St. John’s, by the numbers: reflecting on DePaul & looking ahead

Wendell CruzThere are a lot of ways to be disappointed in St. John’s loss to DePaul on Saturday. We’ve talked about it in the recap and in the Three Takeaways.

This space is to take some time to rehash the loss a little bit, but also to reset and look at what St. John’s has done well and what should be real causes for concern.

First, from the DePaul game, looking at the Four Factors (effective field goal percentage, offensive rebounding percentage, turnover percentage and free throw rate):

eFG% — St. John’s 51.5% | DePaul 47.7%

Off. Rebounding — St. John’s 17.1% | DePaul 33.3%

Turnover % — St. John’s 17.1% | DePaul 12.3%

Free Throw Rate — St. John’s 9.2% | DePaul 43.1%

Perhaps the most frustrating…