Five days ago, St. John’s seemingly punched their ticket to the NCAA Tournament, and even made an appearance on the back cover of the New York Post.
“Let’s Dance!” the headline read. “Johnnies pull away from [Seton] Hall to punch their NCAA ticket.”
In the sarcastic words of head coach Rick Pitino, “If the NY Post is not the Bible who am I going to believe?”
Unfortunately, it appears he knew something the rest of us didn’t.
On the Saturday before Selection Sunday, a cluster of teams likely to miss the tournament secured spots through conference championship upsets.