1979–80 St. John's Redmen basketball team
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1979–80 Second Round | |
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Conference | Big East Conference (1979–2013) |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 13 |
AP | No. 13 |
Record | 24–5 (5–1 Big East) |
Head coach | |
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Captain | 1980–81 → |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Syracuse | 5 | – | 1 | .833 | 26 | – | 4 | .867 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 St. John's | 5 | – | 1 | .833 | 24 | – | 5 | .828 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Georgetown† | 5 | – | 1 | .833 | 26 | – | 6 | .813 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 3 | – | 3 | .500 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 2 | – | 4 | .333 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seton Hall | 1 | – | 5 | .167 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Providence | 0 | – | 6 | .000 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1980 Big East tournament winner As of March 24, 1980[1] Rankings from AP poll |
The 1979–80 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his 12th 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
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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11/30/79* |
No. 16 | Oral Roberts Lapchick Tournament Opening Round |
W 90-78 | 1-0 |
Queens, NY
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12/01/79* |
No. 16 | Michigan State Lapchick Tournament Championship |
W 88-73 | 2-0 |
Alumni Hall Queens, NY | ||||||
12/04/79* |
No. 9 | at Tennessee
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L 80-97 | 2-1 |
Knoxville, TN
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12/08/79* |
No. 9 | Army | W 84-61 | 3-1 |
Alumni Hall Queens, NY | ||||||
12/11/79* |
No. 15 | Columbia | W 91-75 | 4-1 |
Alumni Hall Queens, NY | ||||||
12/15/79* |
No. 15 | at Rutgers | W 75-64 | 5-1 |
Piscataway, NJ
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12/23/79* |
No. 15 | Centenary (LA) | W 92-72 | 6-1 |
Alumni Hall Queens, NY | ||||||
12/26/79* |
No. 15 | vs. Lafayette ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal |
W 68-58 | 7-1 |
New York, NY
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12/28/79* |
No. 15 | vs. Boston College ECAC Holiday Festival Championship |
W 78-70 | 8-1 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | ||||||
01/05/80 |
No. 17 | Connecticut
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W 83-73 | 9-1 (1-0) |
Alumni Hall Queens, NY | ||||||
01/08/80* |
No. 14 | at Princeton | W 44-42 | 10-1 |
Princeton, NJ
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01/12/80 |
No. 14 | Seton Hall | W 97-64 | 11-1 (2-0) |
Alumni Hall Queens, NY | ||||||
01/14/80* |
No. 14 | St. Joseph's
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W 72-55 | 12-1 |
Alumni Hall Queens, NY | ||||||
01/16/80 |
No. 10 | at Boston College | W 66-63 | 13-1 (3-0) |
Chestnut Hill, MA
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01/19/80 |
No. 10 | at Georgetown
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W 71-69 | 14-1 (4-0) |
McDonough Gymnasium Washington, D.C. | ||||||
01/22/80* |
No. 9 | Manhattan | W 88-64 | 15-1 |
Alumni Hall Queens, NY | ||||||
01/24/80* |
No. 9 | Davidson | W 67-48 | 16-1 |
Alumni Hall Queens, NY | ||||||
01/26/80 |
No. 9 | Villanova | W 81-75 | 17-1 |
Alumni Hall Queens, NY | ||||||
01/28/80* |
No. 9 | at Niagara | W 87-63 | 18-1 |
Buffalo, NY
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02/01/80* |
No. 9 | at Rhode Island | W 64-63 | 19-1 |
Kingston, RI
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02/03/80* |
No. 9 | No. 7 Louisville
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L 71-76 | 19-2 |
Alumni Hall Queens, NY | ||||||
02/05/80* |
No. 8 | Baltimore | W 89-73 | 20-2 |
Alumni Hall Queens, NY | ||||||
02/09/80* |
No. 8 | Fordham | W 78-60 | 21-2 |
Alumni Hall Queens, NY | ||||||
02/16/80 |
No. 7 | No. 2 Syracuse | L 71-72 | 21-3 (4-1) |
Alumni Hall Queens, NY | ||||||
02/19/80* |
No. 7 | at Temple | W 63-58 OT | 22-3 |
Philadelphia, PA
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02/23/80 |
No. 7 | at Providence | W 68-62 | 23-3 (5-1) |
Providence, RI
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Big East tournament | |||||||||||
02/28/80 |
No. 8 | at Providence Big East tournament quarterfinal |
W 48-44 | 24-3 |
Providence Civic Center Providence, RI | ||||||
02/29/80 |
No. 8 | vs. No. 20 Georgetown Big East tournament semifinal |
L 66-76 | 24-4 |
Providence Civic Center Providence, RI | ||||||
NCAA tournament
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03/08/80* |
No. 13 | at No. 20 (6) Purdue NCAA Second Round |
L 72-87 | 24-5 |
West Lafayette, IN
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*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |
Team players drafted into the NBA
Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
6 | 120 | Bernard Rencher | Chicago Bulls |