FILE -Seton Hall’s Kadary Richmond looks to pass during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Marquette Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, in Newark, N.J. tar guard Kadary Richmond is transferring to St. John’s from Seton Hall, staying close to home inside the Big East but switching sides in their Hudson River rivalry. Rated the top player still available in the transfer portal, the 6-foot-6 Richmond was a first-team all-Big East selection last season. FILE - St.
“Kadary Richmond is a player I admired so much in the Big East,” Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino said Tuesday in a St. John’s news release. “Awesome talent and we are so excited to have him.” Richmond and Smith give the Red Storm an impressive class of transfers this offseason. They join 7-foot-1 center Vincent Iwuchukwu from Southern California and 6-foot-7 forward Aaron Scott from North Texas, both of whom committed last month.
At point guard, St. John’s also returns sophomore Simeon Wilcher, a touted recruit who began to show marked improvement late last season in his limited role as a freshman. Wilcher averaged 2.8 points and 9.1 minutes in 28 games as an understudy to senior Daniss Jenkins, the team’s leading scorer and playmaker.Richmond had 21 points and 13 rebounds in the NIT title game, a 79-77 victory over Indiana State on April 4 that gave Seton Hall its first championship in the event since 1953.
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