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Stephen A. Smith Doubts St. John’s Will Reach the Sweet 16

Smith said St. John’s got one of the tournament’s toughest paths despite winning the Big East regular-season and conference titles. “I don’t even have them getting to the Sweet 16 now because of the bracket they’re in,” he said on First Take. He also called fifth-seeded Northern Iowa “a pesky draw” capable of turning games ugly.