St John's vs Xavier

[radecicco]

There are no easy road games in the BE. Glad we are not playing the Johnnies in that band box.

 

[SJUBall]

SJU keeps getting better and better. Problem is too young and too thin on talent. It won't show in w's and l's this year. I can see already that once the talent rolls in, Mullin will have SJU competing. Right now, Mussini playing out of position at PG. Lots of talent going to be on the team next year that SJU doesn't have this year.

 

[Halldan1]

Don't blame Mullin one bit for the mess he inherited.

BTW, it's not pretty according to Kenpom.

The rest of the way.....

Thu Dec 31 234 61 Creighton L, 80-70

Sat Jan 2 237 38 Providence L, 83-65

Wed Jan 6 242 9 Xavier L, 74-66




Sat Jan 9 99 Marquette L, 74-63 72 12% Away

Wed Jan 13 74 Georgetown L, 70-65 68 27% Home

Sat Jan 16 36 Butler L, 83-65 70 5% Away

Sat Jan 23 99 Marquette L, 70-66 72 33% Home

Wed Jan 27 41 Seton Hall L, 76-60 70 6% Away

Sun Jan 31 1 Villanova L, 75-59 67 5% Home

Wed Feb 3 9 Xavier L, 82-59 71 2% Away

Sat Feb 6 36 Butler L, 79-69 70 17% Home

Mon Feb 8 74 Georgetown L, 74-61 68 9% Away

Sat Feb 13 1 Villanova L, 80-55 67 1% Away

Wed Feb 17 156 DePaul L, 69-68 69 47% Home

Sun Feb 21 41 Seton Hall L, 72-63 70 19% Home

Thu Feb 25 156 DePaul L, 72-64 69 20% Away

Sun Feb 28 61 Creighton L, 82-67 72 8% Away

Sat Mar 5 38 Providence L, 73-64 70 18% Home

 

[SJUBall]

Yeah, I think Mullin has the team playing as good as they possibly can this season. We are missing too many pieces. SJU can only play spoiler. I think next year you'll see a SJU team that is much more ready to compete talent-wise and it will the beginning of an ascending SJU team. I also don't expect Mullin and the staff he put together to have the massive recruiting lulls that former staffs have had. There are some ace recruiters, and I don't envision them leaving massive holes in talent like we have had in recent years.