Cincinnati transfer Dillon Mitchell commits to St. John’s

Cincinnati transfer Dillon Mitchell committed to St. John’s on Wednesday for the 2025-26 season.Mitchell, a top 5 prospect in the Class of 2022, is the fifth player St. John’s head coach Rick Pitino has snagged from the transfer portal.”We are thrilled to have Dillon Mitchell join our basketball family. Pound for pound, inch for inch one of the hardest working and most productive players in the nation. He brings great experience and talent to our team,” Pitino said in a post to X.Mitchell joins fellow transfers Ian Jackson (North Carolina), Bryce Hopkins (Providence), Joson Sanon (Arizona State) and Oziyah Sellers (Stanford) at St. John’s. Pitino also returns All-Big East forward Zuby Ejiofor from last year’s team.

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