1984–85 St. John's Redmen basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1984–85 St. John's Redmen Basketball Big East Conference Big East 3 3 31–4 15–1 Lou Carnesecca Brian Mahoney Al LoBalbo Ron Rutledge Alumni HallMadison Square Garden Big East tournament runner-up Big East regular-season champions Lapchick Memorial champions ECAC Holiday Festival champions NCAA men's Division I tournament Final Four The 1984–85 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his seventeenth year at the school. Home games were played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden and the team was a member of the Big East Conference. The team finished 31–4, with three of the four losses coming to Georgetown. In the NCAA tournament St John's advanced to the Final Four with wins over Southern, Arkansas, Kentucky and NC State. This was the Redmen's first trip to the Final Four since 1952. Roster 1984 St. John's Redmen y y John Hempel - F 6 7 225 JR Linden, NJ Union Catholic/UMass yes Terry Bross y 10 C 6 8 215 FR Somerville, NJ Immaculata Ron Rowan y 12 G/F 6 4 200 JR y Beaver Falls, PA Beaver Falls/Notre Dame Mark Jackson basketball y 13 G 6 3 195 SO Brooklyn, NY Bishop Loughlin Chris Mullin basketball y 20 G/F 6 6 205 SR Brooklyn, NY Power Memorial/Xaverian C Walter Berry basketball y 21 F 6 8 215 SO Bronx, NY Benjamin Franklin/San Jacinto Bill Wennington y 23 C 7 0 245 SR Wheatley Heights, NY Long Island Lutheran C Mike Moses 24 G 5 11 160 SR y New York, NY Tolentine/Florida Willie Glass 30 G/F 6 5 205 SO Atlantic City, NJ Atlantic City Shelton Jones y 31 F 6 7 190 FR Amityville, NY Amityville Memorial Ron Stewart 33 F 6 8 212 SR Brentwood, NY Brentwood C Steve Shurina y 40 G 6 4 185 FR Woodside, NY St. Francis Prep Bob Antonelli 44 G 6 3 175 SR Nanticoke, PA Nanticoke/Wilkes Robert Cornegy y 52 F/C 6 11 210 FR y Cambria Heights, NY Andrew Jackson Lou Carnesecca (St. John's University, '50) Brian Mahoney Al LoBalbo Ron Rutledge Schedule and results yes no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season November 30, 1984 7:00p.m. yes 3 Lafayette Alumni Hall Queens, NY Joe Lapchick Memorial Tournament semifinal 93–47 1–0 6,158 December 1, 1984 9:00p.m. yes 3 St. Bonaventure Alumni Hall Queens, NY Joe Lapchick Memorial Tournament final 58–57 2–0 6,287 December 5, 1984 8:00p.m. yes 3 Fordham Alumni Hall Queens, NY 47–46 3–0 6,250 December 9, 1984 1:30p.m. yes yes 3 Rutgers Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, NJ USA 77–61 4–0 9,178 December 12, 1984 7:30p.m. yes yes 4 Davidson Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC 77–51 5–0 3,512 December 15, 1984 9:00p.m. yes yes 4 Niagara Niagara Falls Convention Center Niagara Falls, NY 59–62 5–1 6,000 December 22, 1984 1:00p.m. yes 8 UCLA Madison Square Garden New York, NY CBS 88–69 6–1 15,256 December 27, 1984 7:00p.m. yes yes 5 Old Dominion Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival semifinal MSG 77–66 7–1 12,570 December 29, 1984 2:30p.m. yes yes 5 NC State 14 Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival championship MSG 66–56 8–1 15,090 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"|Big East regular season January 2, 1985 8:00p.m. yes 4 Connecticut Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT TCS/Metrosports 57–51 9–1 1–0 12,924 January 5, 1985 8:00p.m. 4 Seton Hall Alumni Hall Queens, NY TCS/MetroSports 73–57 10–1 2–0 6,373 January 7, 1985 8:00p.m. 4 Villanova Alumni Hall Queens, NY ESPN, TCS/MetroSports 76–71 11–1 3–0 6,492 January 14, 1985 8:00p.m. yes 3 Pittsburgh Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA ESPN, TCS/MetroSports 87–56 12–1 4–0 6,670 January 19, 1985 1:30p.m. yes 4 Boston College 15 Boston Garden Boston, MA CBS 66–59 13–1 5–0 11,325 January 23, 1985 8:00p.m. 2 Syracuse 11 Madison Square Garden New York, NY USA, TCS/MetroSports 82–80 OT 14–1 6–0 19,591 January 26, 1985 2:00p.m. yes 2 Georgetown 1 Capital Centre Landover, MD CBS 66–65 15–1 7–0 19,035 January 30, 1985 8:00p.m. yes 1 Providence Providence Civic Center Providence, RI USA, TCS/MetroSports 77–60 16–1 8–0 10,426 February 2, 1985 12:00p.m. 1 Connecticut Alumni Hall Queens, NY TCS MetroSports 97–64 17–1 9–0 6,192 February 4, 1985 8:00p.m. yes 1 Seton Hall Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, NJ ESPN, TCS/MetroSports 87–76 18–1 10–0 3,450 February 9, 1985 2:00p.m. yes 1 Villanova 19 Spectrum Philadelphia, PA CBS 70–68 19–1 11–0 18,202 February 12, 1985 7:30p.m. yes yes 1 Columbia Levien Gymnasium New York, NY 68–49 20–1 3,509 February 15, 1985 8:00p.m. 1 Pittsburgh Alumni Hall Queens, NY TCS/MetroSports 84–63 21–1 12–0 6,511 February 17, 1985 2:00p.m. yes 1 DePaul Alumni Hall Queens, NY NBC 93–80 22–1 6,597 February 20, 1985 8:00p.m. 1 Boston College 20 Alumni Hall Queens, NY USA, TCS/MetroSports 71–69 23–1 13–0 6,569 February 23, 1985 1:30p.m. yes 1 Syracuse 7 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY CBS 88–83 24–1 14–0 32,485 February 27, 1985 9:00p.m. 1 Georgetown 2 Madison Square Garden New York, NY ESPN 69–85 24–2 14–1 19,591 March 2, 1985 12:00p.m. 1 Providence Alumni Hall Queens, NY TCS/MetroSports 72–53 25–2 15–1 6,545 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big East tournament March 7, 1985 7:00p.m. yes 1 2 Providence 8 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Quarterfinals TCS/MetroSports 90–62 26–2 19,591 March 8, 1985 9:00p.m. yes 1 2 Villanova 4 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Semifinals TCS/MetroSports 89–74 27–2 19,591 March 9, 1985 8:00p.m. yes 1 2 Georgetown 2 1 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Championship ESPN, TCS/MetroSports 80–92 27–3 19,591 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA tournament March 14, 1985 2:07p.m. yes yes 1 W 3 Southern 16 W Special Events Center Salt Lake City, UT First round ESPN, NCAA Productions 83–59 28–3 6,927 March 16, 1985 4:30p.m. yes yes 1 W 3 Arkansas 9 W Special Events Center Salt Lake City, UT Second round CBS 68–65 29–3 9,226 March 22, 1985 10:09p.m. yes yes 1 W 3 Kentucky 12 W McNichols Arena Denver, CO Sweet Sixteen CBS 86–70 30–3 17,022 March 24, 1985 4:03p.m. yes yes 1 W 3 NC State 3 W 16 McNichols Arena Denver, CO Elite Eight CBS 69–60 31–3 17,022 March 30, 1985 6:12p.m. yes yes 1 W 3 Georgetown 1 E 1 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY Final Four CBS 59–77 31–4 23,135 AP Poll Eastern Time W West Region E East Region 1984–85 St. John's Redmen, College Basketball @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-Nov-11. Rankings 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. RV=Received votes. Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Final AP 7 3 3 4 8 5 4 3 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 UPI 3 3 4 8 8 4 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 Player statistics Player G GS MIN FG FGA Pct. FT FTA Pct. REB PF AST TO BLK STL PTS Avg. Chris Mullin 35 35 37.9 7.2 13.8 .521 5.5 6.7 .824 169 68 151 90 17 73 694 19.8 Walter Berry 35 35 34.3 6.6 11.8 .558 3.8 5.3 .717 304 89 34 86 45 29 596 17.0 Bill Wennington 35 35 31.4 4.8 8.0 .602 2.9 3.6 .816 224 119 55 57 51 21 438 12.5 Willie Glass 35 35 23.7 2.7 4.8 .563 1.7 2.7 .611 113 58 49 48 13 24 246 7.0 Mike Moses 33 33 24.4 2.1 4.4 .483 1.6 2.0 .788 34 74 129 67 2 36 192 5.8 Mark Jackson 35 2 17.2 1.6 2.9 .564 1.9 2.6 .725 44 44 109 54 4 25 180 5.1 Ron Rowan 28 0 11.0 1.3 2.9 .463 0.9 1.2 .758 27 35 20 28 0 15 99 3.5 Shelton Jones 32 0 9.9 1.0 1.8 .542 0.8 1.3 .619 52 30 18 24 11 7 90 2.8 Bob Antonelli 3 0 2.3 1.0 1.7 .600 0.0 0.0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.0 Ron Stewart 35 0 11.5 0.7 1.5 .453 0.6 1.1 .553 55 53 13 0 4 7 69 2.0 Steve Shurina 17 0 3.5 0.2 0.4 .667 0.5 0.6 .818 7 0 5 0 0 0 17 1.0 Terry Bross 17 0 3.4 0.3 0.5 .556 0.4 0.5 .778 15 11 2 3 2 2 17 1.0 Rob Cornegy 14 0 2.3 0.1 0.4 .333 0.1 0.1 .500 5 8 1 5 1 1 5 0.4 St. John's 35 27.9 51.6 .542 19.8 26.6 .744 1055 590 586 2649 75.7 Opponents 35 26.3 57.5 .457 12.1 17.2 .701 1043 671 454 2263 64.7 Local radio StationPlay–by–playColor analystStudio host WCBS–AM 880 Spencer Ross Team players drafted into the NBA 1985 NBA draft St. John's Redmen Round Pick Player NBA club 1 7 Chris Mullin Golden State Warriors 1 16 Bill Wennington Dallas Maverickshttps://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1985.html 1985 NBA Draft Basketball-reference.com March 6, 2022 References Category:St. John's Red Storm men's basketball seasons St. John's Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons St. John's St John St John