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After their 95-70 victory over St. John’s on Saturday at Madison Square Garden, the Syracuse players packed their bags quietly, with hardly a sign of celebration. Coaches and university administrators lingered outside the locker room, waiting to go home.

The scene matched the Orange’s businesslike demolition of the Red Storm squad, which could not come up with an answer for Jim Boeheim’s 2-3 zone defense, the size to stop center Fab Melo on the inside or the athletes to keep up with the Orange’s nine-deep bench.

“They looked a little young today in a couple of spots,” Boeheim, who won his 879th game, tying Dean Smith for third on the N.C.A.A. Division I career list, said of the St. John’s players. “Freshmen aren’t used to seeing guys come...

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