St. John's shows it has the makings of a Big East championship team in win at UConn
STORRS, Conn. — The first trickles of sloshed and saddened UConn fans descended from the upper level of Gampel Pavilion with 3:11 remaining in a game that was supposed to reanimate the two-time defending national champions but instead devolved into the passing of a conference torch from one regional power to the upstarts from Queens. "F--- it," one man shouted as he waved an arm in disgust and slugged the last few gulps of his adult beverage, searching for solace in the dregs of $2 beer night. By then, the Huskies trailed by eight following a pair of free throws from Red Storm standout Kadary Richmond, a thorn in Connecticut’s side for the whole of his collegiate career, and nothing about the home team’s turnover-filled malaise suggested any kind of storybook comeback was in play.
