It's hard to tell with all the losses, but the Johnnies have taken a slight downturn on defense. The Rumble investigates.
St. John's is in the midst of a very long losing streak. You know that. But one of the areas where we could say the team seemed to be making progress has really fell by the wayside - coinciding with what head coach Chris Mullin said during this week's Big east Conference call:
"The last two games have been a little bit lackluster for us. We've played pretty good basketball during this losing streak, but the last two games were repetitive and not decisive so we're hoping to bounce back Saturday against Villanova.