Roger Rubin: St. John's has gone from underachievers to Big East leaders

Several players have gotten the star turn during the St. John’s winning streak that now stands at 12 games. Different members of the 17th-ranked Red Storm have been the leading scorer or the difference maker, the strong finisher or the big-play maker. Two things have been growing strong through all 12 though: toughness and poise. We saw them both again on Wednesday night when the Storm (21-5, 14-1 Big East) beat Marquette in Milwaukee to overtake No. 6 Connecticut, beaten by visiting Creighton, atop the conference standings. Ian Jackson provided just one of many examples of that toughness when he returned from...