UConn men's game day: vs. St. John's

UConn men at St. John's

WHAT -- Big East Tournament first-round game

WHEN -- Today, 2 p.m.

WHERE -- Madison Square Garden, New York

RECORDS -- St. John's 16-14, 6-12; UConn 17-14, 7-11

ON AIR -- ESPN2 (Dave Pasch, Fran Fraschilla); WTIC-AM 1080 (Joe D'Ambrosio, Wayne Norman)

UP NEXT -- Winner plays Marquette, Wednesday, 2 p.m. (ESPN)

ST. JOHN'S

D.J. Kennedy, F, 6-5 Jr. -- 32 vs. DePaul in regular season finale

Paris Horne, G, 6-3 Jr. -- 20 against DePaul in finale

Sean Evans, C, 6-8 Jr. -- 2.6 offensive rebounds per game

Anthony Mason Jr., F, 6-7 Sr. -- Fifth-year senior knows Huskies well

Malik Booth, G, 5-9 Jr. -- Shooting 26.7% on 3-pointers

Dwight Hardy, G, 6-2 Jr. -- Out with sprained left knee

UCONN

Jerome Dyson, G, 6-4 Sr. -- 10p away from 12th on UConn scoring list

Stanley Robinson, F, 6-9 Sr. -- Back-to-back games in single figures

Kemba Walker, G, 6-1 Soph. -- By far team's best player down stretch

Gavin Edwards, F, 6-10 Sr. -- At least 7r every game since Jan. 20

Alex Oriakhi, C, 6-9 Fr. -- All-Big East rookie team member

Jamal Coombs-McDaniel, G/F, 6-7 Fr. -- 10p last two games

STORY LINES

STARTERS, FINISHERS -- Coach Jim Calhoun says he's not sure who will start for his team, but it will be more interesting to see who finishes the game for the Huskies.

DOWN, NOT OUT? -- UConn has some serious work to do if it wants to salvage a successful season. Will it give the kind of effort it needs to do that?

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING -- UConn has lost five straight games in this event, going 1-and-done for four straight years. The Huskies are 2-3 against St. John's in the league tourney.

-- NEILL OSTROUT