St. John's Red Storm men's basketball

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.

St. John's Red Storm
2024–25 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team
University	St. John's University
All-time record	1,942–1,098 (.639)
Head coach	Rick Pitino (2nd season)
Conference	Big East
Location	New York City, New York
Arena	Carnesecca Arena, Madison Square Garden (capacity: 5,602, 19,812)
Nickname	Red Storm, Johnnies
Colors	Red and white
Uniforms
Home Away Alternate
Pre-tournament Premo-Porretta champions
1911
Pre-tournament Helms champions
1911
NCAA tournament runner-up
1952
NCAA tournament Final Four
1952, 1985
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
1951, 1952, 1979, 1985, 1991, 1999
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
1951, 1952, 1967, 1969, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1999
NCAA tournament appearances
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 champions
1983, 1986, 2000
Conference regular season champions
1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1992 NJ-NY 7: 1978 Metro NY: 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1958, 1961, 1962
NIT tournament champions
1943, 1944, 1959, 1965, 1989, 2003*
* - vacated by NCAA

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

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.

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

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

1985 NCAA Final Four

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

1986 Big East Champions

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

Recent years (1992–present)

2010–11 Senior team

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

2011–12 Fresh Five team

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.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1951		Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Regional 3rd Place Game	Connecticut Kentucky NC State	W 63–52 L 43–59 W 71–59
1952		Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship Game	NC State Kentucky Illinois Kansas	W 60–49 W 64–57 W 61–59 L 63–80
1961		First Round	Wake Forest	L 74–97
1967		First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game	Temple Boston College Princeton	W 57–53 L 62–63 L 58–78
1968		First Round	Davidson	L 70–79
1969		First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game	Princeton Davidson Duquesne	W 72–63 L 69–79 L 72–75
1973		First Round	Penn	L 61–62
1976		First Round	Indiana	L 70–90
1977		First Round	Utah	L 68–72
1978		First Round	Louisville	L 68–76
1979	#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
1980	#3	Second Round	#6 Purdue	L 72–87
1982	#5	First Round Second Round	#12 Penn #4 Alabama	W 66–56 L 68–69
1983	#1	Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#9 Rutgers #4 Georgia	W 66–55 L 67–70
1984	#9	First Round	#8 Temple	L 63–65
1985	#1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	#16 Southern #9 Arkansas #12 Kentucky #3 NC State #1 Georgetown	W 83–59 W 68–65 W 86–70 W 69–60 L 59–77
1986	#1	First Round Second Round	#16 Montana State #8 Auburn	W 83–74 L 65–81
1987	#6	First Round Second Round	#11 Wichita State #3 DePaul	W 57–55 L 75–83 OT
1988	#11	First Round	#6 Florida	L 59–62
1990	#6	First Round Second Round	#11 Temple #3 Duke	W 81–65 L 72–76
1991	#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
1992	#7	First Round	#10 Tulane	L 57–61
1993	#5	First Round Second Round	#12 Texas Tech #4 Arkansas	W 85–67 L 74–80
1998	#7	First Round	#10 Detroit	L 64–66
1999	#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
2000	#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
2011	#6	Second Round	#11 Gonzaga	L 71–86
2015	#9	Second Round	#8 San Diego State	L 64–76
2019	#11	First Four	#11 Arizona State	L 65–74

