Sources: St. John’s lands top-10 transfer Hopkins

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• 40 “/ > Jeff BorzelloMar 31, 2025, 05:38 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting expert.
• Joined ESPN in 2014.
• Graduate of University of Delaware.Former Providence forward Bryce Hopkins

  , one of the top-10 transfers in the portal, committed to St. John’s on Monday, sources told ESPN.Hopkins is the second transfer addition for Rick

  Pitino and the Red Storm this month, following a dedication from Arizona State guard Joson Sanon last week.A 6-foot-7 forward from Illinois, Hopkins has actually missed most of the

  past two seasons with injuries but made first-team All-Big East honors as a sophomore after balancing 15.8 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.3 helps for the Friars.Editor’s Picks He suffered a torn ACL in January 2024 and didn’t go back to game action up until Dec. 3 of this previous season. Hopkins played in

just 3 games before suffering a bone bruise and ultimately shut it down for the season in late January.In 50 games over three seasons at Providence, he balanced 15.8 points and 8.5 rebounds.Hopkins started his profession with one season under John Calipari at Kentucky.He need to be the perfect replacement for Big East Player of the Year RJ Luis Jr., who prepares to get in the NBA draft and transfer portal.St. John’s will lose Luis and elders Kadary Richmond and Aaron Scott from this season’s Big East regular-season and conference tournament champs, however the return of Zuby Ejiofor alongside the additions of Hopkins and Sanon should keep the Red Storm in the national discussion. St. John’s is also squarely in the mix for sought-after Georgia transfer Silas Demary Jr.