St. John's Red Storm men's basketball explained

St. John's Red Storm

Current:

2023–24 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

University:

St. John's University

Conference:

Big East

Record:

1,931–1,089

Location:

New York City, New York

Coach:

Rick Pitino

Tenure:

1st

Arena:

Carnesecca Arena,
Madison Square Garden

Capacity:

5,602, 19,812

Nickname:

Red Storm, Johnnies

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1911

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1911

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1952

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1952, 1985

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1951, 1952, 1979, 1985, 1991, 1999

Ncaasweetsixteen:

1951, 1952, 1967, 1969, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1999

Ncaatourneys:

1951, 1952, 1961, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002*, 2011, 2015, 2019

Conference Tournament:

1983, 1986, 2000

Conference Season:

1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1992
NJ-NY 7: 1978
Metro NY: 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1958, 1961, 1962

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The St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represents St. John's University located in Queens, New York. The team participates in the Big East Conference, where it is a founding member of the league. As of the end of the 2022–23 season, St. John's ranked ninth with 1,922 total wins among NCAA Division I teams. St. John's has appeared in 30 NCAA tournaments, most recently appearing in 2019. The Red Storm's best finish in the NCAA tournament came in 1952 when they were NCAA runner-ups and made the Final Four. St. John's also made a Final Four appearance in 1985. St. John's is coached by Rick Pitino.^[1]

History

See also: List of St. John's Red Storm men's basketball seasons.

Early years (1907–1927)

The St. John's men's basketball team played its first game on December 6, 1907, losing to New York University and registering its first win in program history against Adelphi University on January 3, 1908. Just three years later, the 1910–11 team were undefeated in a 14–0 season coached by former track and field Olympian Claude Allen, for which the team was later honored by the Helms Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll as national champions.

Buck Freeman era (1927–1936)

The Wonder Five

Twenty years later, former St. John's player Buck Freeman was hired as coach. In his first four years, from 1927 to 1931, the team had a 85–8 record. The 1929–30 and 1930–31 teams were known as the "Wonder Five", made up of Matty Begovich, Mac Kinsbrunner, Max Posnack, Allie Schuckman, and Jack "Rip" Gerson, who together helped revolutionize the game of basketball and made St. John's the marquee team in New York City. On January 19, 1931, the Wonder Five team was a part of the first college basketball triple-header at Madison Square Garden in a charity game which saw St. John's beat CCNY by a score 17–9. Freeman finished his coaching career with a record of 177–31, an .850 winning percentage.

First Joe Lapchick era (1936–1947)

Joe Lapchick, a former player of the Original Celtics, took over as head coach at St. John's in 1936 and continued the success the school had become used to under Buck Freeman. Lapchick coached from 1936 to 1947 and again from 1956 to 1965. His Redmen teams won four NIT championships (1943, 1944, 1959, 1965). Lapchick preferred to take his teams to the more prestigious NIT instead of the NCAA tournament, making the NIT semifinals 8 out of a total 12 times, and only one NCAA tournament appearance in his 20 years of coaching the Redmen. Under Lapchick's coaching his teams also won six Metropolitan New York Conference regular season titles.

Back-to-back NIT Champions

On its way to its first of back-to-back NIT titles, St. John's had a record of 21–3 with only two losses occurring during the regular season. One was a 40–46 home loss to rival Niagara and another was a 38–42 loss at Madison Square Garden to Manhattan. The 1942–43 St. John's team were led by senior caption Andrew "Fuzzy" Levane and sophomore All-American center Harry Boykoff. The Redmen's trademark defense and inside scoring presence of Boykoff led them past Rice, Fordham, and Toledo to claim the first of six NIT titles. The season did not end after the NIT; three days later St. John's participated in the first Red Cross charity benefit game against NCAA champion Wyoming to determine a national champion. Wyoming won, 52–47.

St. John's became the first team to repeat as champions in the seven-year history of the NIT even though World War II and the players' commitment to serve in the armed forces made it a very difficult season. Harry Boykoff missed the 1943–44 and 1944–45 seasons due to being drafted for the war effort, along with the team's star point guard Dick McGuire for half the 1943–44 season and the entire following two years. Despite the losses of their star players, the St. John's team managed to finish the season with an 18–5 record and a second NIT crown by defeating Adolph Rupp's Kentucky Wildcats and Ray Meyer's DePaul Blue Demons. The Redmen were led by playmaking junior guards Hy Gotkin and Bill Kotsores, the latter of whom was selected as the 1944 NIT Most Valuable Player. For the second year in a row the Redmen participated in the Red Cross benefit game where they faced the NCAA champion Utah, and lost 36–44. The 1951 1952 team lost to Kentucky 81–40 in December 1951. In the NCAA tournament, St John's beat Kentucky, 64–57. They later finished second in the tournament to Kansas.

