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Message: [QUOTE="tzznandrew, post: 5272510, member: 168"] St. John's was an overachieving 4-5 seed that cosplayed being a 2-seed because (a) they have an exceptional coach, and (b) the Big East was pretty bad last year and the only competitor (UConn) had key injuries (to PG and SF) and had no back-up ball handlers due to a transfer miss. It's a little like Louisville last year, except the committee did not reward the ACC. A fully healthy UConn team was still the best team in the conference last year, as you can tell by the fact that they nearly beat the National Champion whereas St. John's got boatraced by a team from that same conference that finished 8-10 in that conference. (They also lost to another team from that conference that went 8-10 in the regular season). They ultimately had a better year than UConn this year, but they were overrated. They're going to have a similar problem next year unless Pitino upgrades their offense. He's a great coach, but fantastic defenses has really been his calling card for a while now, and I'm going to have to see it play out to believe it. They're going to have a good regular season record for sure, but, I'm skeptical of this team more so than UConn. [/QUOTE]