St. John’s defense locked in for long stretches and the ball whipped around on offense leading to a blowout of DePaul, 92-73.
The Red Storm entered the Big East Tournament as the 7-seed to take on the 10-seed Blue Demons, despite the expectations for the Johnnies being to, at the very least, not play on the first night of the tournament. However, as Coach Mike Anderson said yesterday, “It’s a new season. Everyone is 0-0.” Despite the new season, however, the game started with St. John’s looking like the same old team.
The first ten minutes of the game created a feeling of here we go again.