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One of the best things about March Madness is when people who don’t follow the sport during the season suddenly chime in with hot takes and “insight” at this time of year.
Case in point: New York radio legend Mike Francesa.
During his Bet Rivers podcast (via the Funhouse X/Twitter account), Francesa explained that Ejiofor transferred from Kansas to St. John’s in 2023 because he didn’t want to sit behind Joel Embiid any longer.
As Funhouse pointed out, “Embiid’s last game with Kansas was in March, 2014 when Zuby was nine years old. Not to mention that Embiid only spent one year in college.”
Embiid had already been in the NBA for nine seasons by the time Ejiofor announced his transfer to St. John’s in May 2023. In fact, Embiid was named NBA MVP that same month.
The truth is that Ejiofor transferred in part because Kansas had just added Michigan transfer Hunter Dickinson, who announced his transfer earlier in May 2023.
“I heard everything they had to say and I felt the love from the entire staff and just how beautiful the campus was and how I saw myself developing,” Ejiofor told ZAGSBLOG in a phone interview when he transferred.
He chose the Johnnies over Villanova, TCU and San Diego State.
Francesa later posted on X/Twitter that he “meant” Dickinson, who is on a Two-Way contract with the New Orleans Pelicans and is not on their roster, when he talked about Embiid, a former NBA MVP.
“Didn’t realize I said Zoobie left Kansas because of Embiid,” he wrote. “Would have been difficult since he turned 32 yesterday. Meant Hunter Dickinson. Graciously accept the rip. Deserve it.”
Here are his original comments on Embiid:
“Remember [Zuby] left Kansas b/c of Embiid....Embiid is a guy who can score 50 points in the NBA. He’s a big-time talent. That’s no big deal that Embiid was over him, I mean that happens.’
As for Ejiofor, he was named Big East Preseason Player of the Year, and was the unanimous pick for Player of the Year. On Saturday night, he was named MOP of the Big East Tournament after leading the Johnnies to their first ever back-to-back championships.
Despite all these accomplishments, Ejiofor was inexplicably left off the three Associated Press All-America teams announced Tuesday.
Instead, he was listed as an Honorable Mention selection.
Ejiofor will lead No. 5 St. John’s against No. 12 Northern Iowa on Friday in San Diego in a first-round game in the East Region.
If the Johnnies advance, they could face Bill Self and No. 4 Kansas on Sunday.
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