St. John's success continued the following year where they produced another 21–3 record, but their chance at a rematch with George Mikan's DePaul squad and a third consecutive NIT title was shattered with an upset loss to Bowling Green in the semifinals. They beat Rhode Island State for a third-place finish. Lapchick's Redmen made the NIT both of the next two years and added two more Metropolitan New York Conference regular season titles before heleft to take the head coaching job of the New York Knickerbockers in just the second year of their existence in the new Basketball Association of America, becoming the highest paid coach of the league at the time.

Frank McGuire era (1947–1952)

Lapchick was succeeded by Frank McGuire, a former player under Buck Freeman, who made the postseason four out of five years as the coach and had an overall record of 102–36, culminating in a second-place finish in the 1952 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. Under McGuire, the Redmen reached an overall number one ranking in The Associated Press poll twice, won three Metropolitan New York Conference regular season titles, competed in four NITs and made their first appearance in the NCAA tournament where they made it to the Elite Eight before falling to eventual national champion Kentucky. They defeated North Carolina State for a regional third-place finish that year.

At the end of the season, McGuire left St. John's to become the basketball coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. On paper, this was a significant step down from St. John's, as UNC was not reckoned as a national power at the time. However, school officials wanted a big-name coach to counter the rise of rival North Carolina State under Everett Case. McGuire's assistant coach, Al "Dusty" DeStefano, took over the head coaching duties of St. John's from 1952 to 1956. DeStefano's teams only made one postseason appearance and it was a 58–46 loss to the Seton Hall Pirates in the NIT Finals who were led by All-American center Walter Dukes. The following year, the Redmen had their first losing season in over 30 years.

Second Joe Lapchick era (1956–1965)

One month after leaving his position with the New York Knicks, Lapchick resumed his head coaching duties where he started and put St. John's back on its winning path. Picking up where he left off, he added two more NIT championships, made the postseason 6 out of 9 times, and finished with an overall college coaching record of 334–130. In 20 years of coaching in the college ranks, Lapchick only had one losing season.

1959 & 1965 NIT Champions

See main article: 1958-59 St. John's Redmen basketball team. St. John's finished the 1958–59 season with an overall 20–6 record and captured its first ECAC Holiday Festival title with a 90–79 victory over St. Joseph's in the final and the school's third NIT championship by defeating top-seeded Bradley 76–70 in double overtime. The starting five for the Redmen consisted of four seniors and sophomore sensation Tony Jackson who was named both the Holiday Festival and NIT Most Valuable Player during the 1958–59 season, setting a school record of 27 rebounds in one game. At the end of the season senior captain Alan Seiden was rewarded with second team All-American honors and the Haggerty Award, given to the best collegiate player in the New York metropolitan area. Throughout the next three years, St. John's went 58–18, led by Jackson who received All-American honors all three years at school, 6'11" center and future NBA champion LeRoy Ellis, and future ABA/NBA coach Kevin Loughery. In the 1961–62 season, St. John's made their fifth NIT finals appearance before falling to Dayton 73–67.

See main article: 1964-65 St. John's Redmen basketball team. Lapchick went into the 1964–65 season knowing it would be his last year coaching at St. John's because he reached age 65, the mandatory retirement age of the university. His team began the year off by upsetting Cazzie Russell's Michigan Wolverines, the No. 1 team in the nation according to both the Associated Press and United Press International polls, by a score of 75–74 to capture the school's second ECAC Holiday Festival title. St. John's finished the season 21–8 and went on a remarkable run in the 1965 NIT by defeating Boston College, New Mexico, Army, and top-seeded Villanova to win Lapchick his fourth NIT championship. The Redmen were led by the rebounding of sophomore forward Lloyd "Sonny" Dove and the scoring of senior Ken McIntyre who totaled 101 points in his last four games, over 1,000 points for his college career, and being named the Most Valuable Player of both the Holiday Festival and the National Invitational Tournament.

Lou Carnesecca era (1965–1992)

Lou Carnesecca was hired as the head basketball coach at St. John's in 1965, after serving as an assistant at St. John's since 1958, and given the difficult task to follow in the footsteps of Lapchick. In the 1985 NCAA tournament, he coached the Redmen to their second Final Four appearance. He was named the National Coach of the Year in 1983 and 1985 and Big East Coach of the Year on three occasions. His record at St. John's was 526–200. Carnesecca led the team to its record fifth NIT title in 1989, to the NCAA's Elite Eight in 1979 and 1991, and to the Sweet Sixteen in 1967, 1969, and 1983.Carnesecca temporarily left St. John's to coach in the ABA from 1970 to 1973, when it was coached by former player Frank Mulzoff, who gathered a record of 56–27 and three post-season appearances. Upon Carnesecca's return, he continued to guide the program to 29 consecutive postseason tournament appearances and to playing in a major conference, the Big East.

