1985–86 St. John's Redmen basketball team

American college basketball season May 2026 March 2026 August 2023 1985–86 St. John's Redmen Basketball Big East Conference (1979–2013) Big East 3 4 31–5 14–2 Lou Carnesecca Brian Mahoney Al LoBalbo Ron Rutledge Alumni HallMadison Square Garden Big East tournament Champions Big East Regular Season Co-ChampionsLapchick Memorial Champions ECAC Holiday Festival Champions NCAA men's Division I tournament second round The 1985–86 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his eighteenth 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. St John's made the NCAA Tournament but lost in the second round to Auburn 83–65. Roster 1985 St. John's Red Storm y y Matt Brust - G/F 6 4 SO Babylon, NY Babylon/North Carolina yes Terry Bross y 10 C 6 9 SO Somerville, NJ Immaculata Ron Rowan y 12 G/F 6 4 SR y Beaver Falls, PA Beaver Falls/Notre Dame Mark Jackson basketball y 13 G 6 3 JR Brooklyn, NY Bishop Loughlin C Marco Baldi 14 C 6 11 FR Aosta, Italy Long Island Lutheran Walter Berry basketball y 21 F 6 8 JR Bronx, NY Benjamin Franklin/San Jacinto C Willie Glass 30 G/F 6 5 JR Atlantic City, NJ Atlantic City C Shelton Jones y 31 F 6 9 SO Amityville, NY Amityville Memorial John Hempel 33 F 6 7 JR y Linden, NJ Union Catholic/UMass Steve Shurina y 40 G 6 4 SO Woodside, NY St. Francis Prep 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 11/22/85 yes yes Navy 19 Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT Big Apple NIT First Round 66-58 1-0 11/24/85 yes yes West Virginia Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT Big Apple NIT Quarterfinal 65-58 2-0 11/29/85 yes yes 18 Duke 6 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Big Apple NIT Semifinal 70-71 2-1 12/01/85 yes yes 18 Louisville 9 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Big Apple NIT Consolation 86-79 3-1 12/03/85 yes 15 Wagner Alumni Hall Queens, NY 85-55 4-1 12/06/85 yes 15 Columbia Alumni Hall Queens, NY Laphick Tournament Opening Round 80-58 5-1 12/07/85 yes 15 Fairleigh Dickinson Alumni Hall Queens, NY Laphick Tournament Championship 88-56 6-1 12/11/85 yes 14 Marist Alumni Hall Queens, NY 62-48 7-1 12/14/85 yes yes 14 UCLA Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 69-65 8-1 12/21/85 yes 11 Niagara Alumni Hall Queens, NY 104-61 9-1 12/23/85 yes 11 Monmouth Alumni Hall Queens, NY 98-58 10-1 12/26/85 yes 11 James Madison Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal 79-57 11-1 12/28/85 yes 11 St. Bonaventure Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival Championship 85-69 12-1 01/02/86 yes 10 Providence Providence Civic Center Providence, RI 95-90 OT 13-1 (1-0) 01/04/86 10 Pittsburgh Alumni Hall Queens, NY 78-75 14-1 (2-0) 01/07/86 yes 10 Boston College Boston Garden Boston, MA 77-79 OT 14-2 (2-1) 01/11/86 10 Georgetown 13 Madison Square Garden New York, NY 79-74 15-2 (3-1) 01/15/86 yes 9 Seton Hall Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, NJ 74-58 16-2 (4-1) 01/18/86 yes 9 Connecticut Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT 61-60 17-2 (5-1) 01/22/86 yes 8 Fordham Madison Square Garden New York, NY 56-47 18-2 01/25/86 yes 8 Pittsburgh Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA 68-67 19-2 (6-1) 01/29/86 7 Villanova Alumni Hall Queens, NY 81-61 20-2 (7-1) 02/01/86 yes 7 Syracuse 11 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY 64-68 20-3 (7-2) 02/03/86 7 Providence Alumni Hall Queens, NY 85-61 21-3 (8-2) 02/08/86 10 Boston College Alumni Hall Queens, NY 87-75 22-3 (9-2) 02/10/86 yes 10 Georgetown 11 Capital Centre Landover, MD 60-58 23-3 (10-2) 02/15/86 7 Connecticut Alumni Hall Queens, NY 74-54 24-3 (11-2) 02/18/86 yes 6 Villanova du Pont Pavilion Villanova, PA 79-76 25-3 (12-2) 02/22/86 yes yes 6 DePaul Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, IL 72-81 25-4 02/26/86 8 Syracuse 6 Madison Square Garden New York, NY 86-79 26-4 (13-2) 03/01/86 8 Seton Hall Alumni Hall Queens, NY 82-70 27-4 (14-2) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big East tournament 03/06/86 yes 5 Seton Hall Madison Square Garden New York, NY Big East tournament quarterfinal 87-68 28-4 03/07/86 yes 5 Villanova Madison Square Garden New York, NY Big East tournament semifinal 75-64 29-4 03/08/86 yes 5 Syracuse 8 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Big East tournament Championship 70-69 30-4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA Tournament 03/14/86 yes yes 4 (16) Montana State Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA NCAA First Round 83-74 31-4 03/16/86 yes yes 4 (8) Auburn Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA NCAA Second Round 65-81 31-5 Rankings 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings Awards and honors Walter Berry – Consensus First-team All-American, Single season school record for scoring and blocks Mark Jackson – NCAA Assists leader, Honorable Mention AP All-American, Single game and season school records for assists Team players drafted into the NBA Round Pick Player NBA club 1 14 Walter Berry Portland Trail Blazers traded to the San Antonio Spurs 3 67 Ron Rowan Philadelphia 76ers References Category:St. John's Red Storm men's basketball seasons St. John's St. John's St John St John