Surging St. Johns ranked in top 10 for first time in 25 years

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St.John’s renaissance season has taken it back into the top 10.The Johnnies moved up three spots to No.

9 in the latest AP top 25 poll released Monday, marking the first time they’ve been ranked in the top 10 since the end of the 1999-2000 season, when they were also ranked ninth.St.John’s (21-3) leads the Big East (12-1), is on a 10-game winning streak and has won 16 of its past 17 games after surviving the Marquette-UConn gauntlet over the last week.After defeating Marquette, then ranked 11th, at the Garden last Tuesday, Rick Pitino and Co.

defeated two-time defending national champion UConn, then ranked 19th, in Storrs on Friday.RJ Luis hit a jumper with 10.1 seconds left to put the Johnnies up by four to help seal the win over UConn.The Golden Eagles (18-6, 9-4) fell to No.18 in Monday’s poll, while the Huskies (16-7, 8-4) dropped out, receiving 106 votes, second-most among teams outside the top 25.CHECK OUT THE LATEST BIG EAST STANDINGS AND ST.

JOHN’S STATSCreighton (18-6, 11-2) returned to the rankings at No.24.

The Bluejays are responsible for St.John’s only Big East loss this season, a 57-56 defeat in Omaha on New Year’s Eve.The Johnnies will get their chance at revenge when they host Creighton on Sunday at MSG.Before then, they visit Villanova on Wednesday.St.

John’s finishes its regular-season schedule at Marquette on March 8 before the Big East Tournament....