Blaming the officiating? Really? What was the reason for the other 5 YSU losses, including at home against Austin Peay and on the road at UMKC?
YSU is not as good a team as St. John's. PERIOD!! Not a knock on YSU, just a fact.
As for YSU this year in the HL, time will tell. The HL has some teams with quality inside players for the mid-major level. One of those teams being Oakland, who has played a murderous OOC schedule. I watched CSU play Kentucky, and they will be tought to beat. Green Bay is legit, and Milwaukee is vastly improved. Wright State and Valpo are always teams to be reckoned with, and teams YSU has had a tough time beating historically.
KP is the best played in the HL, YSU has as good of guards as any school in the HL, but it takes more than that to be a legitimate contender in the HL.
And, YSU had better not sleep-walk into their game on Sunday with South Dakota. Their 2nd leading scorer(12.4), and leading rebounder(6.3) is a 6'10", 238 lb Senior. Had 16 pts and 8 reb against GB... 18 points and 9 rebounds at Kansas State. Both are teams with much better interior defenders than YSU.
South Dakota has played a challenging schedule, with most games on the road. And, they have been competitve in several of these games:
@ GB lost 89-85
@ KState lost 64-62
Wyoming lost 67-66 in OT
YSU will be favored, and ought to win. But, the same could be said for the games against AP and UMKC