1992–93 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1992–93 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Lapchick Memorial Tournament Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
1992–93 record	19–11 (12–6 Big East)
Head coach	Brian Mahoney
Assistant coach	Al LoBalbo
Assistant coach	Ron Rutledge
Assistant coach	George Felton
Home arena	Alumni Hall Madison Square Garden

	Conf				Overall
1992–93 Big East men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#6 Seton Hall†	14	–	4	.778	28	–	7	.800
St. John's	12	–	6	.667	19	–	11	.633
Syracuse	10	–	8	.556	20	–	9	.690
Connecticut	9	–	9	.500	15	–	13	.536
Providence	9	–	9	.500	20	–	13	.606
Pittsburgh	9	–	9	.500	17	–	11	.607
Boston College	9	–	9	.500	18	–	13	.581
Georgetown	8	–	10	.444	20	–	13	.606
Miami	7	–	11	.389	10	–	17	.370
Villanova	3	–	15	.167	8	–	19	.296

† 1993 Big East Tournament winner As of April 5, 1993^[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1992–93 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1992–93 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Brian Mahoney in his first year at the school after replacing long time head coach Lou Carnesecca. 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	Year	Notes
Jason Buchanan	13	G	6'2"	Senior	Graduated
Chucky Sproling		G	6'6"	Senior	Graduated
Terence Mullin		G		Senior	Graduated
Malik Sealy	21	F	6'8"	Senior	Graduated. Entered 1992 NBA Draft
Robert Werdann	41	C	6'11"	Senior	Graduated. Entered 1992 NBA Draft

Class of 1992 signees

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Rowan Barrett SF	Scarborough, Ontario	West Hill Collegiate Institute	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	N/A
Rowan Barrett SF	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Charles Minlend PF	Cameroon, Africa	St. Thomas More School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	N/A
Charles Minlend PF	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Fred Lyson PF	Oceanside, NY	Oceanside High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	N/A
Fred Lyson PF	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Maurice Brown PG	Brooklyn, NY	William E. Grady High School	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	N/A
Maurice Brown PG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Thomas Bayne PF			6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	N/A
Thomas Bayne PF	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: "1992 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

1992–93 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	High School/Junior College	Home town
3.5 !F	3	Luyk, SergioSergio Luyk	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	2.5 !RS So	University Heights Academy	Spain, Europe
1.5 !G	5	Brown, MauriceMaurice Brown	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	—	1.0 !Fr	William E. Grady	Brooklyn, NY
1.5 !G	11	Cain, DavidDavid Cain	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	Adlai E. Stevenson	Bronx, NY
1.5 !G	13	Green, LeeLee Green	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Cheshire Academy	New York, NY
3.5 !F	15	Foster, MitchellMitchell Foster	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	4.0 !Sr
3.5 !F	22	Bayne, ThomasThomas Bayne	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	1.0 !Fr
1.5 !G	23	Brown, DerekDerek Brown	—	2.0 !So
2.5 !G/F	24	Barrett, RowanRowan Barrett	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	1.0 !Fr	West Hill	Scarborough, Ontario
1.5 !G	30	Beckett, CarlCarl Beckett	—	3.0 !Jr	Christ the King	Queens, NY
3.5 !F	31	Middleton, LamontLamont Middleton	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	4.5 !RS Sr	Walton/Hartford	Bronx, NY
3.5 !F	34	Minlend, CharlesCharles Minlend	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	1.0 !Fr	St. Thomas More School	Cameroon, Africa
5.0 !C	42	Scott, ShawnelleShawnelle Scott	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	All Hallows	New York, NY
2.5 !G/F	44	Lyson, FredFred Lyson	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	1.0 !Fr	Oceanside	Oceanside, NY
1.5 !G	45	DeQueiroz, RonRon DeQueiroz	—	4.0 !Sr	Brazil, South America

Head coach

Brian Mahoney (Manhattan College)

Assistant coach(es)

Al LoBalbo
Ron Rutledge
George Felton

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular Season
12/01/92*		St. Francis (NY) (Lapchick Tournament Opening Round)	W 101-68	1-0	Alumni Hall
12/02/92*		Iona (Lapchick Tournament Championship)	W 90-74	2-0	Alumni Hall
12/05/92*		vs. Niagara	W 75-71	3-0	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
12/08/92		at Connecticut	L 72-74 ^OT	3-1 (0-1)	Gampel Pavilion
12/10/92*		at Fordham	L 55-60	3-2	Rose Hill Gymnasium
12/19/92*		Hofstra	W 58-56	4-2	Alumni Hall
12/23/92*		at #4 Indiana	L 80-105	4-3	Assembly Hall
12/28/92*		Manhattan (ECAC Holiday Festival Opening Round)	W 74-59	5-3	Madison Square Garden
12/30/92*		#3 Kentucky (ECAC Holiday Festival Championship)	L 77-86	5-4	Madison Square Garden
01/05/93		Providence	W 86-76	6-4 (1-1)	Alumni Hall
01/09/93		#24 Pittsburgh	W 85-77	7-4 (2-1)	Alumni Hall
01/13/93		at Villanova	W 76-70	8-4 (3-1)	duPont Pavilion
01/16/93		Miami (F.L.)	W 78-74	9-4 (4-1)	Alumni Hall
01/23/93		at Syracuse	W 78-71	10-4 (5-1)	Carrier Dome
01/26/93		at Boston College	L 61-71	10-5 (5-2)	Silvio O. Conte Forum
01/30/93		#22 Connecticut	W 72-59	11-5 (6-2)	Madison Square Garden
02/01/93		#23 Georgetown	W 79-61	12-5 (7-2)	Madison Square Garden
02/06/93		at #15 Pittsburgh	L 69-71	12-6 (7-3)	Fitzgerald Field House
02/09/93		at Providence	W 73-64	13-6 (8-3)	Providence Civic Center
02/13/93		#21 Boston College	W 65-61	14-6 (9-3)	Alumni Hall
02/17/93	#25	#16 Seton Hall	L 85-95 ^OT	14-7 (9-4)	Madison Square Garden
02/21/93	#25	at Miami (F.L.)	L 77-82	14-8 (9-5)	Miami Arena
02/23/93		at Georgetown	W 61-56	15-8 (10-5)	Capital Centre
02/27/93		Villanova	W 65-62	16-8 (11-5)	Madison Square Garden
02/01/93	#25	Syracuse	W 90-70	17-8 (12-5)	Madison Square Garden
03/06/93	#25	at #10 Seton Hall	L 73-92	17-9 (12-6)	Meadowlands Arena
Big East Tournament
03/12/93		vs. Boston College (Big East Tournament Quarterfinal)	W 76-56	18-9 (12-6)	Madison Square Garden
03/13/93		vs. Syracuse (Big East Tournament Semifinal)	L 72-84	18-10 (12-6)	Madison Square Garden
NCAA Tournament
03/18/93*		vs. (12) Texas Tech (NCAA First Round)	W 85-67	19-10	Lawrence Joel Arena
03/20/93*		vs. (4) Arkansas (NCAA Second Round)	L 74-80	19-11	Lawrence Joel Arena
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

↑ sports-reference.com 1992-93 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