St. John's (13-5) was ranked as high as 15th in the AP poll in late December, but it's dropped four of six games since Big East play began. Those two wins, though, have come in its past three games with a 71-67 loss at DePaul sandwiched in between. The Red Storm shot 50.9 percent in an 83-70 win at Providence on Jan. 14 and held Marquette to 31.7 percent shooting in a 60-57 win at MSG on Wednesday. The public is all over Duke with coach K going for his 1000th coaching win. Duke has defeated St. John's 15 of 18 times under 'Coach K' but will be entering this contest 5-15-1 ATS in their last 21 against the Big East while the Red Storm are 7-1 ATS in their last eight against the ACC. St. John's leads the Big East in field-goal percentage defense (38.5) as well as blocked shots (6.9) and steals (8.7). Steve Lavin will have his squad ready for this game at MSG on Sunday. Take the pts with the Johnnies.