St. John's has one win over an NCAA Tournament team and is in a letdown spot on the road against a UConn squad that just beat Marquette, averaging 1.18 PPP vs. the Golden Eagles' stout defense. With Liam McNeeley returning, the Huskies have a third scoring option at their disposal that really opens things up for them. They take care of the basketball well enough to prevent the pesky Red Storm defenders from creating fast-break opps, as well. UConn also defends the paint very well (6th in average opponent near-proximity shooting percentage) and St. John's can't shoot from long range (280th in 3PT%).

St. John's is riding the high of a nine-game winning streak, but the air will come out of its balloon against the two-team defending champs.