| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 1981 - 82 |
| Team: | St. John's Redmen |
| Conference: | Big East Conference (1979–2013) |
| Short Conf: | Big East |
| Record: | 21–9 |
| Conf Record: | 9–5 |
| Asst Coach3: | Ron Rutledge |
| Captain: | David Russell Trevor Jackson |
| Champion: | Lapchick Memorial Champions ECAC Holiday Festival Champions |
| Bowl Result: | Second round |
The 1981 - 82 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his fourteenth year at the school. St. John's home games are played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden and the team is a member of the Big East Conference.
|-!colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big East tournament|-!colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA tournament