Here’s something to ponder. The worst team for Pitt to play from a historical sense is St. John’s. Pitt has a career record of 16-33 against the Red Storm. That’s a paltry .327 winning percentage. Even with all the games and losses to Syracuse (34-61), that’s still a .358 winning percentage. In the last two years, in the midst of the St. John’s reduced scholarships, NCAA penalties and their struggles. They are still 2-1 against Pitt. I’m not sure why they play Pitt so well and Pitt plays so bad against them, but these are not games to enjoy watching.

Last year, St. John’s hit a hot streak in the middle of Big East Conference play — and Pitt was one of the victims — before they ran out of gas after a few games. They ended up going to Storrs and after keeping it close in the first half were blown out in the second half. Jeff Adrien for UConn was kicked out of the game and suspended a couple more for mixing it up with a St. John’s player.

It would appear that St. John’s is in another one of its hot streaks. Taking out Syracuse and ND. While the styles were slightly different in each game, the consistent thing was that St. John’s got out to a big lead in the first half and just held on for dear life.