Connecticut Huskies vs St. John's Red Storm Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 02/23/25

Sunday afternoon begins with a Big East clash, and we are here with a UConn Huskies vs St. John’s Red Storm prediction. The Huskies were expected to be the class of the Big East, but it has turned out to be Rick Pitino’s squad atop the conference instead. With a comfortable 2-game lead with 4 games to play, the Johnnies are feeling pretty good right now. When these two teams met earlier in the month, St. John’s won at UConn, 68-62. I love that we are only having to cover -4.5 when the game shifts to New York, and I am happy to play that as a Sunday best bet.

Breaking down the first matchup is key here. Seemingly everything went the way UConn wanted it, and the Johnnies won by 6 anyway. UConn is a methodical pace of play team; the game was played in the 60s. UConn defends the 3 well, and St. John’s doesn’t shoot the deep ball well; St. John’s only made 4 triples in that game. UConn outrebounded St. John’s 41-27, far more lopsided than the metrics would expect. The Huskies shot more free throws, made more 3s, and blocked more shots. The only thing that went in St. John’s favor was the turnover battle, which was 18-6, and not surprising given the Red Storm’s ball security. Everything went the way of UConn, and St. John’s won by 6. Now the game shifts to New York where the Johnnies are a perfect 16-0 on the year, and they have won 12 of their last 13 in general. This screams Red Storm all the way. I am even happy to lay the points here. Give me Pitino’s bunch for the win.

UConn vs St. John’s Prediction: St. John’s -4.5 (-110) available at the time of publishing. Playable at that number.