St. John’s got its first dividend to come from last weekend’s parade of recruits on Wednesday when Stanford transfer Oziyah Sellers committed to join the Red Storm.

Sellers is part of coach Rick Pitino’s offseason mission to improve the team’s biggest weakness from last season: shooting. The 6-5 guard made 40% of his three-point attempts as he averaged 13.7 points in his junior season for the Cardinal.

And as it turns out, Pitino figured prominently in Sellers’ offseason mission.

“In any conversation, coach Pitino is pretty much the greatest coach of all-time – I wanted to play for him,” Sellers told Newsday in a phone interview. “I want to go out the way I want to go out: I want to win a national championship.”

“Playing for him was a big part of this [decision],” he added. “And then hearing his plan for me? I knew this was something I wanted to be a part of.”

He is the third transfer to commit for St. John’s this offseason, joining Providence forward Bryce Hopkins and Arizona State wing Joson Sanon.

Over a four-day stretch that included the weekend, St. John’s had visits from Sellers, North Carolina guard Ian Jackson, Princeton point guard Xaivian Lee, Cincinnati forward Dillon Mitchell and blue chip point guard Academ Lewis. Sellers is the first of the group to make a commitment.

Sellers said that during his visit he did a workout for Pitino where the focus was almost exclusively on shooting.

“We are super excited to have Oziyah in our program,” Pitino said in a statement released by the school. “Not only does he bring great experience and tremendous outside shooting but his workout on his visit was incredible.

“Oziyah has terrific size and an unbelievable attitude,” he added. “He’s a great addition for Johnnies Basketball this season.”

The Storm’s biggest flaw this season was three-point shooting – it made 30%, which ranks in the bottom 5% of Division I – yet still overcame that with defense and rebounding to win the outright Big East regular season title and Big East Tournament. The Storm (31-6) lost in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to Arkansas in a game where it was 2-for-22 on threes.

“Last year they kind of lacked shooting and that’s something they want to bring up this year,” Sellers said. “They are definitely bringing me in for that, but they also want me to play-make in other ways.”