2009–10 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

2009–10 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball
2009–10 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball
NIT, First Round
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	17–16 (6–12 Big East)
Head coach	Norm Roberts (6th year);
Assistant coaches	Glenn Braica; Chris Casey; Fred Quartlebaum;
Home arena	Carnesecca Arena; Madison Square Garden
	Seasons ← 2008–09 2010–11 →

2009–10 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Syracuse	15	–	3	.833	30	–	5	.857
No. 6 West Virginia †	13	–	5	.722	31	–	7	.816
No. 9 Villanova	13	–	5	.722	25	–	8	.758
No. 18 Pittsburgh	13	–	5	.722	25	–	9	.735
Marquette	11	–	7	.611	22	–	12	.647
Louisville	11	–	7	.611	20	–	13	.606
No. 14 Georgetown	10	–	8	.556	23	–	11	.676
Notre Dame	10	–	8	.556	23	–	12	.657
South Florida	9	–	9	.500	20	–	13	.606
Seton Hall	9	–	9	.500	19	–	13	.594
Cincinnati	7	–	11	.389	19	–	16	.543
Connecticut	7	–	11	.389	18	–	16	.529
St. John's	6	–	12	.333	17	–	16	.515
Rutgers	5	–	13	.278	15	–	17	.469
Providence	4	–	14	.222	12	–	19	.387
DePaul	1	–	17	.056	8	–	23	.258


† AP Poll

The 2009–10 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented

St. John's University during the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Norm Roberts in his sixth year at the school. St. John's home games are played at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden and the team is a member of the Big East Conference

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On March 30, 2010, Steve Lavin was announced as the team's new head coach, replacing Norm Roberts, who was fired after six seasons as head coach.^[2]^[3]

Off season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Tomas Jasiulionis	11	C	6'11"	249	Senior	Utena, Lithuania	Graduated
TyShwan Edmondson	12	G	6'4"	175	Freshman	Hopkinsville, Kentucky	Transferred to Austin Peay
Phil Wait	50	C	7'1"	245	Freshman	Manchester, England	Transferred to Monmouth

Class of 2009 signees

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Omari Lawrence SG	Bronx, NY	South Kent	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)
Omari Lawrence SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 87
Malik Stith PG	Hempstead, NY	Bridgton Academy	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)
Malik Stith PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 87
Dwight Hardy SG	Bronx, NY	Indian Hills Community College	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)
Dwight Hardy SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 90
PF	Tifton, GA	Chipola College	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)
PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: JC
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: "2009 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2008–09 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G/F	1	D. J. Kennedy	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	Jr	Schenley	Pittsburgh, PA
F	2	Anthony Mason Jr.	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	RS Sr	Failey	Memphis, TN
G	3	Malik Boothe	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	Jr	Christ the King	Queens, NY
G	4	John Taubeneck	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Sr	Roger Williams	Salem, MA
F	5	Sean Evans	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	259 lb (117 kg)	Jr	Northeast	Philadelphia, PA
G	10	Quincy Roberts	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	So	Harrisburg	Harrisburg, PA
G/F	11	Omari Lawrence	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	South Kent	South Kent, CT
G	12	Dwight Hardy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	Jr	John F. Kennedy\Indian Hills C.C.	Bronx, NY
F/C	15	Dele Coker	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	257 lb (117 kg)	Jr	South Kent	Lagos, Nigeria
G	23	Paris Horne	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Bridgton Academy	Middletown, DE
F	24	Justin Burrell	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	244 lb (111 kg)	Jr	Our Savior Lutheran High School/Bridgton Academy	Bronx, NY
G	31	Malik Stith	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Bridgton Academy/East Mecklenburg	Hempstead, NY
F	32	Justin Brownlee	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	Jr	Chipola College	Tifton, GA
G	42	Kevin Clark	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Dunmore	Dunmore, PA
F	55	Rob Thomas	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	247 lb (112 kg)	RS Jr	South Kent	Harlem, NY

Head coach

Queens College
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Assistant coach(es)

