The media and fans have been relatively patient, knowing this was a slow build at St. John’s after Mullin took over a roster that had graduated almost everyone who had played major minutes the season before.
For the die-hards, it is time to make some noise in the Big East.
Yes, expectations inch higher for St. John’s men’s hoops fans as the season gets closer. A number of talented additions plus experience and a burst of winning late in the season is the formula for “comeback” boasts and big talk.
No player was particularly boastful. Incoming junior guard Mustapha Heron, a transfer from Auburn, summed up his take on expectations: “play together, play hard, and the rest will take care of itself.