1987–88 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1987–88 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
ECAC Holiday Festival Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, First Round
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
1987–88 record	17–12 (8–8 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

	Conf				Overall
1987–88 Big East men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#8 Pittsburgh	12	–	4	.750	24	–	7	.774
#9 Syracuse†	11	–	5	.688	26	–	9	.743
Georgetown	9	–	7	.563	20	–	10	.667
Villanova	9	–	7	.563	24	–	13	.649
St. John's	8	–	8	.500	17	–	12	.586
Seton Hall	8	–	8	.500	22	–	13	.629
Boston College	6	–	10	.375	18	–	15	.545
Providence	5	–	11	.313	11	–	17	.393
Connecticut	4	–	12	.250	20	–	14	.588

† 1988 Big East Tournament winner As of April 4, 1988^[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987–88 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his twentieth 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

1987–88 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	High School/Junior College	Home town
1.5 !G	3	Harvey, BooBoo Harvey	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Andrew Jackson/San Jacinto	Queens, NY
1.5 !G	4	Porter, MichaelMichael Porter	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Pulaski High School/San Jacinto	Pulaski, VA
1.5 !G	5	Broadnax, MarcusMarcus Broadnax	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	2.0 !So	Fort Walton Beach	Fort Walton Beach, FL
5.0 !C	10	Bross, TerryTerry Bross	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	Immaculata	El Paso, TX
4.5 !F/C	11	Williams, JaysonJayson Williams	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	2.0 !So	Christ the King	Queens, NY
5.0 !C	14	Baldi, MarcoMarco Baldi	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Long Island Lutheran	Sarre, Italy
1.5 !G	15	Fitzpatrick, KevinKevin Fitzpatrick	—	3.0 !Jr
1.5 !G	22	Lewis, ElanderElander Lewis	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	2.0 !So	Albany High School	Albany, NY
2.5 !G/F	23	Brust, MattMatt Brust	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	3.5 !RS Jr	Babylon High School/UNC	Babylon, NY
3.5 !F	31	Jones, SheltonShelton Jones	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	Amityville Memorial	Amityville, NY
1.5 !G	40	Shurina, SteveSteve Shurina	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	Woodside, NY
5.0 !C	50	Muto, SeanSean Muto	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	—	1.0 !Fr	Mechanicsburg	Mechanicsburg, PA

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

References

↑ sports-reference.com 1987-88 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

Seasons	1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

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