1983 Big East Champions

See main article: 1982-83 St. John's Redmen basketball team.

1985 NCAA Final Four

See main article: 1984-85 St. John's Redmen basketball team.

1986 Big East Champions

See main article: 1985-86 St. John's Redmen basketball team.

Recent years (1992–present)

2010–11 Senior team

See main article: 2010-11 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team.

2011–12 Fresh Five team

See main article: 2011-12 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team.

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

The Red Storm have appeared in the NCAA tournament 30 times. Their combined record is 27–32. Due to impermissible benefits to a player, their 2002 appearance has been vacated by the NCAA making their official record 27–31.

		Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Regional 3rd Place Game	Connecticut Kentucky NC State	W 63–52 L 43–59 W 71–59
		Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship Game		W 60–49 W 64–57 W 61–59 L 63–80
		First Round	Wake Forest	L 74–97
		First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game	Temple Boston College Princeton	W 57–53 L 62–63 L 58–78
		First Round	Davidson	L 70–79
		First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game	Princeton Davidson Duquesne	W 72–63 L 69–79 L 72–75
		First Round	Penn	L 61–62
		First Round	Indiana	L 70–90
		First Round	Utah	L 68–72
		First Round	Louisville	L 68–76
	10	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	7 Temple #2 Duke #6 Rutgers #9 Penn	W 75–70 W 80–78 W 67–65 L 62–64
	3	Second Round	6 Purdue	L 72–87
	5	First Round Second Round	12 Penn #4 Alabama	W 66–56 L 68–69
	1	Second Round Sweet Sixteen	9 Rutgers #4 Georgia	W 66–55 L 67–70
	9	First Round	8 Temple	L 63–65
	1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four		W 83–59 W 68–65 W 86–70 W 69–60 L 59–77
	1	First Round Second Round	16 Montana State #8 Auburn	W 83–74 L 65–81
	6	First Round Second Round	11 Wichita State #3 DePaul	W 57–55 L 75–83 ^OT
	11	First Round	6 Florida	L 59–62
	6	First Round Second Round	11 Temple #3 Duke	W 81–65 L 72–76
	4	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	13 Northern Illinois #5 Texas #1 Ohio State #2 Duke	W 75–68 W 84–76 W 91–74 L 61–78
	7	First Round	10 Tulane	L 57–61
	5	First Round Second Round	12 Texas Tech #4 Arkansas	W 85–67 L 74–80
	7	First Round	10 Detroit	L 64–66
	3	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	14 Samford #6 Indiana #2 Maryland #4 Ohio State	W 69–43 W 86–61 W 76–62 L 74–77
	2	First Round Second Round	15 Northern Arizona #10 Gonzaga	W 61–56 L 76–82
2002	9	First Round	8 Wisconsin	L 70–80
	6	Second Round	11 Gonzaga	L 71–86
	9	Second Round	8 San Diego State	L 64–76
	11	First Four	11 Arizona State	L 65–74

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NIT results

The Red Storm have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 30 times. Their combined record is 45–30. They are six-time NIT Champions (1943, 1944, 1959, 1965, 1989, 2003). Due to impermissible benefits to a player, their 2003 appearance (and title) has been vacated by the NCAA, making their official record 40–30.

	Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	Roanoke Loyola–Chicago Bradley	W 71–47 L 46–51 L 35–40
	Quarterfinals	Duquesne	L 31–38
	Quarterfinals Semifinals Final	Rice Fordham Toledo	W 51–49 W 69–43 W 48–27
	Quarterfinals Semifinals Final	Bowling Green Kentucky DePaul	W 44–40 W 48–45 W 47–39
	Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	Muhlenberg Bowling Green Rhode Island	W 34–33 L 44–57 W 64–57
	Quarterfinals	West Virginia	L 58–70
	Quarterfinals	NC State	L 55–61
	First Round	Bowling Green	L 64–77
	Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	WKU Bradley Duquesne	W 65–46 L 72–82 W 69–67
	Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	St. Bonaventure Dayton Seton Hall	W 60–58 L 62–69 W 70–68
	Quarterfinals	La Salle	L 45–51
	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final	Saint Louis La Salle Duquesne Seton Hall	W 81–66 W 75–74 W 75–74 L 46–58
	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	Butler Utah Dayton St. Bonaventure	W 76–69 W 71–70 L 56–80 L 69–84
	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final	Villanova St. Bonaventure Providence Bradley	W 75–67 W 82–74 W 76–55 W 76–71
	Quarterfinals	St. Bonaventure	L 71–106
	Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	Holy Cross Duquesne Dayton	W 80–74 W 75–65 L 67–73
	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final	Boston College New Mexico Army Villanova	W 114–92 W 61–54 W 67–60 W 55–51
	First Round	Villanova	L 61–63
	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final	Miami (OH) Georgia Tech Army Marquette	W 70–57 W 56–55 W 60–59 L 53–65
	First Round	Tennessee	L 83–84
	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	Missouri Oral Roberts Niagara Jacksonville	W 82–81 W 94–78 L 67–69 L 80–83
	First Round	Connecticut	L 70–82
	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	Lafayette Manhattan Providence Oregon	W 94–76 W 57–56 L 72–85 L 76–80

