1986–87 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1986–87 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Lapchick Memorial Champions ECAC Holiday Festival Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
1986–87 record	21–9 (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

1986–87 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#4 Georgetown†	12	–	4	.750	29	–	5	.853
#12 Pittsburgh	12	–	4	.750	25	–	8	.758
#10 Syracuse	12	–	4	.750	31	–	7	.816
Providence	10	–	6	.625	25	–	9	.735
St. John's	10	–	6	.625	21	–	9	.700
Villanova	6	–	10	.375	15	–	16	.484
Seton Hall	4	–	12	.250	15	–	14	.517
Boston College	3	–	13	.188	11	–	18	.379
Connecticut	3	–	13	.188	9	–	19	.321

† 1987 Big East Tournament winner As of March 30, 1987^[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986–87 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his nineteenth 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

1986–87 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
3.5 !F	4	Hempel, JohnJohn Hempel	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	Union Catholic/Massachusetts	Linden, NJ
1.5 !G	5	Broadnax, MarcusMarcus Broadnax	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	1.0 !Fr	Fort Walton Beach	Fort Walton Beach, FL
5.0 !C	10	Bross, TerryTerry Bross	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Immaculata	El Paso, TX
4.5 !F/C	11	Williams, JaysonJayson Williams (I)	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	1.0 !Fr	Christ the King	Queens, NY
1.5 !G	13	Jackson, MarkMark Jackson	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	Bishop Loughlin	Brooklyn, NY
5.0 !C	14	Baldi, MarcoMarco Baldi	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	2.0 !So	Long Island Lutheran	Sarre, Italy
1.5 !G	15	Fitzpatrick, KevinKevin Fitzpatrick	—	—	2.0 !So	St. Francis Prep
1.5 !G	22	Lewis, ElanderElander Lewis	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	1.0 !Fr	Albany High School	Albany, NY
2.5 !G/F	23	Brust, MattMatt Brust	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	2.5 !RS So	Babylon High School/UNC	Babylon, NY
2.5 !G/F	30	Glass, WillieWillie Glass	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	Atlantic City	Atlantic City, NJ
3.5 !F	31	Jones, SheltonShelton Jones	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Amityville Memorial	Amityville, NY
1.5 !G	40	Shurina, SteveSteve Shurina	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	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
11/28/86*		Southern Lapchick Tournament Opening Round	W 126-81	1-0	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
11/29/86*		Youngstown State Lapchick Tournament Championship	W 75-65	2-0	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/02/86*		Fordham	W 80-61	3-0	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/06/86*		Wagner	W 102-69	4-0	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/11/86		Seton Hall	W 72-69	5-0 (1-0)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/13/86*		#11 UCLA	W 70-63	6-0	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
12/20/86*	#15	at Niagara	W 66-58	7-0	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY
12/27/86*	#15	Virginia ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal	W 64-58	8-0	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
12/29/86*	#15	#19 Georgia Tech ECAC Holiday Festival Championship	W 62-53	9-0	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/04/87	#10	at Villanova	L 54-62	9-1 (1-1)	du Pont Pavilion Villanova, PA
01/07/87	#10	at #16 Georgetown	L 46-60	9-2 (1-2)	Capital Centre Landover, MD
01/10/87	#10	Boston College	W 62-58	10-2 (2-2)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/14/87*	#13	Brooklyn College	W 70-48	11-2	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/17/87	#13	at Connecticut	W 69-54	12-2 (3-2)	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT
01/19/87	#13	at #18 Pittsburgh	W 63-62	13-2 (4-2)	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA
01/24/87	#14	at #7 Syracuse	L 63-64	13-3 (4-3)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
01/27/87	#15	Villanova	W 61-58	14-3 (5-3)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/31/87	#15	at Providence	L 81-93 ^OT	14-4 (5-4)	Providence Civic Center Providence, RI
02/02/87	#15	#11 Georgetown	W 67-65 ^OT	15-4 (6-4)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
02/06/87	#19	at Boston College	W 65-50	16-4 (7-4)	Boston Garden Boston, MA
02/10/87	#16	at Seton Hall	W 60-57 ^OT	17-4 (8-4)	Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, NJ
02/14/87	#16	#20 Providence	L 78-79	17-5 (8-5)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/16/87*	#16	Fairleigh Dickinson	W 63-59	18-5	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
02/18/87	#20	Connecticut	W 76-55	19-5 (9-5)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/21/87*	#20	#15 Kansas	L 60-62	19-6	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
02/25/87		#11 Syracuse	L 80-88	19-7 (9-6)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
02/28/87		#9 Pittsburgh	W 76-74	20-7 (10-6)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
Big East Tournament
03/06/87		vs. Providence Big East Tournament Quarterfinal	L 51-80	20-8	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
NCAA Tournament
03/13/87*		vs. (11) Wichita State NCAA First Round	W 57-55	21-8	Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, IL
03/15/87*		at #5 (3) DePaul NCAA Second Round	L 75-83 ^OT	21-9	Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	18	Mark Jackson	New York Knicks
3	69	Willie Glass	Los Angeles Lakers

References

↑ sports-reference.com 1986-87 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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