Overview
- No. 5 St. John's meets No. 4 Kansas on Sunday at Viejas Arena in San Diego, with tipoff at 5:15 p.m. ET on CBS and a Sweet 16 berth at stake.
- Ejiofor is the Big East Player and Defensive Player of the Year and leads St. John's in scoring (16.3 ppg), rebounding (7.3 rpg), assists (121) and blocks (77).
- He played limited minutes as a Kansas freshman in 2022–23 and entered the transfer portal one day after 7-foot-1 Hunter Dickinson joined the Jayhawks in May 2023.
- Rick Pitino lauded Ejiofor as one of his most enjoyable players to coach, while Bill Self said Kansas did not want him to leave and praised his development.
- Ejiofor and both coaches have emphasized there is no bad blood, with the matchup framed as a marquee tournament meeting rather than a revenge game.