(STAPLES) Arizona St., Fri. Dec. 8, 8p, PAC 10, 970 AM

I am not sure where ASU will be ranked in the next poll but it is going to be in the top ten. Based on last week, where five of the nine undefeated teams in the top 25 lost at least one time and ASU beat both St. John's in the Staples Center and Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse by double digits, ASU should be a top five or six team. They have four very good wins on their resume (Xavier and Kansas State in addition to St. John's and Kansas). Additionally winning against Kansas when they are playing at home is a rare and difficult thing to do.

St. John's loss to ASU was frustrating but make no mistake they did not hurt their resume by being competitive with this team until the last two minutes. ASU is very good and Hurley is doing a great job there.

St. John's needs to stay healthy, continue to play tough defense night in and night out and share the ball. If they do this they should be able to get enough quality wins to have a tournament worthy resume.

It could be argued that if we had not fallen apart twice late against zone defenses that we could have won either of the two games we lost this year. So far this season the cup is half full for me.

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"It could be argued that if we had not fallen apart twice late against zone defenses that we could have won either of the two games we lost this year."

Correct! You have reiterated what every arm chair coach here has been saying for a while now. This is where Mullin's inexperience becomes most obvious. It is also where having a bona fide assistant with college experience would have helped. We are.......
 
Correct! You have reiterated what every arm chair coach here has been saying for a while now. This is where Mullin's inexperience becomes most obvious. It is also where having a bona fide assistant with college experience would have helped.
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Exactly. it's a shame they did not have an bona fide assistant with college experience when they faced Syracuse's vaunted 2/3 zone the last couple of times they played them, they might have won those games.
 
Correct! You have reiterated what every arm chair coach here has been saying for a while now. This is where Mullin's inexperience becomes most obvious. It is also where having a bona fide assistant with college experience would have helped.
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Exactly. it's a shame they did not have an bona fide assistant with college experience when they faced Syracuse's vaunted 2/3 zone the last couple of times they played them, they might have won those games.
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No matter how you try to "Slice" it, they are not doing it now or whomever is calling the play "in-game" as a "coach" should review old film. But those Syracuse victories sure felt good......as anomalies to reality.;)
 
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