	First Round	Alabama	L 69–73
	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final	Ole Miss Oklahoma State Ohio State UAB Saint Louis	W 70–67 W 76–64 W 83–80 W 76–65 W 73–65
	First Round	South Florida	L 68–74
2003	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final	Boston University Virginia UAB Texas Tech Georgetown	W 73–57 W 73–63 W 79–71 W 64–63 W 70–67
	First Round	Memphis	L 71–73
	First Round Second Round	Saint Joseph's Virginia	W 63–61 L 50–68
	First Round	Robert Morris	L 78–89

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Coaching history

Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

		Overall		Conference
Coach	Years	Record	Winning %	Record	Winning %
J. Chestnut	1907–08	4–8	.333
P. Joseph Kersey	1908–09	9–6	.600
	1909–10	15–5	.750
	1910–11, 1912–14	33–19	.635
Joseph O'Shea	1911–12, 1914–17	43–27	.614
John Crenny	1918–21, 1922–27	105–86	.550
	1921–22	10–11	.476
James Freeman	1927–36	177–31	.851
	1936–47, 1956–65	334–130	.720
	1947–52	102–36	.739
Al DeStefano	1952–56	49–39	.563
	1965–70, 1973–92	526–200	.725	139–80	.635
	1970–73	56–27	.675
	1992–96	56–58	.491	29–43	.403
	1996–98	35–24	.593	21–15	.583
	1998–2003	66–60	.524	57–36	.613
	2003–04	2–17	.105	1–15	.064
	2004–10	81–101	.445	32–70	.313
	2010–2015	81–53	.604	40–30	.571
	2011–2012	11–17	.392	6–12	.400
	2015–2019	59–73	.447	20–52	.278
	2019–2023	68–56	.548	30–46	.395
	2023–present	–	.000	–	.000

St. John's rivalries

Big East rivalries

See main article: Georgetown-St. John's men's basketball rivalry.

The St. John's-Georgetown rivalry was one of the most intense matchups in the Big East during the 1980s, highlighted by the 1985 Big East Championship, 1985 NCAA semifinal game, the "Sweater Game" between Hall of Fame coaches Lou Carnesecca and John Thompson, and Hall of Fame players Chris Mullin and Patrick Ewing. St. John's fans also count other East Coast rivals the Villanova Wildcats, Providence Friars, Seton Hall Pirates, and former Big East founders Syracuse Orange and the Boston College Eagles along with the Connecticut Huskies and Pittsburgh Panthers among their most frequently played opponents.

1.	Villanova	131	65-66		December 20, 1909, W 38-9	January 24, 2024, W 70-50
2.	Georgetown	124	67-57		December 8, 1909, W 41-26	March 9, 2024, W 86-78
3.	Providence	124	66-58		February 25, 1927, L 33-36	February 13, 2024, L 72-75
4.	Seton Hall	113	63-50		January 13, 1909, W 35-15	March 14, 2024, W 91-72
5.	Syracuse	92	41-51		February 8, 1912, L 19-25	November 22, 2022, W 76-69
6.	Boston College	74	46-28		February 7, 1946, W 69-44	December 10, 2023, L 80-86
7.	Connecticut	70	37-33		March 20, 1951, W 63-52	February 3, 2024, L 64-77
8.	Pittsburgh	69	34-25		February 23, 1956, W 81-76	December 18, 2021, L 57-59
9.	DePaul	55	33-22		January 27, 1932, W 35-21	March 5, 2024, W 104-77
10.	Marquette	45	16-29		January 28, 1960, W 69-63	February 10, 2024, L, 75-86

New York rivalries

See main article: Fordham-St. John's rivalry. St. John's fifth most frequent played opponent is fellow Vincentian and Western New York college, the Niagara Purple Eagles. The universities have played each other every college basketball season since 1909. St. John's also frequently plays other New York City opponents representing the four other NYC boroughs; the Fordham Rams and Manhattan Jaspers of The Bronx, the St. Francis Terriers and LIU Blackbirds of Brooklyn, the NYU Violets and CCNY Beavers of Manhattan, and the Wagner Seahawks of Staten Island. These teams were all instrumental in creating the postseason National Invitational Tournament hosted annually at Madison Square Garden. From 1933 to 1963 most of these schools came together to play each other in the Metropolitan New York Conference. The Red Storm own an all-time record of 250–86 against these other New York City schools.

