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Message: [QUOTE="MSGRET, post: 5168195, member: 8506"] I don't see St. John's giving UConn any challenges in this game. First of all if you just look at the head to head match-ups of the Big East teams that both have played. [B]Villanova - Massey #65[/B] St. John's L 71-57 at Nova -14 UConn W 83-52 at Nova +31 [B]Providence - #131[/B] St. John's L OT 59-52 at Prov -7 UConn W 67-41 at XL Center +26 [B]Xavier[/B] [B]- 251[/B] St. John's 60-39 at Xavier +21 UConn 81-27 at Gampel +54 St. John's other two Conference games are both losses, 75-56 to Creighton #28 and 67-60 to DePaul #107. UConn's other Conference wins are 2x wins against # 131 Georgetown 79-44 and 73-55, then the 77-45 win at #53 Marquette. UConn averages 76.7 pts a game while giving up only 44, while St. John's averages 57 pts on offense and gives up 62.2. According to Massey UConn's rated #5 with a SOS of #5, while St. John's is #86 with a SOS or #116. He also has UConn as a 96% chance of winning and the score as 74-52. While ESPN has UConn as a 98.6 favorite vs a 1.4% for the Johnies. [/QUOTE]