St. John’s starts March Madness on a picture perfect note by keeping to a tenacious identity

SAN DIEGO — This is how you play the game when you want to carry New York on your shoulders as far and as long as you can. 

The St. John’s Red Storm delivered an emphatic March message to one and all with their 78-53 demolition of Northern Iowa. 

They resembled a Dream Team totally entitled to harbor the most grandiose of dreams. 

“We played like a champion tonight,” assistant coach Steve Masiello told The Post.