| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 1997 - 1998 |
| Team: | St. John's Red Storm |
| Conference: | Big East Conference (1979–2013) |
| Short Conf: | Big East |
| Record: | 22 - 10 |
| Conf Record: | 13 - 5 |
| Head Coach: | Fran Fraschilla (2nd year) |
| Asst Coach2: | Ron Rutledge |
| Asst Coach3: | Darren Savino |
| Captain: | Tarik Turner Felipe Lopez Zendon Hamilton |
| Bowl Result: | first round |
The 1997 - 98 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Fran Fraschilla in his second 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.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sortname | Ed Brown | 14 | 6'8" | RS Freshman | Transferred to Rhode Island | |||
| sortname | Mike Menniefield | 21 | 6'8" | Senior | Graduated | |||
| sortname | Charles Minlend | 34 | 6'6" | RS Senior | Graduated |
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|-!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
| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club | |
| 1 | 24 | Felipe Lopez | San Antonio Spurs traded to the Vancouver Grizzlies |