There of course is recency bias but there is the the "headed in opposite directions" factor at play here too. St. Johns is a team on the rise, have won 7 straight, and have been steamrolling teams recently. The beat X (twice) and Nova, UConn is 2-3 in their last 5. 9-1 vs 6-3 isnt that close.
Certainly as a UConn fan you can recognize momentum. I'll give them their flowers right now, they've earned them. We will see what happens next week. Easy enough to settle this on the court. This is a dangerous St. Johns team though.