Wagner, Fri. Nov. 13, 6pm - FS1 & WMCA AM 570
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postell25
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6. Is St. John's really that bad?
Exhibition results are often overblown, but this one was hard to overlook. St. Thomas Aquinas walloped tradition-rich St. John's 90-58 last week in what was easily November's most eye-popping exhibition result. The Johnnies trailed by double figures less than six minutes into the game, by 16 at halftime and by 20 or more for most of the second half despite facing a Division II opponent that lost all three games it played against D-I competition the previous year by an average of 34 points.
Whether that performance was a fluke or an omen should become a bit clearer Friday night when St. John's opens the regular season against Wagner. The Seahawks lost 20 games last season and were picked sixth in the Northeast Conference's preseason poll, but the return of athletic forward Dwaun Anderson gives them the potential to exceed that prediction.
St. John's, on the other hand, does not return a single player from last season that averaged more than 1.5 points per game and also lost its top freshman for the season due to an eligibility issue. So Chris Mullin's debut season is clearly going to be a struggle for the Johnnies. And Friday should provide an early glimpse of just how bad it could be.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/college-basketball-s-25-most-intriguing-people-043502743.html
18. Chris Mullin, St. John's coach. A lot of eyebrows were raised when the school hired its most famous basketball alum – a guy who also had no coaching experience. The eyebrows shot off people's foreheads when Mullin's debut was a debacle – a 32-point exhibition loss to Division II St. Thomas Aquinas. Then four-star recruit Marcus LoVett was ruled academically ineligible to compete this season by the NCAA. This has the potential to be an epic train wreck.
6. Is St. John's really that bad?
Exhibition results are often overblown, but this one was hard to overlook. St. Thomas Aquinas walloped tradition-rich St. John's 90-58 last week in what was easily November's most eye-popping exhibition result. The Johnnies trailed by double figures less than six minutes into the game, by 16 at halftime and by 20 or more for most of the second half despite facing a Division II opponent that lost all three games it played against D-I competition the previous year by an average of 34 points.
Whether that performance was a fluke or an omen should become a bit clearer Friday night when St. John's opens the regular season against Wagner. The Seahawks lost 20 games last season and were picked sixth in the Northeast Conference's preseason poll, but the return of athletic forward Dwaun Anderson gives them the potential to exceed that prediction.
St. John's, on the other hand, does not return a single player from last season that averaged more than 1.5 points per game and also lost its top freshman for the season due to an eligibility issue. So Chris Mullin's debut season is clearly going to be a struggle for the Johnnies. And Friday should provide an early glimpse of just how bad it could be.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/college-basketball-s-25-most-intriguing-people-043502743.html
18. Chris Mullin, St. John's coach. A lot of eyebrows were raised when the school hired its most famous basketball alum – a guy who also had no coaching experience. The eyebrows shot off people's foreheads when Mullin's debut was a debacle – a 32-point exhibition loss to Division II St. Thomas Aquinas. Then four-star recruit Marcus LoVett was ruled academically ineligible to compete this season by the NCAA. This has the potential to be an epic train wreck.
Put me in that line too, other than the name on the front of the jersey and the conference we play in why would one think differently? I posted weeks earlier I would gauge my expectations on what the team showed me and with Johnson and Williams both looking very rusty and Lovett not playing not sure there is any other realistic way to think.
tom in salem
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WMCA 570 has some preacher on right now.
basketballjones
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I'm at the game. Very light crowd. Can we sneak Ponds into the lineup at least?
Malik Ellison has buried two threes in his first minutes of his freshmen year. 6-4 Johnnies early
I don't care how many losses we take, if our guys play with this much effort all year I won't miss a game