After two losses in the Battle 4 Atlantis, one can imagine a casual observer making jokes about the Storm lost at sea, falling into the abyss, being deposed like Namor (that last reference is for comic book geeks only). The Battle 4 Atlantis Consolation game yesterday was no consolation.
But closer inspection shows St. John’s is a team that lost to a pair of better squads, at least in the eyes of the Vegas oddsmakers and the college hoops punditry and by most quantitative metrics.
Tonight, however, St. John’s is a 1-point favorite over Old Dominion in the final game of the tournament, the battle for seventh place.