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St. John’s is losing one of its top returning players with eligibility left. 

Sophomore guard Simeon Wilcher, a key part of coach Rick Pitino’s first recruiting class, entered the transfer portal Friday, he told The Post. 

St. John’s had hoped to keep the well-liked and high-character Wilcher, but the move wasn’t a surprise, considering the Johnnies already have brought in two transfers — Arizona State’s Joson Sanon and Stanford’s Oziyah Sellers — on the perimeter and could add another soon in North Carolina’s Ian Jackson.

They also have landed Providence forward Bryce Hopkins. Star forward Zuby Ejiofor almost certainly will be the lone returning starter.