{
  "id": 11231630,
  "title": "St. John’s men’s basketball picked second in Big East preseason poll",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/st-johns-mens-basketball-picked-second-in-big-east-preseason-poll",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-01T16:18:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/st-john-men-basketball-picked-161838574.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Big East coaches have ranked St. John's men's basketball team second in their preseason poll ahead of Media Day, despite the Huskies winning back-to-back regular-season and tournament titles over the past two seasons. St. John's dominated the conference over the last two years, but the coaches are taking the Huskies to break that streak this year. The team returns its starting backcourt of Silas Demary, Jr. and Braylon Mullins, along with potential breakout transfers and highly ranked freshmen.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "UConn men's basketball picked to win Big East, Silas Demary Jr. tabbed as Player of the Year",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/uconn-mens-basketball-picked-to-win-big-east-silas-demary-jr-tabbed",
        "published": "2026-10-01T13:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "UConn picked to win Big East led by preseason conference Player of the Year Silas Demary Jr.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/uconn-picked-to-win-big-east-led-by-preseason-conference-player-of-11213115",
        "published": "2026-10-01T14:18:22.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}