St. Joseph's Not Looking So Saintly

Potential number one NCAA seed and former only undefeated team in the nation, the St. Joseph's Hawks, lost to the Xavier Musketeers, 87-67, in round one of the Atlantic Ten Tournament.

Many, including myself, have been questioning the Hawks' being numero uno. Yes, they're undefeated. But, with the exception of Xavier, Rhode Island, Gonzaga, and a couple of other colleges, the Hawks really haven't been challenged on their road to becoming undefeated in the regular season. The Atlantic Ten is overall pretty weenie now...even the Temple Owls and the University of Massachusetts Minutemen, who used to be quite the contenders, are not anywhere near just plain good. Not to mention how there are quite a few other small colleges that, while they're not undefeated, have decent enough records to merit their being in the polls according to St. Joe's being there.

Anyway, besides the loss to Xavier, I figured that St. Joe's true colors will show in the NCAA tournament...I will not be the least bit surprised to see the Hawks out in the first round. But now that I've said that, watch them go on a tear...