It's been, unsurprisingly, an erratic beginning of the year for the Johnnies. A team that has turned over just about it's entire rotation, you'd expect them to take a while to get things working.
Their last game against Providence may have been the turning point.
Through 12/26, the Storm was 6-5, without a real quality win (all mid- and low-majors, with 3 of the wins being by single digits), and with two bad losses (at Detroit, and Northeastern at home by 14!).
But on 12/27, the Johnnies, in their first league game, drew the Friars at home. We all know that Lavin put together a big time recruiting class for this season. And Moe Harkless seems to be ready to contribute--immediately. He's put up 15.7/8.5 so far this year--great numbers for a freshman. Against Providence he absolutely exploded: 32 points on 14 of 17 shooting.
The first thing a young team needs, when they're finding their identity, is the desire to work hard, play defense, and value the ball. Next comes developing a go-to guy. It looks like St. John's just might have theirs.
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Turns out its the most points by a Big East freshman ever in their Big East debut game.
Harkless is a beast. There is definitely a chance this team could get just enough wins to make the dance this year. If not, I'm certainly looking forward to next year when Lavin can get add another group to give us a full 12. Short roster is a killer down the stretch.
Yup. Hopefully Lavin's health holds up, because things are looking up in Queens.
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