1985–86 St. John's Redmen basketball team

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
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
1985–86 record	31–5 (14–2 Big East)
Head coach	Lou Carnesecca
Assistant coach	Brian Mahoney
Assistant coach	Al LoBalbo
Assistant coach	Ron Rutledge
Home arena	Alumni Hall Madison Square Garden

1985–86 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#4 St. John's †	14	–	2	.875	31	–	5	.861
#9 Syracuse	14	–	2	.875	26	–	6	.813
#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

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.

Roster

1985–86 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
3.5 !F	4	Hempel, JohnJohn Hempel	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Union Catholic/Massachusetts	Linden, NJ
5.0 !C	10	Bross, TerryTerry Bross	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	2.0 !So	Immaculata	El Paso, TX
2.5 !G/F	12	Rowan, RonRon Rowan	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	4.5 !RS Sr	Beaver Falls/Notre Dame	Beaver Falls, PA
1.5 !G	13	Jackson, MarkMark Jackson (C)	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Bishop Loughlin	Brooklyn, NY
5.0 !C	14	Baldi, MarcoMarco Baldi	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	1.0 !Fr	Long Island Lutheran	Sarre, Italy
3.5 !F	21	Berry, WalterWalter Berry (C)	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Benjamin Franklin/San Jacinto	New York, NY
2.5 !G/F	23	Brust, MattMatt Brust	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	2.0 !So	Babylon High School/UNC	Babylon, NY
2.5 !G/F	30	Glass, WillieWillie Glass (C)	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Atlantic City	Atlantic City, NJ
3.5 !F	31	Jones, SheltonShelton Jones	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	2.0 !So	Amityville Memorial	Amityville, NY
1.5 !G	40	Shurina, SteveSteve Shurina	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	2.0 !So	St. Francis Prep	Woodside, 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
11/22/85*		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.

Team players drafted into the NBA

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

↑ sports-reference.com 1985-86 Big East Conference Season Summary

St. John's Red Storm men's basketball

Venues	Old Madison Square Garden (193?–1969) Madison Square Garden (1969–present) Carnesecca Arena (alternate; 1961–present)

Culture & lore	Johnny Thunderbird

People	Head coaches

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Helms national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

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