Game thread: St. John's vs Wagner

Sooo.

St. John's is without flashy freshman guard Marcus LoVett, and without fourth-year wing Felix Balamou, and without forward Kassoum Yakwe. The team struggled to score in preseason play. The coach is new, expectations need to be tempered, and the Red Storm face an experienced local team who will want nothing more than to beat a Big East foe on the road.

Kenny Albert, Bill Raftery are on tonight's call, an early-ish start to the college hoops evening for Fox Sports 1. And the game should have some energy, with Wagner likely thinking that the Johnnies are beatable if the Seahawks play within themselves.