Start of the New Year

All but four teams have played their first Big East games, with Syracuse playing its second tonight against South Florida. Two ranked schools (#2 UCONN and #13 Villanova) have lost to ranked opponents, but no huge upsets so far. The nice thing about playing in such a tough league is that you know the other schools will beat each other up week in and week out. A four loss team could be the top seed come March.

Along with our game at St. John's tomorrow is a great matchup of Pitt at Georgetown. Should the Hoyas pull off their second win over a top three team this week, we're looking at a huge game Monday.

St. John's Preview-

It'll be a quick one tonight, with just a few numbers to aid your game watching tomorrow.

• Red Storm PG Malik Boothe is out with a thumb injury- 8.4 PPG, 5.0 APG- no other guys average more than 2.5 assists a contest
• No quality wins for St. John's
• Two home losses, games against Virginia Tech (81-67) and Miami (70-56)
• Lost at Providence 75-54 to open conference slate
• On three game losing streak

Key Players-

• Boothe and best player Anthony Mason Jr. are injured
• D.J. Kennedy- 6'6", 210 lbs.- 12.5 PPG, 7.1 RPG
• Paris Horne- 6'3", 185 lbs.- 12.9 PPG, 3.2 RPG
• Sean Evans- 6'8", 250 lbs.- 10.6 PPG, 6.6 RPG