Rick Pitino already has a win earlier this season over Dan Hurley by a 68-62 count at Storrs on February 7, paced by RJ Luis Jr and his 21 points. Pitino's bunch has recovered from its recent loss to Villanova to win over Creighton and DePaul, giving Pitino 12 wins across his last 13 games, and St John's played better UConn teams very tough the past two years. Meanwhile, it's not the same bunch of Huskies this season, only 6-5 SU across their last eleven, the offense now leaning hard on frosh F Liam McNeeley (23 pg last three), though it seems at the expense of third-year starter Alex Karaban, held to single digits in four of the last seven games. Play St John's