Zuby Ejiofor put together a historic performance on Friday night, leading St. John's to its first Big East Championship Game since 2000. John Fanta tells the story of how Ejifor ended up at St. John's.

It was St. John’s 79, Marquette 63 and it was Zuby Ejiofor (career-high 33 points with nine rebounds) who put his team on his back and carried it to this showdown against Creighton. It was Zuby Ejiofor who seemed to play with a raging intensity and refused to let the Johnnies lose and cede the night or the Garden to Marquette.

Zuby Ejiofor finished an and-1 that extended the St. John's Red Storm's lead against the Marquette Golden Eagles.

Zuby Ejiofor needed a lot of work. He was hesitant, unsure of himself, and not quite ready for the job. No, this had nothing to do with basketball. It was his pregame speeches. “They may have been some of the worst pregame speeches that I’ve heard in my entire lifetime,

Maybe most improved didn't really do Zuby Ejiofor justice. The junior forward delivered an overpowering performance Friday night for No. 6 St. John's, scoring a career-best 33 points — a school record in the Big East Tournament — as the Red Storm rolled into the conference championship game for the first time in 25 years with a 79-63 victory over No.