1.	Niagara	101	74-27		January 7, 1909, W 21-19	November 26, 2022, W, 78-70
2.	Fordham	90	71-19		January 30, 1909, L 13-21	December 16, 2023, W, 77-55
3.	Manhattan	87	62-25		December 10, 1907, L 17-34	December 27, 2002, L, 65-72
4.	St. Francis (NY)	80	68-12		January 10, 1908, W 23-12	November 30, 2021, W, 76-70
5.	NYU	51	29-22		December 6, 1907, L 13-34	March 11, 1971, W, 85-74
6.	CCNY	40	25-15		February 13, 1915, W 30-22	February 15, 1960, W, 93-67
7.	Hofstra	28	23-5		February 8, 1940, W 64-30	December 30, 2023, W 84-79
8.	Columbia	26	19-7		December 15, 1916, L 19-34	November 20, 2019, W, 82-63
9.	Wagner	21	19-2		December 6, 1935, W 67-36	November 30, 2019, W, 86-63
10.	LIU	14	10-4		January 13, 1931, W 38-27	December 11, 2016, L, 73-74

St. John's program records

See also: St. John's Red Storm men's basketball statistical leaders.

Career individual records

Rebounds	George Johnson – 1,240 rebounds
Assists	Mark Jackson – 738 assists
Steals	Malik Sealy – 238 steals
Blocks	Chris Obekpa – 321 blocks
Points Scored	Chris Mullin – 2,440 points
Field Goals Made	Malik Sealy – 900 field goals
3-Point Field Goals Made	D'Angelo Harrison – 264 3-point field goals
Free Throws Made	Chris Mullin – 682 free throws
Scoring Average	Marcus Hatten – 21.1 points
Games Played	Mark Jackson – 131 games

Season individual records

Rebounds	Mel Davis – 436 rebounds
Assists	Mark Jackson – 328 assists
Steals	Marcus Hatten – 105 steals
Blocks	Chris Obekpa – 133 blocks
Points Scored	Walter Berry – 828 points
Field Goals Made	Walter Berry – 327 field goals
3-Point Field Goals Made	D'Angelo Harrison – 76 3-point field goals
Free Throws Made	Bob Zawoluk – 208 free throws
Scoring Average	Billy Schaeffer – 24.7 points

Game individual records

Rebounds	LeRoy Ellis – 30 rebounds
Assists	Omar Cook – 17 assists
Steals	Marcus Hatten – 10 steals
Blocks	Chris Obekpa – 11 blocks
Points Scored	Bob Zawoluk – 65 points
Field Goals Made	Bob Zawoluk – 25 field goals
3-Point Field Goals Made	Avery Patterson – 8 3-point field goals
Free Throws Made	Marcus Hatten – 21 free throws

Notable players and coaches

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Members

The following St. John's players, coaches, and contributors have been enshrined in the Naismith Hall of Fame.

Year Inducted	Name	Position	Years at St. John's	Enshrined as
1959, 1966	Joe Lapchick	Head coach	1936-1947, 1956-1965	Player, Coach
1977	Frank McGuire	Player, Head Coach	1947-1952	Coach
1982	Willis Reed	Volunteer Coach	1980-1981	Player
1992	Lou Carnesecca	Head Coach	1965-1970, 1973-1992	Coach
1992	Al McGuire	Player	1947-1951	Coach
1993	Dick McGuire	Player	1943-1944, 1946-1949	Player
2010, 2011	Chris Mullin	Player, Head Coach	1981-1985, 2015–2019	Player (2)
2014	Mitch Richmond	Assistant Coach	2015–2019	Player
2013	Rick Pitino	Head Coach	2023–present	Coach

Olympians

The following St. John's players and coaches have represented their country in basketball in the Summer Olympic Games:

Year Player/Coach Country Location Place 4th Place 7th Place

Players in the NBA since 1979

Red Storm in the NBA

Total Selections in Draft:	60
Lottery Picks in Draft:	3
1st Round Picks:	16
No. 1 Overall Picks:	0

