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St. John’s basketball has a lot at stake entering its matchup against Xavier.
The St. John’s basketball team is entering an unfamiliar territory where you live and die in the eyes of fans and bracketologists with each game as a bubble team for the NCAA Tournament.
After a dominating victory over then No. 3 Villanova, the Red Storm (13-8, 7-7 Big East) followed up its big effort with a road win against Providence before falling in overtime to the Butler Bulldogs.
The Johnnies held a lead as large as 16 points before Butler came all the way back and as the ‘Dawgs forced overtime after a St.