| Year: | 2018–19 |
| Team: | St. John's Red Storm |
| Sport: | basketball |
| Conference: | Big East Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big East |
| Record: | 21–13 |
| Conf Record: | 8–10 |
| Head Coach: | Chris Mullin |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Asst Coach1: | Mitch Richmond |
| Asst Coach2: | Matt Abdelmassih |
| Asst Coach3: | Greg St. Jean |
| Arena: | Carnesecca Arena Madison Square Garden |
| Champion: | Legends Classic champions |
| Tourney: | NCAA tournament |
| Tourney Result: | First Four |
The 2018–19 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by alumnus and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member Chris Mullin, in his fourth year at the school. They played their home games at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 21–13, 8–10 in Big East Play to finish in seventh place. They defeated DePaul in the first round of the Big East tournament before losing Marquette in the quarter-finals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as an 11th seed. However, they lost to fellow 11th seed Arizona State at the First Four.
On April 9, 2019, head coach Chris Mullin resigned after four seasons.[1] On April 19, the school announced it had hired former Arkansas head coach Mike Anderson as the team's new coach.[2]
The Red Storm finished the 2017–18 season with a record of 16–17, 4–14 in Big East play to finish in ninth place in the conference. They defeated Georgetown in the first round of the Big East tournament before losing to Xavier in the quarterfinals.[3] [4]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sortname | Bashir Ahmed | 1 | 6'7" | 210 | Senior | Graduated | |||
| sortname | Mikey Dixon | 3 | 6'2" | 170 | RS Sophomore | Transferred to Grand Canyon (mid-season)[5] | |||
| sortname | 10 | 6'9" | 240 | Senior | Graduated | ||||
| sortname | Tariq Owens | 11 | 6'11" | 205 | RS Junior | Graduated Transferred to Texas Tech.[6] | |||
| sortname | Kassoum Yakwe | 14 | 6'7" | 210 | Junior | Graduated Transferred to Connecticut.[7] | |||
| sortname | 20 | 6'0" | 180 | RS Sophomore | Entered KLS | ||||
| sortname | Boubacar Diakite | 22 | 6'8" | 185 | Freshman | Transferred to Iona[8] |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sortname | David Caraher[9] | 11 | 6'6" | 220 | Sophomore | Houston Baptist | |||
| sortname | Mustapha Heron[10] | 14 | 6'5" | 218 | Junior | Auburn | |||
| sortname | Eli Wright[11] | 40 | 6'4" | 203 | Junior | Mississippi State | |||
| sortname | L. J. Figueroa[12] | 30 | 6'6" | 185 | Sophomore | Odessa College | |||
| sortname | Ian Steere[13] | 33 | 6'9" | 260 | Freshman | NC State (mid-season) |
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