St.John's and Manhattan are probably very close in terms of quality wins, because neither program really has any. The closest we come to a quality win in Georgia Tech and maybe Bucknell, but probably not anymore.
Manhattan has beaten LaSalle, which is certainly a quality win for their program. They also beat South Carolina, a team that we destroyed last year at Alumni Hall. Their loss to Fordham is straight up pathetic.
Thing is, we have 3 losses, and they have two. We lost to 2 top 10 teams. In 1 of those losses we came to play. In the other, we didn't. Our 3rd loss is a bad one IMO as it stands now. Penn State looks like every bit the Big Ten bottom feeder we expected them to be. We weren't ready for that game. Still, one thing that stands out to me and I'm sure it does as well for every single STJ fan, is that we haven't been embarrassed this season by a low level D1 school. (Yet)
That said, should we take care of business on Sat, we'll be 9-3 heading into conference play, and I think that puts us on the bubble along w Manhattan. There is no other local that has any chance of even an at large NIT bid. It's the weakest field since I can remember.
Once again, it's up to us to carry the city, and it is so rare that we rise to the occasion. With the Knicks and Nets playing awful bball, this could be a great chance for us. We'll see.