Jim Baron talked after the game about doing the 'little things'. The problem in a situation in which the Bonnies are facing is those 'little things', which came so easy when the wins were coming, seem like major tasks. Taking a step back and looking at St. Bonaventure's situation you can say the only 'surprise' loss to date was the one against Canisius. Last year when the Bonnies went to the Atlantic Ten finals, and ultimately played in the NCAA tournament, the road games against Temple and Fordham were losses.
Timing is everything however.
And their four game slide is the longest in three years. Two hours prior to St. Bonaventure's contest at Fordham, Rutgers hosted Syracuse. The Scarlet Knights did not get off to as fast a start as St. Still, they entered the New Year with a fresh start and three games into Big East play the Rutgers is winless, despite getting agonizingly close.