Top 25 Forecast

A look into St. John's next 5 games and what it means to their ranking...

http://johnnyjungle.com/columns/over-the-airwaves/top-25-forecast/

Thoughts on St. John's getting 4 votes this week and their chances of being ranked next Monday?

If we won at ND I believe we would be in 25 discussion. An OT lose or lose at the buzzer to ND may have gotten us some votes. Still have work to do but I like our progression. Interested to see how we respond after ND lose.

The 4 votes is meaningless because they all came from just one guy who put is 22nd.  We will have to sweep both this week to get ranked and a split is imperative if we want to hold serve in the race to be in the top half of the Big East.  If we win both I will be ecstatic, if we split I will be relieved and if we get swept we will be back right where we started conference play.  Right now the Top 25 means nothing to me, I just want wins and if we keep up on a slightly above .500 pace in conference our strength of schedule will speak for itself and we will be in the tourney.  Two home games this week against top teams is an amazing opportunity for us and hopefully we can make something of it.

Same thing happenned last year, we were on the verge of a ranking, than caught a beating in the next game.

A look into St. John's next 5 games and what it means to their ranking...

http://johnnyjungle.com/columns/over-the-airwaves/top-25-forecast/

Thoughts on St. John's getting 4 votes this week and their chances of being ranked next Monday?

If we win BOTH games then MAYBE we are in the low 20s...but I could also still see us at 26-30 range.  Fordham and St. Bonnie's are horrible losses.