No. 7 St. John’s clinches first Big East regular-season title in 40 years and eyes more celebrations Posted Mar 2, 2025 The final horn sounded and St. John’s skipped cutting down the nets. The players instead held the trophy after the No. 7 Red Storm clinched the program’s first outright Big East regular-season title since 1985 and posed for pictures on the court while confetti fell from the ceiling at Madison Square Garden in front of a sellout crowd. (Associated Press)