life. Nobody is more intense than him." #sjubb

Kevin Willard states that Dylan Darling set the tone for St. John's. Also credits Ian Jackson, saying he gets after it defensively. #sjubb

Villanova head coach Kevin Willard: "The biggest difference was St. John's was a veteran team. You knew Zuby [Ejiofor] wasn't going to lay an egg and he didn't." #sjubb

FINAL: St. John’s 89, Villanova 57 The Red Storm follow up a 32-point loss to UConn with a 32-point win over the Wildcats. Zuby Ejiofor records a triple-double and helps the Johnnies secure a top-2 seed in the Big East Tournament. #SJUBB

All of the fans that headed out to get to Mustang Harry's just missed a Ruben Prey triple.

Lefty gets a fastbreak dunk and Fotis checks in. We are done here.

Zuby Ejiofor has the fourth confirmed triple-double in St. John's program history. He joins David Cain in 1993, Ron Artest in 1999, and Kadary Richmond last season as the only Johnnies to accomplish this feat. #SJUBB

Rick Pitino finally calls off the dogs and brings in the subs. Stick a fork in it: St. John's is up 83-53 with 2:05 to go. #sjubb

That is now a triple-double for Zuby Ejiofor. The MSG crowd bellows out a loud "ZUUUUUUB" in response. #sjubb

Ejiofor is one assist away from recording a triple-double after that Ayo jumper.

Zuby Ejiofor is two assists away from recording a triple-double, but St. John's is up by 28. Does Rick keep him in the game to chase it?

Right out of the timeout, Oziyah Sellers sinks a corner three to put St. John's back up by 20 points. #sjubb

Villanova is playing their best stretch of basketball of the night, using a 7-0 run to trim the St. John's lead to 55-38. Tyler Perkins scored a three off a Zuby Ejiofor turnover, forcing Rick Pitino to burn a timeout. Red Storm haven't scored in the last 2:05. #SJUBB

Ian Jackson is a ballhawk tonight. Four steals gives him a new career-high. #sjubb

Zuby Ejiofor went down hard to the court, but got up and looks okay to roars from the MSG crowd. Johnnies lead 54-31 with 15:45 left in the second half. #SJUBB

Brutal. Matthew Hodge went down to the floor after spinning to the basket off his right foot. He's not putting any weight on it as he limps off the floor. #sjubb

Like their alma-mater in the first half: there is no sign of Jalen Brunson or Josh Hart at MSG #SJUBB

Zuby must've felt bad for Villanova and wanted to spot them three points before the break

HALFTIME: #15 St. John's 48, Villanova 23 There's responding to a bad loss, and then there's that. St. John's is shooting 57.6%, 5-of-10 from three and is holding Nova to 25.9% shooting. #SJUBB

Bryce Hopkins makes a second-chance layup to stretch St. John's' lead out to 30. Someone in the crowd just yelled "Not even Jalen Brunson can help you guys" to Villanova. #SJUBB

Bryce Hopkins now gets in on the fun with a corner three. St. John's now leads by 27 (!) #sjubb

Dylan Darling's second foul to send him to the bench might've been the only play that's gone against St. John's tonight | #sjubb Steve Masiello went up to Nathan Farrell to voice his displeasure at the timeout. Red Storm are still up big, 41-17.

St. John's has already surpassed Wednesday night's total for field goals. They're now 14-of-22 with 5:57 remaining in the first half. #sjubb

3JIOFOR!

MSG crowd gives the bench unit applause as Pitino makes a hockey line change #sjubb

Julian Champagnie is in the Garden tonight #SJUBB #PorVida

Ian Jackson has seven points and three steals in the last 1:03 of action | #sjubb Impact minutes.

MSG has erupted. Ruben Prey finds space underneath the rim and hammers it home. Willard calls timeout as St. John's is on a 15-3 scoring run. SJU leads 30-14 at the 8:51 mark. #sjubb

IAN JACKSON WITH THE WINDMILL!

Acaden Lewis was assessed a flagrant one technical foul after getting tied up with Ian Jackson #sjubb

Former Johnnies Julian Champagnie and Thomas O'Connell are in attendance for St. John's-Villanova tonight #sjubb

St. John's leads 19-11, but Oziyah Sellers was seen limping to the bench at the timeout. #sjubb

AIR DILLON

Ian Jackson has had his struggles, but he's so good at attacking the basket and finishing through contact. #sjubb

St. John's brings heavy pressure on two different inbound plays by Nova. First one results in a deflection by Darling, the next results in a turnover by Malachi Palmer. #sjubb

Dylan Darling with the BEAUTIFUL skip pass to Oziyah Sellers in the corner for a three. St. John's up 11-4 at the U16 media timeout. Villanova has more turnovers than field goals made. #sjubb

This is just the response Rick Pitino wanted from his team after Wednesday night. St. John's is playing downhill in the first three minutes. Johnnies have an early 8-2 lead, with Darling accounting for five of those points. #sjubb

Someone in the student section rang some bells after that Dylan Darling three #sjubb

Less than 30 minutes until tip-off at MSG between St. John’s and Villanova. Red Storm must win out if they want to keep their Big East regular season title hopes alive. #SJUBB

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

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