St. John’s coach Rick Pitino has high expectations for Seton Hall transfer Kadary Richmond – and says those expectations are rooted in the fact that “we paid him a lot of money.”

St. John’s is coming off a week in which it beat two ranked teams and moved into the Top 10 of the Associated Press rankings for the first time since the final poll of the 1999-2000 season. The Red Storm sit all alone atop the Big East,

The win streak is at 10, the national ranking is at 9, but St. John's Hall of Fame coach still thinks his team can play a lot better, especially on the offensive end.