* Vacated by the NCAA

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.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1939	Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	Roanoke Loyola–Chicago Bradley	W 71–47 L 46–51 L 35–40
1940	Quarterfinals	Duquesne	L 31–38
1943	Quarterfinals Semifinals Final	Rice Fordham Toledo	W 51–49 W 69–43 W 48–27
1944	Quarterfinals Semifinals Final	Bowling Green Kentucky DePaul	W 44–40 W 48–45 W 47–39
1945	Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	Muhlenberg Bowling Green Rhode Island	W 34–33 L 44–57 W 64–57
1946	Quarterfinals	West Virginia	L 58–70
1947	Quarterfinals	NC State	L 55–61
1949	First Round	Bowling Green	L 64–77
1950	Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	WKU Bradley Duquesne	W 65–46 L 72–82 W 69–67
1951	Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	St. Bonaventure Dayton Seton Hall	W 60–58 L 62–69 W 70–68
1952	Quarterfinals	La Salle	L 45–51
1953	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final	Saint Louis La Salle Duquesne Seton Hall	W 81–66 W 75–74 W 75–74 L 46–58
1958	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	Butler Utah Dayton St. Bonaventure	W 76–69 W 71–70 L 56–80 L 69–84
1959	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final	Villanova St. Bonaventure Providence Bradley	W 75–67 W 82–74 W 76–55 W 76–71
1960	Quarterfinals	St. Bonaventure	L 71–106
1962	Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	Holy Cross Duquesne Dayton	W 80–74 W 75–65 L 67–73
1965	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final	Boston College New Mexico Army Villanova	W 114–92 W 61–54 W 67–60 W 55–51
1966	First Round	Villanova	L 61–63
1970	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final	Miami (OH) Georgia Tech Army Marquette	W 70–57 W 56–55 W 60–59 L 53–65
1971	First Round	Tennessee	L 83–84
1972	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	Missouri Oral Roberts Niagara Jacksonville	W 82–81 W 94–78 L 67–69 L 80–83
1974	First Round	Connecticut	L 70–82
1975	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	Lafayette Manhattan Providence Oregon	W 94–76 W 57–56 L 72–85 L 76–80

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1981	First Round	Alabama	L 69–73
1989	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
1995	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
2010	First Round	Memphis	L 71–73
2013	First Round Second Round	Saint Joseph's Virginia	W 63–61 L 50–68
2014	First Round	Robert Morris	L 78–89

* Vacated by the NCAA

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
Harry A. Fisher	1909–10	15–5	.750
Claude Allen	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
Ed Kelleher	1921–22	10–11	.476
James Freeman	1927–36	177–31	.851
Joe Lapchick	1936–47, 1956–65	334–130	.720
Frank McGuire	1947–52	102–36	.739
Al DeStefano	1952–56	49–39	.563
Lou Carnesecca	1965–70, 1973–92	526–200	.725	139–80	.635
Frank Mulzoff	1970–73	56–27	.675
Brian Mahoney	1992–96	56–58	.491	29–43	.403
Fran Fraschilla	1996–98	35–24	.593	21–15	.583
Mike Jarvis	1998–2003	66–60	.524	57–36	.613
Kevin Clark	2003–04	2–17	.105	1–15	.064
Norm Roberts	2004–10	81–101	.445	32–70	.313
Steve Lavin	2010–2015	81–53	.604	40–30	.571
Mike Dunlap	2011–2012	11–17	.392	6–12	.400
Chris Mullin	2015–2019	59–73	.447	20–52	.278
Mike Anderson	2019–2023	68–56	.548	30–46	.395
Rick Pitino	2023–present	20–13	.606	11–9	.550

St. John's rivalries

Big East rivalries

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.

Rank	Opponent	Meetings	Record	Win Pct.	First Meeting	Last Meeting
1.	Villanova	131	65–66	.496	December 20, 1909, W 38-9	January 24, 2024, W 70-50
2.	Georgetown	124	67–57	.540	December 8, 1909, W 41-26	March 9, 2024, W 86-78
3.	Providence	124	66–58	.532	February 25, 1927, L 33-36	February 13, 2024, L 72-75
4.	Seton Hall	113	63–50	.558	January 13, 1909, W 35-15	March 14, 2024, W 91-72
5.	Syracuse	92	41–51	.440	February 8, 1912, L 19-25	November 22, 2022, W 76-69
6.	Boston College	74	46–28	.622	February 7, 1946, W 69-44	December 10, 2023, L 80-86
7.	Connecticut	71	37–34	.521	March 20, 1951, W 63-52	March 15, 2024, L 90-95
8.	Pittsburgh	69	34–25	.576	February 23, 1956, W 81-76	December 18, 2021, L 57-59
9.	DePaul	55	33–22	.600	January 27, 1932, W 35-21	March 5, 2024, W 104-77
10.	Marquette	45	16–29	.356	January 28, 1960, W 69-63	February 10, 2024, L, 75-86

New York rivalries

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.

