1987–88 St. John's Redmen basketball team

American college basketball season May 2026 March 2026 August 2023 1987–88 St. John's Redmen Basketball Big East Conference (1979–2013) Big East 17–12 8–8 Lou Carnesecca Brian Mahoney Al LoBalbo Ron Rutledge Alumni HallMadison Square Garden Lapchick Memorial ChampionsECAC Holiday Festival Champions NCAA men's Division I tournament first round 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 played its home games at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden and was a member of the Big East Conference. Roster 1987 St. John's Red Storm y y Boo Harvey y 3 G 5 11 JR St. Albans, NY Andrew Jackson/San Jacinto Michael Porter 4 G 6 0 JR Alexandria, VA Pulaski County/San Jacinto Marcus Broadnax 5 G 6 2 SO Fort Walton Beach, FL Fort Walton Beach Terry Bross y 10 C 6 9 SR Somerville, NJ Immaculata C Jayson Williams y 11 F/C 6 9 SO New York, NY Christ the King Marco Baldi 14 C 6 11 JR Aosta, Italy Long Island Lutheran Kevin Fitzpatrick 15 G 6 1 JR Jackson Heights, NY St. Francis Prep Elander Lewis 22 G 6 4 SO Albany, NY Albany High School Matt Brust 23 G/F 6 5 JR y Babylon, NY Babylon/North Carolina Shelton Jones y 31 F 6 9 SR Amityville, NY Amityville Memorial C Billy Singleton y 33 F 6 7 FR Bronx, NY Adlai E. Stevenson I Steve Shurina y 40 G 6 4 SR Woodside, NY St. Francis Prep C Sean Muto 50 C 7 0 FR Mechanicsburg, PA Mechanicsburg Lou Carnesecca (St. John's University, '50) Brian Mahoney Al LoBalbo Ron Rutledge Schedule and results no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season 11/28/87 yes Harvard Alumni Hall Queens, NY Lapchick Tournament Opening Round 105–60 1–0 11/29/87 yes Loyola Marymount Alumni Hall Queens, NY Lapchick Tournament Championship 88–85 2–0 12/02/87 yes Fairleigh Dickinson Alumni Hall Queens, NY 82–60 3–0 12/05/87 yes yes Kansas 16 Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS 54–63 3–1 12/09/87 yes yes Fordham Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY 76–71 2OT 4–1 12/12/87 yes yes UCLA Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 72–69 5–1 12/19/87 yes Niagara Alumni Hall Queens, NY 80–65 6–1 12/28/87 yes Marist Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal 66–59 7–1 12/30/87 yes Kansas 17 Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival Championship 70–56 8–1 01/04/88 Villanova Alumni Hall Queens, NY 62–69 8–2 0–1 01/09/88 yes 20 Pittsburgh 2 Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA 70–81 8–3 0–2 01/12/88 yes Rutgers Madison Square Garden New York, NY 73–55 9–3 01/16/88 Seton Hall Alumni Hall Queens, NY 71–70 10–3 1–2 01/20/88 yes Georgetown 15 Capital Centre Landover, MD 65–58 11–3 2–2 10,503 01/23/88 Connecticut Alumni Hall Queens, NY 79–72 12–3 3–2 01/27/88 yes Villanova 19 du Pont Pavilion Villanova, PA 60–55 13–3 4–2 01/30/88 yes Seton Hall Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, NJ 58–55 14–3 5–2 02/03/88 20 Pittsburgh 9 Alumni Hall Queens, NY 71–88 14–4 5–3 02/06/88 20 Syracuse 12 Madison Square Garden New York, NY 62–79 14–5 5–4 02/08/88 20 Boston College Alumni Hall Queens, NY 76–80 14–6 5–5 02/13/88 Providence Alumni Hall Queens, NY 88–67 15–6 6–5 02/17/88 yes Syracuse 12 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY 68–82 15–7 6–6 02/20/88 yes DePaul Madison Square Garden New York, NY 51–65 15–8 02/23/88 Georgetown Madison Square Garden New York, NY 69–66 16–8 7–6 17,892 02/27/88 yes Boston College Boston Garden Boston, MA 65–74 16–9 7–7 02/29/88 yes Connecticut Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT 77–62 17–9 8–7 03/05/88 yes Providence Providence Civic Center Providence, RI 81–90 17–10 8–8 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big East tournament 03/11/88 yes Villanova Madison Square Garden New York, NY Big East tournament Quarterfinal 68–71 17–11 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA Tournament 03/17/88 yes yes (6) Florida Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT NCAA First Round 59–62 17–12 Rankings 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings Team players drafted into the NBA Round Pick Player NBA club 2 27 Shelton Jones San Antonio Spurs References Category:St. John's Red Storm men's basketball seasons St. John's St. John's St John St John