If we divide the season’s 15 games into:
- The five game nonconference schedule, during which the Johnnies went 5-1.
- The first six games of the Big East schedule, during which St. Johns went 1-5, giving up an average of 86 points per game.
- The next three games, commencing with the Butler winon January 12, during which the team gave up an average of 66 points per game and went 2-1.
After the Connecticut win, Coach Mike Anderson summarized, “we have been in so many close games, so many where we were right in a position to win it, and so confidence has to kick in…I personally feel that we can beat any team in the country, any team in our league.