1985–86 St. John's Redmen basketball team


The 1985–86 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his eighteenth 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.

1985–86 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Big East tournament Champions
Big East Regular Season Co-Champions
Lapchick Memorial Champions
ECAC Holiday Festival Champions
ConferenceBig East Conference (1979–2013)
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 4
Record31–5 (14–2 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaAlumni Hall
Madison Square Garden
Seasons
1985–86 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 St. John's 14 2   .875 31 5   .861
No. 9 Syracuse 14 2   .875 26 6   .813
No. 13 Georgetown 11 5   .688 24 8   .750
Villanova 10 6   .625 23 14   .622
Providence 7 9   .438 17 14   .548
Pittsburgh 6 10   .375 15 14   .517
Boston College 4 12   .250 13 15   .464
Connecticut 3 13   .188 12 16   .429
Seton Hall 3 13   .188 14 18   .438
1986 Big East tournament winner
As of March 31, 1986[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

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1985–86 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G/F - Matt Brust   6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
So Babylon/North Carolina Babylon, NY
C 10 Terry Bross 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
So Immaculata Somerville, NJ
G/F 12 Ron Rowan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
RS Sr Beaver Falls/Notre Dame Beaver Falls, PA
G 13 Mark Jackson (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Jr Bishop Loughlin Brooklyn, NY
C 14 Marco Baldi 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Fr Long Island Lutheran Aosta, Italy
F 21 Walter Berry (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Jr Benjamin Franklin/San Jacinto Bronx, NY
G/F 30 Willie Glass (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Jr Atlantic City Atlantic City, NJ
F 31 Shelton Jones 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
So Amityville Memorial Amityville, NY
F 33 John Hempel 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
RS Jr Union Catholic/Massachusetts Linden, NJ
G 40 Steve Shurina 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
So St. Francis Prep Woodside, NY
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular Season
11/22/85*
vs. No. 19 Navy
Big Apple NIT First Round
W 66-58  1-0
Hartford Civic Center 
Hartford, CT
11/24/85*
vs. West Virginia
Big Apple NIT Quarterfinal
W 65-58  2-0
Hartford Civic Center 
Hartford, CT
11/29/85*
No. 18 vs. No. 6 Duke
Big Apple NIT Semifinal
L 70-71  2-1
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
12/01/85*
No. 18 vs. No. 9 Louisville
Big Apple NIT Consolation
W 86-79  3-1
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
12/03/85*
No. 15 Wagner W 85-55  4-1
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
12/06/85*
No. 15 Columbia
Laphick Tournament Opening Round
W 80-58  5-1
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
12/07/85*
No. 15 Fairleigh Dickinson
Laphick Tournament Championship
W 88-56  6-1
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
12/11/85*
No. 14 Marist W 62-48  7-1
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
12/14/85*
No. 14 at UCLA W 69-65  8-1
Pauley Pavilion 
Los Angeles, CA
12/21/85*
No. 11 Niagara W 104-61  9-1
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
12/23/85*
No. 11 Monmouth W 98-58  10-1
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
12/26/85*
No. 11 James Madison
ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal
W 79-57  11-1
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
12/28/85*
No. 11 St. Bonaventure
ECAC Holiday Festival Championship
W 85-69  12-1
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
01/02/86
No. 10 at Providence W 95-90 OT 13-1 (1-0)
Providence Civic Center 
Providence, RI
01/04/86
No. 10 Pittsburgh W 78-75  14-1 (2-0)
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
01/07/86
No. 10 at Boston College L 77-79 OT 14-2 (2-1)
Boston Garden 
Boston, MA
01/11/86
No. 10 No. 13 Georgetown W 79-74  15-2 (3-1)
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
01/15/86
No. 9 at Seton Hall W 74-58  16-2 (4-1)
Meadowlands Arena 
East Rutherford, NJ
01/18/86
No. 9 at Connecticut W 61-60  17-2 (5-1)
Hartford Civic Center 
Hartford, CT
01/22/86*
No. 8 Fordham W 56-47  18-2
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
01/25/86
No. 8 at Pittsburgh W 68-67  19-2 (6-1)
Fitzgerald Field House 
Pittsburgh, PA
01/29/86
No. 7 Villanova W 81-61  20-2 (7-1)
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
02/01/86
No. 7 at No. 11 Syracuse L 64-68  20-3 (7-2)
Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
02/03/86
No. 7 Providence W 85-61  21-3 (8-2)
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
02/08/86
No. 10 Boston College W 87-75  22-3 (9-2)
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
02/10/86
No. 10 at No. 11 Georgetown W 60-58  23-3 (10-2)
Capital Centre 
Landover, MD
02/15/86
No. 7 Connecticut W 74-54  24-3 (11-2)
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
02/18/86
No. 6 at Villanova W 79-76  25-3 (12-2)
du Pont Pavilion 
Villanova, PA
02/22/86*
No. 6 at DePaul L 72-81  25-4
Rosemont Horizon 
Rosemont, IL
02/26/86
No. 8 No. 6 Syracuse W 86-79  26-4 (13-2)
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
03/01/86
No. 8 Seton Hall W 82-70  27-4 (14-2)
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
Big East tournament
03/06/86
No. 5 vs. Seton Hall
Big East tournament quarterfinal
W 87-68  28-4
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
03/07/86
No. 5 vs. Villanova
Big East tournament semifinal
W 75-64  29-4
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
03/08/86
No. 5 vs. No. 8 Syracuse
Big East tournament Championship
W 70-69  30-4
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
NCAA Tournament
03/14/86*
No. 4 vs. (16) Montana State
NCAA First Round
W 83-74  31-4
Long Beach Arena 
Long Beach, CA
03/16/86*
No. 4 vs. (8) Auburn
NCAA Second Round
L 65-81  31-5
Long Beach Arena 
Long Beach, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

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Awards and honors

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Team players drafted into the NBA

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Round Pick Player NBA Club
1 14 Walter Berry Portland Trail Blazers traded to the San Antonio Spurs
3 67 Ron Rowan Philadelphia 76ers

References

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