Draft Year	Round	Pick^[2]	Overall	Player	Draft Team	Pro Seasons
2022	–	–	–		Undrafted	2022–present (2)
2019	–	–	–		Undrafted	2019–2020 (1)
2019	–	–	–		Undrafted	2019–2020 (1)
2015	2	23	53		Cleveland Cavaliers	2019–2020 (1)
2014	–	–	–		Undrafted	2014–2021 (6)
2012	1	15	15		Philadelphia 76ers	2012–2022 (10)
2011	–	–	–		Undrafted	2011–2012 (1)
2009	–	–	–		Undrafted	2009–2010 (1)
2001	2	3	31		Orlando Magic	2004–2005 (2)
2000	2	10	39		New York Knicks	2000–2003 (3)
2000	1	28	28		Portland Trail Blazers	2000–2002 (2)
1999	1	16	16		Chicago Bulls	1999–2017 (17)
1998	–	–	–		Undrafted	2000–2006 (6)
1998	1	24	24		San Antonio Spurs	1998–2002 (4)
1995	–	–	–		Undrafted	1996–1997 (1)
1994	2	16	43		Portland Trail Blazers	1996–2002 (4)
1992	2	19	46		Denver Nuggets	1992–1997 (3)
1992	1	14	14		Indiana Pacers	1992–2000 (8)
1990	1	21	21		Phoenix Suns	1990–1999 (9)
1988	2	2	27		San Antonio Spurs	1988–1989 (1)
1987	3	23	69		Los Angeles Lakers	–
1987	1	18	18		New York Knicks	1987–2004 (18)
1986	3	20	67		Philadelphia 76ers	1986–1987 (1)
1986	1	14	14		Portland Trail Blazers	1986–1989 (3)
1985	1	16	16		Dallas Mavericks	1985–2000 (13)
1985	1	7	7		Golden State Warriors	1985–2001 (16)
1984	3	9	56		Kansas City Kings	–
1983	2	22	46		San Antonio Spurs	1983–1988 (7)
1983	2	13	37		Denver Nuggets	–
1979	2	5	27		New York Knicks	1980–1982 (2)

Players in International Basketball

Draft Year	Last Country	Last League	Player	Current team	Pro Seasons
2024		KLS	Jordan Dingle	KK Vojvodina	2024–present (1)
2022		CEBL	Stef Smith	Calgary Surge	2022–present (2)
2022		LNB Élite	Aaron Wheeler	Cholet Basket	2022–present (2)
2021		BSN	Arnaldo Toro	Santeros de Aguada	2021–present (3)
2020		LNBP	Mustapha Heron	Abejas	2020–present (4)
2019		SPB	Shamorie Ponds	Marinos	2019–present (5)
2019		NB I/A	Marvin Clark II	Falco KC Szombathely	2019–present (5)
2019		LNB Pro A	Justin Simon	Paris Basketball	2019–present (5)
2018		LPB	Marcus LoVett Jr.	Sporting CP	2018–present (6)
2018		LBA	Amar Alibegović	Trapani Shark	2018–present (6)
2016			Ron Mvouika		2016–2022 (6)
2016			Felix Balamou		2017–2018 (1)
2016			Durand Johnson		2016–2017 (1)
2015		LBA	D'Angelo Harrison	Universo Treviso Basket	2015–present (9)
2015		UAENBL	Sir'Dominic Pointer	Shabab Al Ahli Club	2015–present (9)
2015		TBL	Phil Greene IV	Çayırova Belediyesi	2015–present (9)
2015					2015–2018 (4)
2014					2014–2023 (9)
2014		CBA	JaKarr Sampson	Beijing Royal Fighters	2014–present (10)
2011		PBA	Justin Brownlee	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	2011–present (13)
2011					2011–2021 (10)
2011		LEBL	D.J. Kennedy	BC Prometey	2011–present (13)
2011					2011–2016 (5)
2011					2011–present (13)
2011		B.League	Justin Burrell	Shiga Lakes	2011–present (13)
2009			Anthony Mason Jr.		2010-2014 (4)
2008					2008-2022 (14)
2007		Independent			2007-2010 (3)
2007					2007-2020 (14)
2003					2003-2018 (15)
2003					2003-2015 (12)
2001					2001-2022 (21)
2000					2000-2014 (14)
1999					2000-2011 (11)
1997					1997-2008 (11)
1996					1997-2008 (11)
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• Justin Simon (born 1996) - basketball player for Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League

Awards and honors

National award winners

<	-- Column 1 --> 1985 Chris Mullin 1986 Walter Berry 1983 Lou Carnesecca 1985 Lou Carnesecca 1976 Frank Alagia 1990 Boo Harvey	<	-- Column 2 --> 1939 Bill Lloyd 1943 Harry Boykoff 1944 Bill Kotsores 1959 Tony Jackson 1965 Ken McIntyre 1989 Jayson Williams 2003 Marcus Hatten

