2020–21 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team explained

Sport:	basketball
Year:	2020–21
Prev Year:	2019–20
Next Year:	2021–22
Team:	St. John's Red Storm
Conference:	Big East Conference
Short Conf:	Big East
Record:	16–11
Conf Record:	10–9
Head Coach:	Mike Anderson
Hc Year:	2nd
Asst Coach1:	T.J. Cleveland
Asst Coach2:	Van Macon
Asst Coach3:	Steve DeMeo
Arena:	Carnesecca Arena Madison Square Garden

The 2020–21 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are coached by Mike Anderson, in his second year at the school, and play their home games at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 16-11, 10-9 in Big East Play to finish in 4th place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament to Seton Hall.

Previous season

The Red Storm finished the season 17–15, 5–13 in Big East play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the No. 9 seed in the Big East tournament, they defeated Georgetown in the first round^[1] before having their quarterfinal game against Creighton canceled at halftime due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.^[2]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
sortname		0		6'5"	205	Senior		Graduated
sortname	Thomas O'Connell	12		6'2"	195	Graduate Student		Graduated
sortname	Damien Sears	15		6'7"	230	RS Junior		Graduated Transferred to Nicholls State^[3]
sortname	Justin Cole	23		6'2"	190	Senior		Graduated
sortname	Nick Rutherford	24		6'3"	185	Graduate Student		Graduated
sortname		20		6'6"	200	Junior		Transferred to Oregon^[4]
sortname	Ian Steere	33		6'9"	245	Sophomore		Transferred to UNC Wilmington^[5]

Incoming transfers

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
		6'8"	240	Graduate student		George Washington^[6]
		6'10"	205	Junior		Pearl River Community College^[7]
		6'6"	185	Junior		USC Salkehatchie^[8]

2021 Recruiting class

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=12 style=|Regular season|-!colspan=9 style=|Big East tournament

Rankings

See also: 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

Notes and References

1. Web site: St. John's vs. Georgetown - Game Recap - March 11, 2020 - ESPN. ESPN.com. en. 2020-04-13.
2. Web site: Big East Cancels Tournament Over Coronavirus. West. Jenna. Sports Illustrated. en-us. 2020-04-13.
3. News: Colonels add five for 2020-21.
4. News: Ducks Land Transfer LJ Figueroa.
5. News: Seahawks Announce Three MBB Newcomers.
6. News: St. John’s adds forward Arnaldo Toro, grad transfer from GW.
7. News: St. John's lands Isaih Moore to continue huge recruiting spree .
8. News: JUCO commit Vince Cole gives St. John's just what it needs.