1998–99 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

The 1998–99 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Mike Jarvis in his first year at the school after replacing head coach Fran Fraschilla. 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.

1998–1999 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 9
Record	28–9 (14–4 Big East)
Head coach	Mike Jarvis (1st year)
Assistant coaches	Kevin Clark Mike Jarvis II Dermon Player
Home arena	Alumni Hall Madison Square Garden

1998–99 Big East men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Connecticut†	16	–	2		.889			34	–	2		.944
No. 10 Miami (FL)	15	–	3		.833			23	–	7		.767
No. 9 St. John's	14	–	4		.778			28	–	9		.757
Syracuse	10	–	8		.556			21	–	12		.636
Villanova	10	–	8		.556			21	–	11		.656
Rutgers	9	–	9		.500			19	–	13		.594
Providence	9	–	9		.500			16	–	14		.533
Notre Dame	8	–	10		.444			14	–	16		.467
Seton Hall	8	–	10		.444			15	–	15		.500
Georgetown	6	–	12		.333			15	–	16		.484
Pittsburgh	5	–	13		.278			14	–	16		.467
West Virginia	4	–	14		.222			10	–	19		.345
Boston College	3	–	15		.167			6	–	21		.222
† 1999 Big East tournament winner As of March 29, 1999 Rankings from AP Poll

Off season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Tarik Turner	4	G	6'5"	Senior	Charlottesville, Virginia	Graduated
Felipe Lopez	13	G	6'5"	Senior	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Graduated. Entered 1998 NBA draft
Milos Dumic	21	F/C	6'9"	Freshman	Bijeljina, Yugoslavia	Transferred
Giovanni Soto	24	F	6'7"	Senior	Far Rockaway, New York	Graduated
Zendon Hamilton	31	C	6'9"	Senior	Floral Park, New York	Graduated. Entered 1998 NBA draft/undrafted
Shannon Crooks		G	6'2"	Freshman	Boston, Massachusetts	Transferred. UMass
James Felton		F	6'9"	Freshman	Bayonne, New Jersey	Transferred. Florida State

Class of 1998 signees

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Erick Barkley PG	Queens, NY	Maine Central Institute	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A
Bootsy Thornton SG	Baltimore, MD	Tallahassee Community College	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A
Anthony Glover SF	Bronx, NY	Rice High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A
Donald Emanuel PF	Houston, TX	Jesse H. Jones High School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A
Albert Richardson PF	New Orleans, LA	McCook Junior College	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "1998 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

