St. John’s defeated Creighton, 82-66, to win its first Big East championship since 2000 and the fourth in program history. The Red Storm simply ran the Bluejays out of the gym in the second half, using stifling defense and red-hot shooting to pull away.

The St. John's Red Storm defeated the Creighton Bluejays on Saturday to win their first Big East tournament since the 1999-2000 season and fourth overall.

They earned the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament for their first trip since 2019, making 72-year-old Hall of Famer Rick Pitino the first coach to take six schools to the Big Dance.

The Red Storm ran up 57 second-half points on the Bluejays to claim their first Big East tournament crown in a quarter-century

St. John’s went off in the second half against Creighton after a slow shooting start to roll to victory and its first conference tournament title since 2000.