Rank	Opponent	Meetings	Record	Win Pct	First Meeting	Last Meeting
1.	Niagara	101	74–27	.733	January 7, 1909, W 21-19	November 26, 2022, W, 78-70
2.	Fordham	91	72–19	.791	January 30, 1909, L 13-21	November 4, 2024, W, 92-60
3.	Manhattan	87	62–25	.713	December 10, 1907, L 17-34	December 27, 2002, L, 65-72
4.	St. Francis (NY)	80	68–12	.850	January 10, 1908, W 23-12	November 30, 2021, W, 76-70
5.	NYU	51	29–22	.569	December 6, 1907, L 13-34	March 11, 1971, W, 85-74
6.	CCNY	40	25–15	.625	February 13, 1915, W 30-22	February 15, 1960, W, 93-67
7.	Hofstra	28	23–5	.821	February 8, 1940, W 64-30	December 30, 2023, W 84-79
8.	Columbia	26	19–7	.731	December 15, 1916, L 19-34	November 20, 2019, W, 82-63
9.	Wagner	21	19–2	.905	December 6, 1935, W 67-36	November 30, 2019, W, 86-63
10.	LIU	14	10–4	.714	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

Lou Carnesecca HC 1965–70 1973–92

Mark Jackson 13 1983–87

Chris Mullin 20 1981–85

Malik Sealy 21 1988–92

Walter Berry 21 1984–86

Dick McGuire 21 1943–49

Tony Jackson 24 1958–61

Alan Seiden 33 1956–59

Sonny Dove 55 1964–67

Joe Lapchick HC 1936–47 1956–65

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 1984 Chris Mullin  United States (USA) Los Angeles 1984 Bill Wennington  Canada (CAN) Los Angeles 4th Place 1992 Chris Mullin  United States (USA) Barcelona 2000 Rowan Barrett  Canada (CAN) Sydney 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	Overall	Player	Draft Team	Pro Seasons
2024	–	–	–	Daniss Jenkins	Undrafted	2024–present (1)
2022	–	–	–	Julian Champagnie	Undrafted	2022–present (3)
2019	–	–	–	Tariq Owens	Undrafted	2019–2020 (1)
2019	–	–	–	Shamorie Ponds	Undrafted	2019–2020 (1)
2015	2	23	53	Sir'Dominic Pointer	Cleveland Cavaliers	2019–2020 (1)
2014	–	–	–	JaKarr Sampson	Undrafted	2014–2021 (6)
2012	1	15	15	Maurice Harkless	Philadelphia 76ers	2012–2022 (10)
2011	–	–	–	D.J. Kennedy	Undrafted	2011–2012 (1)
2009	–	–	–	Cedric Jackson	Undrafted	2009–2010 (1)
2001	2	3	31	Omar Cook	Orlando Magic	2004–2005 (2)
2000	2	10	39	Lavor Postell	New York Knicks	2000–2003 (3)
2000	1	28	28	Erick Barkley	Portland Trail Blazers	2000–2002 (2)
1999	1	16	16	Ron Artest	Chicago Bulls	1999–2017 (17)
1998	–	–	–	Zendon Hamilton	Undrafted	2000–2006 (6)
1998	1	24	24	Felipe Lopez	San Antonio Spurs	1998–2002 (4)
1995	–	–	–	James Scott	Undrafted	1996–1997 (1)
1994	2	16	43	Shawnelle Scott	Portland Trail Blazers	1996–2002 (4)
1992	2	19	46	Robert Werdann	Denver Nuggets	1992–1997 (3)
1992	1	14	14	Malik Sealy	Indiana Pacers	1992–2000 (8)
1990	1	21	21	Jayson Williams	Phoenix Suns	1990–1999 (9)
1988	2	2	27	Shelton Jones	San Antonio Spurs	1988–1989 (1)
1987	3	23	69	Willie Glass	Los Angeles Lakers	–
1987	1	18	18	Mark Jackson	New York Knicks	1987–2004 (18)
1986	3	20	67	Ron Rowan	Philadelphia 76ers	1986–1987 (1)
1986	1	14	14	Walter Berry	Portland Trail Blazers	1986–1989 (3)
1985	1	16	16	Bill Wennington	Dallas Mavericks	1985–2000 (13)
1985	1	7	7	Chris Mullin	Golden State Warriors	1985–2001 (16)
1984	3	9	56	Jeff Allen	Kansas City Kings	–
1983	2	22	46	Kevin Williams	San Antonio Spurs	1983–1988 (7)
1983	2	13	37	David Russell	Denver Nuggets	–
1979	2	5	27	Reggie Carter	New York Knicks	1980–1982 (2)
Active players   NBA champion;   NBA All-Star   NBA champion and All-Star

