Josh Hart’s two offensive rebounds in the final 17.1 seconds finished off the Spurs and sent the Knicks to a hard-fought 117-114 win at the Garden on Wednesday.
The expanded 12-team College Football Playoff debuted with four unwatchable games, one blowout after another, that led to many finding fault with the selection process.
St. John’s has more talented players than Zuby Ejiofor. It has more skilled players. It has players with higher upside. But through 11 games, it may not have a better player.
Since the disappointing 1-2 trip to The Bahamas, St. John's has won four straight games, manhandling Harvard, Kansas State, Bryant and DePaul by an average of 20 points.
There is a good chance Deivon Smith, the electric lead guard who was benched for the final 13:18 of a loss to Georgia in the Bahamas and suspended the following game could be back in the starting lineup.