St. Johns

[Bugeaters1]

[Norm Peterson]

Hey, Incarnate Word is pretty good. One of the better 3-5 teams in the country.

[Norm Peterson]

I was being facetious in the above post, but it turns out I was accidentally right. Kenpom ranks Incarnate Word as the #159 team in the nation, while St. John's is #210. Incarnate Word was, I thought, a pretty solid team last year and good enough to beat some good teams if you don't bring your "A" game, which we didn't last year and it doesn't appear St. John's did this year either.

[AuroranHusker]

A 1-point fluke loss is quite a bit different than a 22-point loss, though. And, recently St Johns beat the 'Cse. Yikes, that's not the type of turnaround a team is looking for. At least Nebraska beat Cincy two days later~!

[jimmykc]

Also illustrates once again that being a good player does not necessarily extrapolate into being a good coach. In fact, playing skills are probably inversely related to success as a coach. The best coaches seem to be ones who make the best of modest skills in their playing days and keenly observe from the bench.

[hhcmatt]

Kenpom ranks Incarnate Word as the #159 team in the nation, while St. John's is #210. 

 

Coming into the game IW was at 228 and St. Johns was up to 165 after knocking off Syracuse soundly. That's a lot bigger shift in rankings than I would expect but it will shift back once IW starts playing teams that aren't either top rated or non-Div 1.