Why any of us devote time and effort to St. John’s basketball is a mystery.
This I agree with 100% haha. Worse is I’m torturing my poor kids with watching this, but good news is they’re learning how to deal with disappointment at an early age, an invaluable lesson nowadays.
I expected games like last night to be the norm this season so the fact we’ve been mostly competitive, with some big wins over Creighton, West Virginia and Arizona, is why I don’t think it’s been a hugely disappointing season, just a little on the weaker end. I’m with you that we should have gotten a few more... Georgetown, Vermont and maybe stealing one more from the big guys. And it’s obvious coach has some flaws in his style but he’s got them giving it their all. Plus, as you say, I want to see how he performs with a roster full of his guys, hopefully with a little more talent than this bunch.
I just don’t think it’s in good taste that posters gloat when losses occur, when these kids are playing hard and being good representatives of the university, not always a given in recent years. It’s obvious they are just not as talented as other conference teams and we have glaring holes. I think it’s clear we are not near Butler’s level when it comes to pg play, 3 or shooting and height. So #8 vs #9 isn’t as close as the numbers imply.