Players in International Basketball

Red Storm Overseas

Total Players Overseas:
Current Players Overseas:	20

Draft Year	Last Country	Last League	Player	Current team	Pro Seasons
2024		G-League	Joel Soriano	Greensboro Swarm	2024–present (1)
2024		GBL	Nahiem Alleyne	AEK Athens	2024–present (1)
2024		GBL A2	Sean Conway	Proteas Voulas	2024–present (1)
2024		Pro B	Chris Ledlum	Élan Béarnais	2024–present (1)
2024		KLS	Jordan Dingle	KK Vojvodina	2024–present (1)
2022		LNB Élite	Stef Smith	Cholet Basket	2022–present (3)
2022		LNB Élite	Aaron Wheeler	Cholet Basket	2022–present (3)
2021		LKL	Arnaldo Toro	BC Juventus	2021–present (4)
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		BBL	Justin Simon	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	2019–present (5)
2018		CBA	Marcus LoVett Jr.	Tianjin Pioneers	2018–present (6)
2018		LBA	Amar Alibegović	Trapani Shark	2018–present (6)
2017		Serie A2	Federico Mussini	Del Fes Avellino	2017–present (7)
2016		ProB	Ron Mvouika	RheinStars Köln	2016–2022 (6)
2016		LEB Oro	Felix Balamou	CB Clavijo	2017–2018 (1)
2016		LNA	Durand Johnson	Union Neuchâtel Basket	2016–2017 (1)
2015		LBA	D'Angelo Harrison	Universo Treviso Basket	2015–present (9)
2015		UAENBL	Sir'Dominic Pointer	Shabab Al Ahli Club	2015–2024 (9)
2015		KBL	Phil Greene IV	Al Qadsiya	2015–present (9)
2015		NBL Canada	Jamal Branch	Cape Breton Highlanders	2015–2018 (4)
2014		TBS	Orlando Sánchez	San Lázaro	2014–2023 (9)
2014		KBL	JaKarr Sampson	Kuwait SC	2014–present (10)
2011		PBA	Justin Brownlee	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	2011–present (13)
2011		TBL	Dwight Hardy	OGM Ormanspor	2011–2021 (10)
2011		LEBL	D.J. Kennedy	BC Prometey	2011–present (13)
2011		Korisliiga	Paris Horne	Kouvot	2011–2016 (5)
2011		LNBM	Sean Evans	Dinamo B.	2011–2024 (13)
2011		B.League	Justin Burrell	Shiga Lakes	2011–2024 (13)
2009		D-League	Anthony Mason Jr.	Sioux Falls Skyforce	2010-2014 (4)
2008		Super Liga 1	Eugene Lawrence	BC Novosibirsk	2008-2022 (14)
2007		Independent	Daryll Hill	Harlem Globetrotters	2007-2010 (3)
2007		B.League	Lamont Hamilton	Niigata Albirex BB	2007-2020 (14)
2003		BBL	Marcus Hatten	Mitteldeutscher BC	2003-2018 (15)
2003		TNA	Anthony Glover	9 de Julio de Río Tercero	2003-2015 (12)
2001		Liga ACB	Omar Cook	Casademont Zaragoza	2001-2022 (21)
2000		LNB Pro A	Bootsy Thornton	Strasbourg IG	2000-2014 (14)
1999		Greek A1	Tyrone Grant	Ilysiakos B.C.	2000-2011 (11)
1997		USL	Charles Minlend	BC Cherkaski Mavpy	1997-2008 (11)
1996		LNB Pro A	Rowan Barrett	Élan Chalon	1996-2008 (12)
1991		BBL	Billy Singleton	Chester Jets	1991-2007 (16)
1990		OBL	Boo Harvey	Trodat B.C.	1990–1995 (5)
Bold Active players   League champion   League All-Star   League champion and All-Star

• Justin Simon (born 1996) - basketball player for Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League

