St. John's at Marquette

St. John's suffered some bad losses early on, but this team is senior-laden and has begun to show signs of being a pretty good team. We called their upset win over Cincinnati a couple of days ago and I'm back on them to win this game too. They play 40 minutes of pressure defense and the emergence of Dwight Hardy has given them the go-to big scorer that has been missing for a long time. Hardy has averaged 24.8 points per game over his last five. Marquette has blown a lot of big leads this season, and it appears to be taking its toll as they are just 3-5 in their last eight games. Two of the wins have been against the bottom of the conference in DePaul and South Florida, who are a combined 2-23 in conference play. St. John's is 12-6 straight-up vs. winning teams this season including 6-2 vs. high-scoring teams like Marquette (those averaging 77+ points per game). Take the Red Storm to win this game.