St John's 53 Cincinnati 52

Cincinnati took a tough loss on Saturday afternoon, falling to St John's 53-52. It's the 3rd straight season that St John's has come into Cincinnati and walked out a winner. It's the second year in a row where Cincinnati was heavily favored and lost. Just like last year, Cincinnati needed an unlikely guy to make 3s to keep them in it. Last year had JDIII making the game tying 3. This year, Titus Rubles hit 3 of them, including one to make it 51-50. Just like last year, Cincinnati had a key defensive breakdown late in the game to give up the game winning shot. These are the ones that stick in your craw. Games like this are ones that should be wins, but they end up losses. Every team has ugly losses on their schedule when you look back and say "What the hell happened there?" Hopefully this is the only one for this season.  Mick Cronin didn't blame the loss yesterday on the offense. He blamed it on the effort. Some of the effort on the offensive end is...