1987–88 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1987–88
St. John's Redmen men's basketball
1987–88 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Lapchick Memorial Champions; ECAC Holiday Festival Champions
NCAA men's Division I tournament, first round
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Record	17–12 (8–8 Big East)
Head coach	Lou Carnesecca;
Assistant coaches	Brian Mahoney; Al LoBalbo; Ron Rutledge;
Home arena	1988–89 →

1987–88 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 Pittsburgh	12	–	4	.750	24	–	7	.774
No. 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

† 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	Previous school	Hometown
G	3	Boo Harvey	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—	Jr	Andrew Jackson/San Jacinto	St. Albans, NY
G	4	Michael Porter	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	Jr	Pulaski County/San Jacinto	Alexandria, VA
G	5	Marcus Broadnax	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	So	Fort Walton Beach	Fort Walton Beach, FL
C	10	Terry Bross (C)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	Sr	Immaculata	Somerville, NJ
F/C	11	Jayson Williams	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	So	Christ the King	New York, NY
C	14	Marco Baldi	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	Jr	Long Island Lutheran	Aosta, Italy
G	15	Kevin Fitzpatrick	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	Jr	St. Francis Prep	Jackson Heights, NY
G	22	Elander Lewis	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	So	Albany High School	Albany, NY
G/F	23	Matt Brust	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	RS Jr	North Carolina	Babylon, NY
F	31	Shelton Jones (C)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	Sr	Amityville Memorial	Amityville, NY
F	33	Billy Singleton (I)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Fr	Adlai E. Stevenson	Bronx, NY
G	40	Steve Shurina (C)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Sr	St. Francis Prep	Woodside, NY
C	50	Sean Muto	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	—	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

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
11/28/87*		Harvard Lapchick Tournament Opening Round	W 105–60	1–0	Queens, NY
11/29/87*		Loyola Marymount Lapchick Tournament Championship	W 88–85	2–0	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/02/87*		Fairleigh Dickinson	W 82–60	3–0	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/05/87*		at No. 16 Kansas	L 54–63	3–1	Lawrence, KS
12/09/87*		at Fordham	W 76–71 ^2OT	4–1	Bronx, NY
12/12/87*		at UCLA	W 72–69	5–1	Los Angeles, CA
12/19/87*		Niagara	W 80–65	6–1	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/28/87*		Marist ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal	W 66–59	7–1	New York, NY
12/30/87*		No. 17 Kansas ECAC Holiday Festival Championship	W 70–56	8–1	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/04/88		Villanova	L 62–69	8–2 (0–1)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/09/88	No. 20	at No. 2 Pittsburgh	L 70–81	8–3 (0–2)	Pittsburgh, PA
01/12/88*		Rutgers	W 73–55	9–3	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/16/88		Seton Hall	W 71–70	10–3 (1–2)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/20/88		at No. 15 Georgetown	W 65–58	11–3 (2–2)	Landover, MD
01/23/88		Connecticut	W 79–72	12–3 (3–2)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/27/88		at No. 19 Villanova	W 60–55	13–3 (4–2)	Villanova, PA
01/30/88		at Seton Hall	W 58–55	14–3 (5–2)	East Rutherford, NJ
02/03/88	No. 20	No. 9 Pittsburgh	L 71–88	14–4 (5–3)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/06/88	No. 20	No. 12 Syracuse	L 62–79	14–5 (5–4)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
02/08/88	No. 20	Boston College	L 76–80	14–6 (5–5)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/13/88		Providence	W 88–67	15–6 (6–5)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/17/88		at No. 12 Syracuse	L 68–82	15–7 (6–6)	Syracuse, NY
02/20/88*		DePaul	L 51–65	15–8	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
02/23/88		Georgetown	W 69–66	16–8 (7–6)	Madison Square Garden (17,892) New York, NY
02/27/88		at Boston College	L 65–74	16–9 (7–7)	Boston, MA
02/29/88		at Connecticut	W 77–62	17–9 (8–7)	Hartford, CT
03/05/88		at Providence	L 81–90	17–10 (8–8)	Providence, RI
Big East tournament
03/11/88		vs. Villanova Big East tournament Quarterfinal	L 68–71	17–11	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
NCAA Tournament
03/17/88*		vs. (6) Florida NCAA First Round	L 59–62	17–12	Salt Lake City, UT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	27	Shelton Jones	San Antonio Spurs

References

^ sports-reference.com 1987-88 Big East Conference Season Summary

[1] sports-reference.com 1987-88 Big East Conference Season Summary

v t e 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)
Rivalries	Fordham Georgetown
Culture & lore	Johnny Thunderbird
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of 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 1999–2000 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 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Helms national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics