The second half of the Big East season is almost upon the St. John’s squad, and it cannot come fast enough.
Fortunately, there are two reasons to hold out some hope. First, the remaining schedule can be seen as more forgiving. Most of the remaining contests will feature squads from the middle of the standings, with 5 of those games at home.
The second reason is a Rutgers squad that can charitably be described as weak, even if they exploited Notre Dame’s aversion to defense for a win. The 1-8 Scarlet Knights have trouble scoring and holding on to the ball, have a coach who, everyone figures will be fired at the end of the season, and have struggled to stay near opponents on the scoreboard more than St. John’s has.
Can St. John’s reverse their recent low-scoring losing ways and pull out a win in Piscataway?
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