St. John's faces Kansas in the Second Round of the NCAA tournament in San Diego. St. John's comes into the tournament red-hot as they've now won seven straight games and 20 of 21, with their only loss coming to Connecticut, who they beat to win the Big East championship game. I think St. John's will have great success against a Kansas squad that has lost five of its last 10 and 10 games overall. Kansas is too up and down for me to side with them, and St John's is on quite a roll. I think St John's has a date with Duke next week in the Sweet 16. St. John's to cover.
This is a battle of two defensive-minded teams who surrender less than 70 points per game on average. St. John's has given up 72 or less in 11 straight games, while Kansas has held 11 of its last 18 opponents to 70 points or less. This feels like a game which will be decided by no more than two or three possessions and will slow to a crawl in the final five minutes. I like the way St. John's has played of late more so than Kansas and will pick them on Sunday afternoon, 71-67.
