1983–84 St. John's Redmen basketball team

The 1983–84 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his sixteenth 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.

1983–84 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Lapchick Memorial Champions
1984 NCAA tournament, First round
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Record	18–12 (8–8 Big East)
Head coach	Lou Carnesecca
Assistant coaches	Brian Mahoney Al LoBalbo Ron Rutledge
Home arena	Alumni Hall Madison Square Garden

1983–84 Big East men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Georgetown†	14	–	2		.875			34	–	3		.919
No. 18 Syracuse	12	–	4		.750			23	–	9		.719
Villanova	12	–	4		.750			19	–	12		.613
Boston College	8	–	8		.500			18	–	12		.600
St. John's	8	–	8		.500			18	–	12		.600
Pittsburgh	6	–	10		.375			18	–	13		.581
Connecticut	5	–	11		.313			13	–	15		.464
Providence	5	–	11		.313			15	–	14		.517
Seton Hall	2	–	14		.125			9	–	19		.321
† 1984 Big East tournament winner As of April 2, 1984 Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1983–84 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G/F - Ron Rowan  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Beaver Falls/Notre Dame Beaver Falls, PA G 12 Greg Laskow 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr St. Francis Prep Woodside, NY G 13 Mark Jackson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Bishop Loughlin Brooklyn, NY G 15 Rob James 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Long Island Lutheran Hempstead, NY G/F 20 Chris Mullin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Power Memorial/Xaverian Brooklyn, NY F/C 22 Jeff Allen (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) RS Sr Norwalk/Rutgers Norwalk, CT C 23 Bill Wennington 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Jr Long Island Lutheran Wheatley Heights, NY G 24 Mike Moses 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 160 lb (73 kg) RS Jr Tolentine/Florida New York, NY G/F 30 Willie Glass 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Atlantic City Atlantic City, NJ F 33 Ron Stewart 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 212 lb (96 kg) Jr Brentwood Brentwood, NY F 42 Mike Feigenbaum 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Sr Lawrence/Ohio/Wagner Cedarhurst, NY G/F 43 Jim Sasko 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Plainedge Massapequa, NY G 44 Bob Antonelli 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Nanticoke High School/Wilkes Nanticoke, PA F/C 52 Robert Cornegy  6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Andrew Jackson Cambria Heights, NY	Head coach Lou Carnesecca (St. John's University) Assistant coach(es) Brian Mahoney Al LoBalbo Ron Rutledge Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
11/25/83*		Siena Lapchick Tournament Opening Round	W 73-40	1-0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
11/26/83*		Canisius Lapchick Tournament Championship	W 71-45	2-0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/03/83*	No. 19	Columbia	W 78-58	3-0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/11/83*	No. 16	U.S. International	W 78-58	4-0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/13/83*	No. 13	Manhattan	W 62-39	5-0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/17/83*	No. 13	Wagner	W 89-60	6-0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/23/83*	No. 12	Niagara	W 89-71	7-0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/27/83*	No. 8	vs. Fordham ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal	W 56-52	8-0	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
12/29/83*	No. 8	vs. No. 1 North Carolina ECAC Holiday Festival Championship	L 51-64	8-1	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
01/05/84*	No. 13	Rutgers	W 71-43	9-1	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
01/07/84	No. 13	Providence	W 57-52	10-1 (1-0)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
01/10/84	No. 10	Connecticut	W 68-65	11-1 (2-0)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
01/14/84	No. 10	at No. 18 Boston College	L 67-69	11-2 (2-1)	Roberts Center  Chestnut Hill, MA
01/16/84	No. 10	at Pittsburgh	L 61-63 OT	11-3 (2-2)	Fitzgerald Field House  Pittsburgh, PA
01/21/84 3:00 p.m., NBC	No. 14	No. 6 Georgetown	L 61-83	11-4 (2-3)	Madison Square Garden (15,901) New York, NY
01/24/84		at Seton Hall	W 63-62	12-4 (3-3)	Meadowlands Arena  East Rutherford, NJ
01/28/84		at No. 20 Syracuse	L 74-78 OT	12-5 (3-4)	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, NY
02/01/84		Villanova	L 63-64	12-6 (3-5)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
02/04/84*		at No. 2 DePaul	L 57-59 OT	12-7	Rosemont Horizon  Rosemont, IL
02/07/84		at Providence	L 60-65	12-8 (3-6)	Providence Civic Center  Providence, RI
02/11/84		at Connecticut	W 84-65	13-8 (4-6)	Hartford Civic Center  Hartford, CT
02/13/84		Boston College	W 68-65	14-8 (5-6)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
02/18/84		Pittsburgh	W 65-62	15-8 (6-6)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
02/21/84 8:00 p.m., ESPN		at No. 2 Georgetown	W 75-71	16-8 (7-6)	Capital Centre (11,136) Landover, MD
02/25/84		Seton Hall	W 61-59 OT	17-8 (8-6)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
02/27/84		No. 16 Syracuse	L 81-82 OT	17-9 (8-7)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
03/03/84		at Villanova	L 72-73 OT	17-10 (8-8)	The Palestra  Philadelphia, PA
Big East tournament
03/08/84		vs. Boston College Big East tournament quarterfinal	W 57-52	18-10	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
03/09/84 9:00 p.m., MetroSports	(5)	vs. (1) No. 2 Georgetown Big East tournament semifinal	L 68-79	18-11	Madison Square Garden (19,591) New York, NY
NCAA tournament
03/15/84*	(9 E)	vs. (8 E) No. 20 Temple NCAA First Round	L 63-65	18-12	Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
3	56	Jeff Allen	Kansas City Kings