All-America team selections
Year Name Pos. 1911 G 1943 C 1944 G 1949 G 1951 F 1952 † F 1959 † G 1960 † F 1961 † F 1967 † F 1972 F 1973 G	Year Name Pos. 1980 G 1983 G 1984 † G 1985 G 1986 F 1987 † G 1992 † F 1999 F
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Big East Conference award winners

<	-- Column 1 --> 1983 Chris Mullin 1984 Chris Mullin 1985 Chris Mullin 1986 Walter Berry Coach of the Year 1983 Lou Carnesecca 1985 Lou Carnesecca 1986 Lou Carnesecca 1993 Brian Mahoney 2021 Mike Anderson 1987 Mark Jackson 2015 Sir'Dominic Pointer 2019 Justin Simon 2021 Posh Alexander	<	-- Column 2 --> 1980 David Russell 2012 Moe Harkless 2013 JaKarr Sampson 2021 Posh Alexander Scholar-Athlete Award 1985 Mike Moses 1986 Ron Rowan 2000 Lavor Postell Sixth Man Award 2011 Justin Burrell Most Improved Player 2011 Dwight Hardy 2015 Sir'Dominic Pointer 2021 Julian Champagnie 2023 Joel Soriano

All-Big East team selections
Year Name Pos. 1980 G 1980 ‡ C 1980 ‡ F 1981 ‡ F 1982 F 1982 ‡ G 1983 ‡ F 1983 G 1984 G 1985 G 1985 ‡ C 1985 ‡ F 1986 F 1986 G 1987 G 1988 ‡ F 1989 ‡ F 1990 G	Year Name Pos. 1990 ‡ F 1991 ‡ G 1991 F 1992 F 1993 G 1993 ‡ F 1996 ‡ F 1997 ‡ F 1998 ‡ F 1998 G 1999 F 1999 ‡ G 2000 G 2000 ‡ F 2002 G 2003 G 2007 F 2011 G
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All-Big East team selections
Year Name Pos. 2014 G 2015 G 2015 ‡ F 2018 G 2019 G 2021 G/F 2022 G/F 2023 ‡ C 2024 ‡ G
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Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association award winners

<	-- Column 1 --> MWBA player of the year 1941 Dutch Garfinkel 1942 Jim White 1943 Fuzzy Levane 1944 Dick McGuire 1945 Bill Kotsores 1949 Dick McGuire 1952 Ronnie MacGilvray 1959 Alan Seiden 1961 Tony Jackson 1962 LeRoy Ellis 1967 Sonny Dove 1973 Billy Schaeffer 1978 George Johnson 1983 Chris Mullin 1984 Chris Mullin 1985 Chris Mullin 1986 Walter Berry 1987 Mark Jackson 1990 Boo Harvey 1991 Malik Sealy 1992 Malik Sealy 1998 Felipe López 1999 Ron Artest 2002 Marcus Hatten 2014 D'Angelo Harrison 2015 Sir'Dominic Pointer 2018 Shamorie Ponds	<	-- Column 2 --> MWBA coach of the year 1983 Lou Carnesecca 1985 Lou Carnesecca 1986 Lou Carnesecca 1993 Brian Mahoney 1999 Mike Jarvis MWBA Rookie of the Year 1982 Chris Mullin 1984 Mark Jackson 1985 Walter Berry 1988 Michael Porter 1989 Malik Sealy 1995 Felipe López 1998 Ron Artest 1999 Erick Barkley 2002 Marcus Hatten 2012 Moe Harkless 2013 JaKarr Sampson 2017 Shamorie Ponds 2020 Julian Champagnie 2021 Posh Alexander 2023 A.J. Storr

All-Metropolitan First Team

• Harry Boykoff – 1943,'46
• Larry Baxter – 1943
• Andrew Levane – 1943
• Dick McGuire – 1944,'49
• Hy Gotkin – 1944,'45
• David Russell – 1981,'82,'83
• Chris Mullin – 1983,'84,'85
• Bill Wennington – 1985
• Walter Berry – 1985,'86
• Mark Jackson – 1986,'87
• Malik Sealy – 1990,'91,'92
• Felipe Lopez – 1997,'98
• Zendon Hamilton – 1997
• Ron Artest – 1999
• Erick Barkley – 1999, 2000
• Bootsy Thornton – 1999, 2000
• Lavor Postell – 2000