Glenn Braica
Chris Casey
Fred Quartlebaum

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
11/13/2009* 7:00 pm	Long Island	W 83–70	1–0	New York, NY
11/17/2009* 7:00 pm	at Fibertech Classic	W 69–68	2–0	Rochester, NY
11/20/2009* 7:00 pm	Brown Philly Hoop Group Classic	W 79–76	3–0	New York, NY
11/27/2009* 5:30 pm	vs. Siena Philly Hoop Group Classic	W 77–68	4–0	Philadelphia, PA
11/28/2009* 8:30 pm	vs. Temple Philly Hoop Group Classic	W 55–48	5–0	Philadelphia, PA
12/02/2009* 7:00 pm, SNY	Stony Brook	W 63–55	6–0	New York, NY
12/05/2009* 3:30 pm, ESPN2	at No. 5 Duke	L 71–80	6–1	Durham, NC
12/09/2009* 7:00 pm, ESPN2	SEC-Big East Challenge	W 66–56	7–1	New York, NY
12/13/2009* 4:00 pm	Fordham	W 73–56	8–1	New York, NY
12/20/2009* 2:00 pm, MSG	vs. Hofstra Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival	W 72–60	9–1	New York, NY
12/21/2009* 9:00 pm, MSG	vs. Cornell Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival	L 66–71	9–2	New York, NY
12/23/2009* 7:00 pm	Bryant	W 80–44	10–2	New York, NY
Big East Conference Regular Season
12/31/2009 8:00 pm, ESPN2	at No. 13 Georgetown	L 59–66	10–3 (0–1)	Verizon Center Washington, D.C.
01/03/2010 5:30 pm, SNY	Providence	L 59–74	10–4 (0–2)	New York City, NY
01/09/2010 12:00 pm, SNY	at Louisville	L 68–75	10–5 (0–3)	Louisville, KY
01/13/2010 7:00 pm, ESPNU	Cincinnati	W 52–50	11–5 (1–3)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/17/2010 2:00 pm, MSG	DePaul	W 67–47	12–5 (2–3)	New York, NY
01/20/2010 7:00 pm, SNY	at Connecticut	L 59–75	12–6 (2–4)	Hartford, CT
01/23/2010 12:00 pm, ESPN	No. 4 Villanova	L 71–81	12–7 (2–5)	New York, NY
01/28/2010 7:00 pm, ESPNU	at No. 17 Pittsburgh	L 53–63	12–8 (2–6)	Pittsburgh, PA
02/02/2010 7:30 pm, MSG	at Rutgers	L 72–84	12–9 (2–7)	New Brunswick, NJ
02/06/2010 7:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 6 West Virginia	L 60–79	12–10 (2–8)	New York, NY
02/11/2010 7:00 pm, ESPN	Louisville	W 74–55	13–10 (3–8)	New York, NY
02/14/2010 7:30 pm, SNY	at Notre Dame	W 69–68	14–10 (4–8)	Notre Dame, IN
02/17/2010 7:30 pm, MSG+	Seton Hall	L 50–59	14–11 (4–9)	New York, NY
02/20/2010 12:00 pm, SNY	at South Florida	W 74–58	15–11 (5–9)	Tampa, FL
02/23/2010 7:30 pm, MSG	Marquette	L 61–63 ^OT	15–12 (5–10)	New York, NY
02/27/2010 12:00 pm, MSG	No. 12 Pittsburgh	L 64–71	15–13 (5–11)	New York, NY
03/02/2010 7:00 pm, SNY	at No. 1 Syracuse	L 66–85	15–14 (5–12)	Syracuse, NY
03/05/2010 8:30 pm, SNY	at DePaul	W 90–82 ^3OT	16–14 (6–12)	Rosemont, IL
Big East tournament
03/09/2010 2:00 pm, ESPN	vs. Connecticut First Round	W 73–51	17–14 (6–12)	New York, NY
03/10/2010 2:00 pm, ESPN	vs. Marquette Second Round	L 55–57	17–15 (6–12)	New York, NY
NIT Tournament
03/17/2010 9:00 pm, ESPN2	at Memphis First Round	L 71–73	17–16 (6–12)	Memphis, TN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Eastern Time .

References

^ "Big East Conference Standings - 2009-10." ESPN.com. Retrieved 03-25-10.
^ "St. John's hires former UCLA hoops coach Lavin". March 30, 2010.
^ "St. John's fires coach Roberts after sixth season". March 19, 2010.

[standings-1] "Big East Conference Standings - 2009-10." ESPN.com. Retrieved 03-25-10.

[2] "St. John's hires former UCLA hoops coach Lavin". March 30, 2010.

[3] "St. John's fires coach Roberts after sixth season". March 19, 2010.

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v t e St. John's Red Storm men's basketball
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Rivalries	Fordham Georgetown
Culture & lore	Johnny Thunderbird
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Helms national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics