NEW YORK -- Welcome to Madison Square Garden, where tonight we'll see hometown favorite St. John's welcome No. 6 Georgetown to the Big Apple for a Big East matchup that we're hoping we'll be a good one for all.

The Hoyas, last year's Big East champs and Final Four participants, are coming off a thrilling two-point win at West Virginia over the weekend and now stand at 25-17 on the road, including a 15-9 mark against Big East competition, under head coach John Thompson III. Georgetown, meanwhile, is 9-3 in its last 12 Big East road games.

While much of the hype around the Hoyas this season was centered on preseason All-American center Roy Hibbert, sophomore forward DaJuan Summers is the big key for Thompson's squad in ranking second on the team in scoring (10.8 ppg) and rebounding (5.4 rpg).

Point guard Jonathan Wallace is also doing a solid job of running the team and contributing on the offensive end during his senior campaign with an 11.2 scoring average over the last nine contests.

For St. John's, Georgetown represents the second ranked team that the Red Storm have faced this season and 89th meeting overall with the Hoyas (St. John's leads the all-time series, 50-38, with the Big East series tied, 27-27), who have won the last three meetings between the two schools.

In celebrating their "100 Years of St. John's Basketball," the Johnnies are 7-11 overall and a dismal 1-6 in Big East play after suffering a 67-57 loss at Louisville this past Saturday. While St. John's outrebounded the Cardinals with a 35-32 advantage and Anthony Mason Jr. posted a second straight career-high 29 points, it wasn't enough in the end for Norm Roberts' team to get the win.

The Red Storm will be looking to have a better finish tonight against this year's Big East favorite, but it will take a monumental effort from Roberts' kids to pull off the upset tonight.

In the meantime, we're about 10 minutes from the tip as both teams get into their layup lines. We'll be back in a few minutes.