No. 10 Arkansas upsets No. 2 St. John's in battle of legendary coaches

The No. 10-seeded Arkansas Razorbacks upset No. 2 St. John's, 75-66, successful the circular of 32 Saturday astatine the Dunkin’ Donuts Center successful Providence, Rhode Island. 

In a clash betwixt legendary coaches, John Calipari came retired connected apical implicit Rick Pitino.

St. John's is the archetypal No. 2 effect to beryllium eliminated from this year's tournament. The Red Storm changeable conscionable 28% from the tract and 2-22 from 3-point range.

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Arkansas Razorbacks defender D.J. Wagner celebrates during the 2nd fractional of a second-round NCAA Tournament crippled against the St. John's Red Storm astatine Amica Mutual Pavilion March 22, 2025.  (Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images)

Pitino benched Big East Player of Year RJ Luis Jr. precocious successful the 2nd half. Luis had 9 points and 7 rebounds but changeable conscionable 3-17 from the field. 

Zuby Ejiofor was the lone subordinate to sprout good for St. John's, scoring 23 points connected 7 of 12 shooting, portion hauling successful 12 rebounds. The lone different subordinate successful treble figures for St. John's was Deivon Smith with 13. 

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St. John's Red Storm defender RJ Luis Jr. (12), defender Kadary Richmond (1) and teammates connected the seat during the 2nd fractional of a second-round NCAA Tournament crippled against the Arkansas Razorbacks astatine Amica Mutual Pavilion March 22, 2025.  (Brian Fluharty/Imagn Images)

For Arkansas, 3 players scored successful treble figures successful the upset win. Billy Richmond III scored 16 points and grabbed 9 rebounds, portion Karter Knox and Johnell Davis had 15 and 13 points, respectively. 

As a team, Arkansas changeable amended than St. John's but besides struggled from 3-point land. The Razorbacks changeable 42.9% from the tract but 2-19 from 3-point range.

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St. John's Red Storm caput manager Rick Pitino, left, and Arkansas Razorbacks caput manager John Calipari shingle hands aft the Razorbacks won a second-round NCAA Tournament crippled astatine Amica Mutual Pavilion March 22, 2025.  (Gregory Fisher/Imagn Images)

Despite the shooting woes from deep, the Razorbacks are moving connected to the Sweet 16 successful Calipari’s archetypal twelvemonth arsenic coach. 

Arkansas volition play the victor of No. 11-seeded Drake and No. 3-seeded Texas Tech, who extremity disconnected astatine 6:10 p.m. ET Saturday.

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