Awards and honors

National award winners

Player of the Year 1985 Chris Mullin 1986 Walter Berry Coach of the Year 1983 Lou Carnesecca 1985 Lou Carnesecca Frances Pomeroy 1976 Frank Alagia 1990 Boo Harvey

NIT Most Valuable Player 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 John Keenan* G 1943 Harry Boykoff* C 1944 Dick McGuire G 1949 Dick McGuire G 1951 Zeke Zawoluk F 1952 Zeke Zawoluk† F 1959 Alan Seiden† G 1960 Tony Jackson† F 1961 Tony Jackson† F 1967 Sonny Dove† F 1972 Mel Davis F 1973 Billy Schaeffer G	Year Name Pos. 1980 Reggie Carter G 1983 Chris Mullin G 1984 Chris Mullin† G 1985 Chris Mullin* G 1986 Walter Berry* F 1987 Mark Jackson† G 1992 Malik Sealy† F 1999 Ron Artest F
* – denotes Consensus First-Team All-Americans
↑ – denotes Consensus Second-Team All-Americans

AP Honorable Mention selections
Year Name Pos. 1948 Dick McGuire G 1949 Dick McGuire G 1950 Gerry Calabrese G 1950 Al McGuire G 1950 Zeke Zawoluk F 1959 Alan Seiden G 1959 Tony Jackson F 1972 Mel Davis F 1973 Billy Schaeffer G 1977 Glenn Williams G 1981 David Russell F 1982 David Russell F	Year Name Pos. 1983 David Russell F 1983 Chris Mullin G 1985 Walter Berry F 1986 Mark Jackson G 1990 Boo Harvey G 1991 Malik Sealy F 2000 Erick Barkley G 2011 Dwight Hardy G 2018 Shamorie Ponds G 2019 Shamorie Ponds G

Big East Conference award winners

Player of the Year 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 Defensive Player of the Year 1987 Mark Jackson 2015 Sir'Dominic Pointer 2019 Justin Simon 2021 Posh Alexander

Freshman of the Year 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 Reggie Carter* G 1980 Wayne McKoy‡ C 1980 David Russell‡ F 1981 David Russell‡ F 1982 David Russell* F 1982 Chris Mullin‡ G 1983 David Russell‡ F 1983 Chris Mullin* G 1984 Chris Mullin* G 1985 Chris Mullin* G 1985 Bill Wennington‡ C 1985 Walter Berry‡ F 1986 Walter Berry* F 1986 Mark Jackson* G 1987 Mark Jackson* G 1988 Shelton Jones‡ F 1989 Jayson Williams‡ F 1990 Boo Harvey* G	Year Name Pos. 1990 Malik Sealy‡ F 1991 Jason Buchanan‡ G 1991 Malik Sealy* F 1992 Malik Sealy* F 1993 David Cain* G 1993 Shawnelle Scott‡ F 1996 Zendon Hamilton‡ F 1997 Zendon Hamilton‡ F 1998 Zendon Hamilton‡ F 1998 Felipe Lopez* G 1999 Ron Artest* F 1999 Bootsy Thornton‡ G 2000 Erick Barkley* G 2000 Lavor Postell‡ F 2002 Marcus Hatten* G 2003 Marcus Hatten* G 2007 Lamont Hamilton* F 2011 Dwight Hardy* G
* – denotes First-Team All-Big East
‡ – denotes Second-Team All-Big East

All-Big East team selections
Year Name Pos. 2014 D'Angelo Harrison* G 2015 D'Angelo Harrison* G 2015 Sir'Dominic Pointer‡ F 2018 Shamorie Ponds* G 2019 Shamorie Ponds* G 2021 Julian Champagnie* G/F 2022 Julian Champagnie* G/F 2023 Joel Soriano‡ C 2024 Daniss Jenkins‡ G
* – denotes First-Team All-Big East
‡ – denotes Second-Team All-Big East

Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association award winners

Haggerty Award 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

Peter A. Carlesimo Award 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

Home Courts	Record	Win Pct
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)

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)

Main article: Madison Square Garden

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 (.645)
Home record	463–83 (.848)
20+ win seasons	40
30+ win seasons	2
Conference Games
Conference Record	694–491 (.586)
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