• Omar Cook – 2001
• Marcus Hatten – 2002,'03
• Daryll Hill – 2005
• Lamont Hamilton – 2007
• Anthony Mason Jr. – 2008
• Paris Horne – 2009
• D.J. Kennedy – 2009,'10
• Dwight Hardy – 2011
• Moe Harkless – 2012
• D'Angelo Harrison – 2013,'14,'15
• Sir'Dominic Pointer – 2015
• Shamorie Ponds – 2017, '18, '19
• Julian Champagnie - 2021, '22
• Posh Alexander - 2021
• Joel Soriano - 2023, '24
• Daniss Jenkins - 2024

McDonald's High School All-Americans

• Wayne McKoy – 1977
• Chris Mullin – 1981
• Bill Wennington – 1981
• Shelton Jones – 1984
• Michael Porter – 1985
• Malik Sealy – 1988
• Robert Werdann – 1988
• Felipe Lopez – 1994
• Zendon Hamilton – 1994
• Ron Artest – 1997
• Erick Barkley – 1998
• Omar Cook – 2000
• Darius Miles – 2000
• Elijah Ingram – 2002

Facilities

St. John's at Home

DeGray Gymnasium	103–65	.613
Carnesecca Arena	490–101	.829
Madison Square Garden	434–303	.589
Barclays Center	6–2	.750

• record stands after the 2019–20 season

DeGray Gymnasium (1932–1956)

DeGray Gymnasium was the original home of the St. John's Redmen when the university was located at 75 Lewis Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, NY. Their record at DeGray Gym was 156 wins to 11 losses for a winning percentage of .934. St. John's played their last home game there on December 8, 1956, with a victory of Roanoke College 103–65. When the university was transitioning from Brooklyn to Queens, the basketball team split their home games between the old Madison Square Garden and Martin Van Buren High School for five seasons.

Carnesecca Arena (1961–present)

See main article: Carnesecca Arena. In 1961, home games were moved to the 5,602-seat Alumni Hall on the newly constructed Queens campus opening with a 79–65 win over George Washington University. On November 23, 2004, the building and court were renamed for Hall of Fame coach Lou Carnesecca.

Madison Square Garden (1931–present)

See main article: Madison Square Garden. On January 19, 1931, St. John's was a part of the first college basketball triple-header at the third Madison Square Garden on 8th Avenue and 50th Street in a charity game which saw St. John's beat CCNY by a score 17–9. St. John's has played at least one game in the arena every year since then, for a record 89 consecutive seasons, for both regular season home games, preseason and postseason tournaments including the Big East, NIT, and Holiday Festival.

Taffner Field House

The current training facility of the St. John's basketball team is Taffner Field House, located on the Queens campus adjacent to Carnesecca Arena. In the fall of 2005, the $16 million facility was completed with a majority of the donations coming from longtime St. John's fan, graduate, and benefactor Donald L. Taffner and his wife Eleanor Taffner, for whom the building is named. The field house features four full-size basketball courts, two for student life and two for varsity basketball, a weight room, training room, locker rooms, meeting rooms, and coaching offices for both men's and women's basketball.

Key statistics

Overall
Years of basketball	110
First season	1907–08
Head coaches (all-time)	20
All Games
All-time record	1,817–999
Home record	463–83
20+ win seasons	40
30+ win seasons	2
Conference Games
Conference Record	694–491
Conference regular season championships	14
Conference tournament championships	3
NCAA Tournament
NCAA Appearances	29
NCAA Tournament wins	27
Sweet Sixteens	9
Elite Eights	5
Final Fours	2
Championship Games	1
Championships	0
Accurate as of 3/22/2017. Please don't update until end of season.

Victories over AP Number 1 Teams

St. John's has five victories over the AP number one ranked team.

• Jan. 11, 1951: No. 11 St. John's 68 vs. No. 1 Bradley 59 @ Madison Square Garden
• Mar. 22, 1952: No. 10 St. John's 64 vs. No. 1 Kentucky 57 @ Reynolds Coliseum
• Jan. 2, 1965: NR St. John's 75 vs. No. 1 Michigan 74 @ Madison Square Garden
• Dec. 30, 1978: NR St. John's 69 vs. No. 1 Duke 66 @ Madison Square Garden
• Jan. 26, 1985: No. 2 St. John's 66 vs. No. 1 Georgetown 65 @ Capital Centre
• Feb. 7, 2018: NR St. John's 79 vs. No. 1 Villanova 75 @ Wells Fargo Center

External links

• Official Website

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Notes and References

1. Web site: St. John’s Names Hall of Famer Rick Pitino Head Men’s Basketball Coach. redstormsports.com. St. John's University Athletics. March 20, 2023. March 20, 2023.
2. Web site: NBA Draft Index . Basketball Reference . 2013 . March 12, 2013.