1998–99 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G/F 3 Chudney Gray 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Jr Rice Bronx, NY G 10 Kareem Syed (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Jr Hillcrest Queens, NY G 11 Collin Charles 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) — Jr Eastern Commerce Toronto, Ontario G 12 Erick Barkley 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — Fr Christ the King/Maine Central Queens, NY G 14 Bootsy Thornton 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — Jr Tallahassee C.C./Dunbar Baltimore, MD F 15 Ron Artest 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — So La Salle Queensbridge, NY F 22 Anthony Glover (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Fr Rice Bronx, NY F 25 Lavor Postell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Jr Westover Albany, GA F 32 Tyrone Grant 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Sr Grady Brooklyn, NY F/C 33 Donald Emanuel 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — Fr Jones Houston, TX G/F 41 Reggie Jessie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — So Bishop Loughlin Queensbridge, NY F 55 Albert Richardson 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — Jr McCook Junior College New Orleans, LA	Head coach Mike Jarvis (Northeastern) Assistant coach(es) Kevin Clark Mike Jarvis II Dermon Player 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
11/16/98*		UNC Asheville Chase Preseason NIT first round	W 105-50	1-0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
11/18/98*		No. 23 UMass Chase Preseason NIT Quarterfinal	W 73-69	2-0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
11/23/98*		Columbia	W 71-55	3-0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
11/25/98*	No. 23	vs. No. 3 Stanford Chase Preseason NIT Semifinal	L 53-55	3-1	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
11/27/98*	No. 23	vs. No. 11 Purdue Chase Preseason NIT Consolation	L 69-70	3-2	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
11/30/98*	No. 23	St. Francis (N.Y.)	W 97-63	4-2	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/02/98*	No. 25	Hofstra	W 70-49	5-2	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/05/98	No. 25	at Boston College	W 74-55	6-2 (1-0)	Silvio O. Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, MA
12/09/98	No. 18	No. 20 Pittsburgh	W 73-52	7-2 (2-0)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/12/98*	No. 18	at Virginia	W 95-68	8-2 (2-0)	University Hall  Charlottesville, VA
12/19/98*	No. 15	Fordham	W 88-57	9-2 (2-0)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/22/98*	No. 14	Fairleigh Dickinson	W 81-54	10-2 (2-0)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
01/02/99	No. 12	at Rutgers	W 77-73	11-2 (3-0)	Louis Brown Athletic Center  Piscataway, NJ
01/04/99*	No. 12	Niagara	W 115-70	12-2 (3-0)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
01/06/99	No. 10	at Miami (F.L.)	L 79-84	12-3 (3-1)	Miami Arena  Miami, FL
01/09/99	No. 10	Seton Hall	W 86-75	13-3 (4-1)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
01/11/99	No. 10	Georgetown	W 71-69	14-3 (5-1)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
01/16/99	No. 11	Rutgers	W 88-78	15-3 (6-1)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
01/20/99	No. 8	at Providence	W 84-57	16-3 (7-1)	Providence Civic Center  Providence, RI
01/24/99  CBS	No. 8	No. 2 Duke	L 88-92 OT	16-4 (7-1)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
01/27/99	No. 9	at No. 17 Syracuse	W 75-70	17-4 (8-1)	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, NY
01/30/99  CBS	No. 9	No. 1 Connecticut	L 74-78	17-5 (8-2)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
02/03/99	No. 9	No. 25 Miami (F.L.)	L 70-73	17-6 (8-3)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
02/06/99	No. 9	at Pittsburgh	W 88-60	18-6 (9-3)	Fitzgerald Field House  Pittsburgh, PA
02/09/99	No. 11	at West Virginia	W 80-68	19-6 (10-3)	WVU Coliseum  Morgantown, WV
02/13/99	No. 11	Villanova	W 82-75	20-6 (11-3)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
02/15/99	No. 11	Providence	W 104-70	21-6 (12-3)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
02/20/99	No. 10	at Georgetown	W 74-66	22-6 (13-3)	MCI Center  Washington, D.C.
02/24/99	No. 8	Notre Dame	W 73-53	23-6 (14-3)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
02/27/99  CBS	No. 8	Villanova	L 60-66	23–7 (14–4)	The Pavilion  Villanova, PA
Big East tournament
03/04/99	No. 10	vs. Rutgers Big East tournament quarterfinal	W 77-62	24–7	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
03/05/99	No. 10	vs. No. 9 Miami (F.L.) Big East tournament semifinal	W 62-59	25–7	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
03/06/99  ESPN	No. 10	vs. No. 3 Connecticut Big East tournament championship	L 63-82	25–8	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
NCAA Tournament
03/11/99  CBS	No. 9	vs. (14) Samford NCAA first round	W 69-43	26–8	Orlando Arena  Orlando, FL
03/13/99  CBS	No. 9	vs. No. 19 (6) Indiana NCAA second round	W 86-61	27–8	Orlando Arena  Orlando, FL
03/18/99  CBS	No. 9	vs. No. 5 (2) Maryland NCAA regional semifinal	W 76-62	28–8	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, TN
03/20/99  CBS	No. 9	vs. No. 14 (4) Ohio State NCAA Regional Final	L 74-77	28–9	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, TN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	16	Ron Artest	Chicago Bulls