1996–97 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1996–1997 St. John's Red Storm Basketball Big East Conference (1979–2013) Big East 13–14 8–10 Fran Fraschilla (1st year) Ron Rutledge Darren Savino Brian Cousins Alumni HallMadison Square Garden ECAC Holiday Festival Champions The 1996–97 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Fran Fraschilla in his first year at the school after replacing Brian Mahoney. 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. Off season Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown NotesMaurice Brown 5 G 5'9" Senior GraduatedThomas Bayne 22 F 6'10" Senior GraduatedDerek Brown 23 G 6'3" RS Senior GraduatedRowan Barrett 24 G/F 6'5" Senior Graduated. Entered 1997 NBA draftFred Lyson 44 G/F 6'7" RS Junior Transferred Class of 1996 signees no no 1996 Lavor Postell SF AlbanyAlbany, GA Westover High School 6 5 Chudney Gray PG BronxBronx, NY Rice High School 6 3 Collin Charles PG TorontoToronto, Ontario Eastern Commerce Collegiate Institute 5 11 1996 St. John's Basketball Commitment List 1996 St. John's Basketball Commits ESPN yes Roster 1996 St. John's Red Storm y y Chudney Gray 3 G 6 3 FR Bronx, NY Rice Tarik Turner 4 G 6 5 JR Charlottesville, VA Oak Hill Kareem Syed 10 G 6 5 FR Queens, NY Hillcrest Collin Charles 11 G 5 11 FR Toronto, Ontario Eastern Commerce Felipe López y basketball 13 G 6 5 JR Santo Domingo, D.R. Rice Ed Brown 14 F 6 8 SO Copiague, NY Copiague Mike Menniefield 21 F/C 6 8 SR Greenville, SC Southside/Spartanburg Methodist Lavor Postell y 25 F 6 5 FR Albany, GA Westover Zendon Hamilton y 31 C 6 9 JR Floral Park, NY Sewanhaka Tyrone Grant y 32 F 6 7 SO Brooklyn, NY Grady Charles Minlend 34 F 6 6 SR y Yaounde, Cameroon St. Thomas More y Fran Fraschilla (Brooklyn College) Ron Rutledge Darren Savino Brian Cousins Schedule and results no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season 11/23/96 yes LIU Brooklyn Alumni Hall Queens, NY 73-76 0-1 11/30/96 yes Hofstra Alumni Hall Queens, NY 77-54 1-1 12/03/96 Miami (F.L.) Miami Arena Miami, FL 61-57 2-1 (1-0) 12/07/96 Villanova 5 Madison Square Garden New York, NY 70-82 2-2 (1-1) 12/11/96 yes Michigan 5 Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY 61-76 2-3 12/15/96 yes yes Minnesota 17 Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 39-77 2-4 12/21/96 yes Fairleigh Dickinson Alumni Hall Queens, NY 77-50 3-4 12/26/96 yes Manhattan Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal 68-61 4-4 12/28/96 yes Georgia Tech Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival Championship 67-55 5-4 01/02/97 yes Providence Providence Civic Center Providence, RI 77-67 5-5 (1-2) 01/04/97 Pittsburgh Madison Square Garden New York, NY 75-64 6-5 (2-2) 01/08/97 yes Connecticut Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT 71-67 OT 7-5 (3-2) 01/12/97 West Virginia Alumni Hall Queens, NY 77-90 7-6 (3-3) 01/14/97 yes yes Niagara Gallagher Center Niagara, NY 62-40 8-6 01/18/97 yes Pittsburgh Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA 60-55 9-6 (4-3) 01/21/97 yes Georgetown USAir Arena Landover, MD 57-62 9-7 (4-4) 01/25/97 Providence Madison Square Garden New York, NY 59-72 9-8 (4-5) 01/29/97 Rutgers Madison Square Garden New York, NY 47-49 9-9 (4-6) 02/01/97 Georgetown Madison Square Garden New York, NY 68-71 9-10 (4-7) 02/04/97 yes Notre Dame Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN 70-75 9-11 (4-8) 02/09/97 Boston College Madison Square Garden New York, NY 80-81 OT 9-12 (4-9) 02/12/97 Syracuse Madison Square Garden New York, NY 91-87 10-12 (5-9) 02/15/97 yes Rutgers Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ 73-58 11-12 (6-9) 02/19/97 yes Villanova 19 CoreStates Center Philadelphia, PA 54-65 11-13 (6-10) 02/22/97 Miami (F.L.) Alumni Hall Queens, NY 77-73 12-13 (7-10) 02/26/97 yes Seton Hall Continental Airlines Arena East Rutherford, NJ 66-62 13-13 (8-10) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big East tournament 03/05/97 yes Miami (F.L.) Madison Square Garden New York, NY Big East tournament first round 68-76 OT 13-14 References Category:St. John's Red Storm men's basketball seasons St. John's St John St John