1986–87 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1986–87 Big East men's basketball standings
	† 1987 Big East Tournament winner ; As of March 30, 1987[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

St. John's Redmen men's basketball
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

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
F	4	John Hempel	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Sr	Union Catholic/Massachusetts	Linden, NJ
G	5	Marcus Broadnax	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Fr	Fort Walton Beach	Fort Walton Beach, FL
C	10	Terry Bross	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	Jr	Immaculata	Somerville, NJ
F/C	11	Jayson Williams (I)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Fr	Christ the King	New York, NY
G	13	Mark Jackson (C)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Sr	Bishop Loughlin	St. Albans, NY
C	14	Marco Baldi	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	So	Long Island Lutheran	Aosta, Italy
G	15	Kevin Fitzpatrick	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	So	St. Francis Prep	Jackson Heights, NY
G	22	Elander Lewis	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Fr	Albany High School	Albany, NY
G/F	23	Matt Brust	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	RS So	Babylon/North Carolina	Babylon, NY
G/F	30	Willie Glass (C)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Sr	Atlantic City	Atlantic City, NJ
F	31	Shelton Jones	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	Jr	Amityville Memorial	Amityville, NY
G	40	Steve Shurina	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	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*		No. 11 UCLA	W 70-63	6-0	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
12/20/86*	No. 15	at Niagara	W 66-58	7-0	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY
12/27/86*	No. 15	Virginia ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal	W 64-58	8-0	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
12/29/86*	No. 15	No. 19 Georgia Tech ECAC Holiday Festival Championship	W 62-53	9-0	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/04/87	No. 10	at Villanova	L 54-62	9-1 (1-1)	du Pont Pavilion Villanova, PA
01/07/87	No. 10	at No. 16 Georgetown	L 46-60	9-2 (1-2)	Capital Centre Landover, MD
01/10/87	No. 10	Boston College	W 62-58	10-2 (2-2)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/14/87*	No. 13	Brooklyn College	W 70-48	11-2	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/17/87	No. 13	at Connecticut	W 69-54	12-2 (3-2)	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT
01/19/87	No. 13	at No. 18 Pittsburgh	W 63-62	13-2 (4-2)	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA
01/24/87	No. 14	at No. 7 Syracuse	L 63-64	13-3 (4-3)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
01/27/87	No. 15	Villanova	W 61-58	14-3 (5-3)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/31/87	No. 15	at Providence	L 81-93 ^OT	14-4 (5-4)	Providence Civic Center Providence, RI
02/02/87	No. 15	No. 11 Georgetown	W 67-65 ^OT	15-4 (6-4)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
02/06/87	No. 19	at Boston College	W 65-50	16-4 (7-4)	Boston Garden Boston, MA
02/10/87	No. 16	at Seton Hall	W 60-57 ^OT	17-4 (8-4)	Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, NJ
02/14/87	No. 16	No. 20 Providence	L 78-79	17-5 (8-5)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/16/87*	No. 16	Fairleigh Dickinson	W 63-59	18-5	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
02/18/87	No. 20	Connecticut	W 76-55	19-5 (9-5)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/21/87*	No. 20	No. 15 Kansas	L 60-62	19-6	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
02/25/87		No. 11 Syracuse	L 80-88	19-7 (9-6)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
02/28/87		No. 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 No. 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

↑ "1986-87 Big East Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 3, 2018.

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[1] "1986-87 Big East Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 3, 2018.

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
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 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Helms national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

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