1989–90 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1989–90 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
NIT Season Tip-Off Runner Up
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
1989–90 record	24–10 (10–6 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
1989–90 Big East men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#6 Syracuse	12	–	4	.750	26	–	7	.788
#4 Connecticut†	12	–	4	.750	31	–	6	.838
#8 Georgetown	11	–	5	.688	24	–	7	.774
St. John's	10	–	6	.625	24	–	10	.706
Villanova	8	–	8	.500	18	–	15	.545
Providence	8	–	8	.500	17	–	12	.586
Seton Hall	5	–	11	.313	12	–	16	.429
Pittsburgh	5	–	11	.313	12	–	17	.414
Boston College	1	–	15	.063	8	–	20	.286

† 1990 Big East Tournament winner As of April 2, 1990^[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989–90 St. John's Redmen men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his twenty-second 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.

Off season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Kevin Fitzpatrick	15	G			Senior		Graduated
Matt Brust	23	G/F	6'4"		RS Senior		Graduated

Class of 1989 signees

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
David Cain PG	Bronx, NY	Adlai E. Stevenson High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
David Cain PG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Chucky Sproling SF	Denver, CO	Manual High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	N/A
Chucky Sproling SF	Scout: N/A 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: "1989 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

1989–90 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)	—	4.0 !Sr	Andrew Jackson/San Jacinto	Queens, NY
1.5 !G	4	Aiken, DarrellDarrell Aiken	—	4.0 !Sr
1.5 !G	5	Cain, DavidDavid Cain	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	1.0 !Fr	Adlai E. Stevenson	Bronx, NY
1.5 !G	10	Mullin, TerrenceTerrence Mullin	—	2.0 !So	Xaverian	Brooklyn, NY
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)	—	4.0 !Sr	Christ the King	Queens, NY
1.5 !G	12	Buchanan, JasonJason Buchanan	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	2.0 !So	Nottingham	Syracuse, NY
3.5 !F	13	Milhaven, BarryBarry Milhaven	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	Nassau C.C.
3.5 !F	21	Sealy, MalikMalik Sealy	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	2.0 !So	St. Nicholas of Tolentine	Bronx, NY
2.5 !G/F	22	Sproling, ChuckyChucky Sproling	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	2.0 !So	Manual	Denver, CO
3.5 !F	33	Singleton, BillyBilly Singleton	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Adlai E. Stevenson	Bronx, NY
5.0 !C	41	Werdann, RobertRobert Werdann	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	2.0 !So	Archbishop Molloy	Sunnyside, 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)	—	3.0 !Jr	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 1989-90 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