1997–98 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1997–98 St. John's Red Storm basketball Big East Conference Big East 22–10 13–5 Fran Fraschilla 2nd Tom Billeter Ron Rutledge Darren Savino Tarik Turner Felipe Lopez Zendon Hamilton Alumni HallMadison Square Garden NCAA men's Division I tournament first round The 1997–98 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Fran Fraschilla in his second 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. Off season Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown NotesEd Brown 14 F 6'8" RS Freshman Copiague, New York Transferred to Rhode IslandMike Menniefield 21 F/C 6'8" Senior Greenville, South Carolina GraduatedCharles Minlend 34 F 6'6" RS Senior Cameroon, Africa Graduated Class of 1997 signees no no 1997 Ron Artest SF QueensbridgeQueensbridge, NY La Salle Academy 6 6 Reggie Jessie SF QueensbridgeQueensbridge, NY Bishop Loughlin High School 6 7 Shannon Crooks PG BostonBoston, MA Everett High School 6 2 James Felton PF BayonneBayonne, NJ Marist High School 6 9 Milos Dumic C BijeljinaBijeljina, Yugoslavia St. Joseph by the Sea High School 6 9 1997 St. John's Basketball Commitment List 1997 St. John's Basketball Commits ESPN yes Roster 1997 St. John's Red Storm y y Chudney Gray 3 G 6 3 SO Bronx, NY Rice Tarik Turner 4 G 6 5 SR Charlottesville, VA Oak Hill C Kareem Syed 10 G 6 5 SO Queens, NY Hillcrest W Collin Charles 11 G 5 11 SO Toronto, Ontario Eastern Commerce Felipe López y basketball 13 G 6 6 SR Santo Domingo, D.R. Rice C Ron Artest Metta World Peace y 15 G/F 6 6 FR Queensbridge, NY La Salle\ Milos Dumic 21 F/C 6 10 FR Bijeljina, Yugoslavia St. Joseph by the Sea Giovanni Soto 24 F 6 7 SR Far Rockaway, NY Park West W Lavor Postell y 25 G/F 6 5 SO Albany, GA Westover Shannon Crooks 30 G 6 2 FR Everett, MA Everett Zendon Hamilton y 31 C 6 11 SR Floral Park, NY Sewanhaka C Tyrone Grant y 32 F 6 7 JR Brooklyn, NY Grady Reggie Jessie 41 G/F 6 7 FR Queensbridge, NY Bishop Loughlin James Felton y F 6 9 FR Bayonne, NJ Marist HS (NJ) Fran Fraschilla (Brooklyn College, '80) Tom Billeter (Illinois, '83) Ron Rutledge (St. John's, '84) Darren Savino (Jersey City State, '93) Schedule and results no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season 11/15/97 yes Lafayette Alumni Hall Queens, NY 72-49 1-0 11/22/97 yes St. Francis (N.Y.) Alumni Hall Queens, NY 83-73 2-0 11/27/97 yes yes AUPR Eugene Guerra Sports Complex San Juan, PR Puerto Rico Shootout Opening Round 93-81 3-0 11/28/97 yes yes Georgia Tech Eugene Guerra Sports Complex San Juan, PR Puerto Rico Shootout Semifinal 65-77 3-1 11/29/97 yes yes Illinois Eugene Guerra Sports Complex San Juan, PR Puerto Rico Shootout Consolation 83-66 4-1 12/03/97 Syracuse Madison Square Garden New York, NY 73-80 4-2 (0-1) 12/06/97 yes West Virginia WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV 70-86 4-3 (0-2) 12/09/97 yes Colgate Alumni Hall Queens, NY 69-53 5-3 (0-2) 12/17/97 yes yes Manhattan Draddy Gymnasium New York, NY 84-60 6-3 (0-2) 12/20/97 yes DePaul Alumni Hall Queens, NY 74-70 2OT 7-3 (0-2) 12/26/97 yes Niagara Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal 63-86 7-4 (0-2) 12/27/97 yes Drexel Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival Consolation 75-46 8-4 (0-2) 12/30/97 yes Notre Dame Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN 79-69 9-4 (1-2) 01/03/98 Seton Hall Madison Square Garden New York, NY 59-61 9-5 (1-3) 01/06/98 yes yes Louisville Freedom Hall Louisville, KY 67-73 9-6 (1-3) 01/10/98 yes Georgetown MCI Center Washington, D.C. 66-60 10-6 (2-3) 01/13/98 Miami (F.L.) Alumni Hall Queens, NY 73-64 11-6 (3-3) 01/17/98 yes Providence Providence Civic Center Providence, RI 63-56 12-6 (4-3) 01/19/98 Connecticut 10 Madison Square Garden New York, NY 64-62 13-6 (5-3) 01/22/98 yes Pittsburgh Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA 90-83 2OT 14-6 (6-3) 01/25/98 Villanova Madison Square Garden New York, NY 82-59 15-6 (7-3) 01/28/98 Rutgers Madison Square Garden New York, NY 76-58 16-6 (8-3) 01/31/98 Notre Dame Madison Square Garden New York, NY 65-73 16-7 (8-4) 02/04/98 yes Boston College Silvio O. Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA 91-79 17-7 (9-4) 02/07/98 West Virginia 15 Alumni Hall Queens, NY 77-69 18-7 (10-4) 02/15/98 yes Seton Hall Continental Airlines Arena East Rutherford, NJ 64-60 19-7 (11-4) 02/18/98 Boston College Madison Square Garden New York, NY 66-61 20-7 (12-4) 02/24/98 yes Syracuse 23 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY 67-65 21-7 (13-4) 02/28/98 yes Connecticut 6 Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT 58-87 21-8 (13-5) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big East tournament 03/05/98 yes Boston College Madison Square Garden New York, NY Big East tournament quarterfinal 91-80 22-8 (13-5) 03/06/98 yes Syracuse 22 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Big East tournament semifinal 67-69 OT 22-9 (13-5) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA tournament 03/13/98 yes 7 MW Detroit Mercy 10 MW United Center Chicago, IL NCAA First Round 64-66 22-10 (13-5) Team players drafted into the NBA Round Pick Player NBA club 1 24 Felipe Lopez San Antonio Spurs traded to the Vancouver Grizzlies References Category:St. John's Red Storm men's basketball seasons St. John's St John St John St. John's