by cu8493 » Fri Jan 03, 2025 9:50 am
We sit 1-4 away from CHI and 0-2 in true road games. I think getting the first road W at Marquette is a very tall task. Fedor apparently isn't the instant answer I think many (reasonably or not), including me, had believed (hoped) he would be. Marquette's pressure D will make St. John's D look like a walk in the park. Unless we get another Nova-type performance out of Neal and Ashworth is able to tough out this game with less than 3 or 4 TOs, beating the spread will be an achievement, IMO. We then have another week off, after which I am hoping we see Fedor become a much more consistent contributor with winnable games at Butler and Providence at home. Then, a tall task in Storrs. By the time we get to DePaul, we will either be in a position that we should have a shot to win each game thereafter (not saying we won't stumble in a few) and 13-14 league wins, OR we will have a pretty good idea that it just isn't going to happen this year.