An acquaintance who works around college basketball was trying to get to the heart of the strange feeling around St. John’s (or at least some of St. John’s fans).
From the view of the one-bid, two-bid conferences, seeing a team that has enjoyed very little sustained success make the NCAA Tournament and win 21 games seems like a breakthrough.
The Red Storm, in Chris Mullin’s fourth year, went 21-13, 8-10 in conference, 1-1 in the Big East Tournament, 0-1 in the NCAA Tournament.
But given high expectations, along with a soft non-conference schedule and a solid Big East lacking top-level squads as in years past, it feels like a disappointment to finish under .