1988–89 St. John's Redmen basketball team

American college basketball season May 2026 March 2026 August 2023 1988–89 St. John's Redmen Basketball Big East Conference (1979–2013) Big East 20–13 6–10 Lou Carnesecca Brian Mahoney Al LoBalbo Ron Rutledge Alumni HallMadison Square Garden NIT champions Lapchick Memorial Champions NIT Championship W Won 73–65 vs. Saint Louis The 1988–89 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his twenty first 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 Weight Year Hometown NotesMarcus Broadnax 5 G 6'2" Sophomore Transferred to UABTerry Bross 10 C 6'9" Senior Graduated. Entered 1987 MLB draftMarco Baldi 14 C 6'11" Junior Entered Italian basketball leagueElander Lewis 22 G 6'4" Sophomore Transferred. VCUShelton Jones 31 F 6'9" Senior Graduated. Entered 1988 NBA draftSteve Shurina 40 G 6'4" Senior GraduatedMichael Porter G 6'0" Junior Entered CBA Class of 1988 signees no no 1988 Malik Sealy SF BronxBronx, NY St. Nicholas of Tolentine High School 6 8 Robert Werdann C SunnysideSunnyside, NY Archbishop Molloy High School 6 11 Jason Buchanan PG SyracuseSyracuse, NY Nottingham High School 6 2 Chucky Sproling SG DenverDenver, CO Manual High School 6 4 Terence Mullin SG BrooklynBrooklyn, NY Xaverian High School 6 0 1988 St. John's Basketball Commitment List 1988 St. John's Basketball Commits ESPN yes Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown NotesDarrell Aiken 5 SG 6'0" Junior Transferred from Westchester Community College.Barry Milhaven 13 SF 6'5" Junior Transferred from Nassau Community College. Roster 1988 St. John's Red Storm y y Boo Harvey y 3 G 5 11 SR St. Albans, NY Andrew Jackson/San Jacinto I Darrell Aiken 5 G 6 0 JR New York, NY John F. Kennedy/Westchester Terence Mullin 10 G 6 0 FR Brooklyn, NY Xaverian Jayson Williams y 11 F/C 6 10 JR New York, NY Christ the King Jason Buchanan 12 G 6 0 FR Syracuse, NY Nottingham Barry Milhaven 13 F 6 5 JR Port Washington, NY Schreiber/Nassau Kevin Fitzpatrick 15 G 6 1 SR Jackson Heights, NY St. Francis Prep C Malik Sealy y 21 F 6 8 FR Bronx, NY St. Nicholas of Tolentine Chucky Sproling 22 G/F 6 4 FR Denver, CO Manual I Matt Brust 23 G/F 6 4 SR y Babylon, NY Babylon/North Carolina C Chris Pursoo 24 G 6 0 FR Westbury, NY Long Island Lutheran W Billy Singleton y 33 F 6 6 SO Bronx, NY Adlai E. Stevenson Robert Werdann y 41 C 6 11 FR Sunnyside, NY Archbishop Molloy Sean Muto 50 C 6 11 SO 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 11/25/88 yes Long Island University Alumni Hall Queens, NY Lapchick Tournament Opening Round 71-55 1-0 11/26/88 yes Brigham Young Alumni Hall Queens, NY Lapchick Tournament Championship 83-77 2-0 11/30/88 yes Fairleigh Dickinson Alumni Hall Queens, NY 86-55 3-0 12/03/88 yes Hawaii Alumni Hall Queens, NY 65-60 4-0 12/07/88 yes Fordham Alumni Hall Queens, NY 67-47 5-0 12/10/88 Seton Hall 20 Alumni Hall Queens, NY 63-74 5-1 (0-1) 12/17/88 yes yes Manhattan Draddy Gymnasium Bronx, NY 71-54 6-1 12/23/88 yes yes Niagara Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY 63-68 6-2 12/27/88 yes Fordham Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival Opening Round 84-59 7-2 12/29/88 yes Ohio State 15 Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival Championship 72-77 7-3 01/03/89 yes Providence Providence Civic Center Providence, RI 69-98 7-4 (0-2) 01/07/89 Villanova Alumni Hall Queens, NY 81-62 8-4 (1-2) 01/10/89 Connecticut Alumni Hall Queens, NY 71-63 9-4 (2-2) 01/14/89 Syracuse 4 Madison Square Garden New York, NY 65-63 10-4 (3-2) 01/18/89 yes yes Rutgers Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, NJ 62-61 11-4 01/21/89 yes Boston College Silvio O. Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA 74-66 12-4 (4-2) 01/23/89 yes Georgetown 3 Capital Centre Landover, MD 64-75 12-5 (4-3) 01/28/89 yes Connecticut Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT 52-80 12-6 (4-4) 01/30/89 Pittsburgh Alumni Hall Queens, NY 81-85 OT 12-7 (4-5) 02/01/89 Providence Alumni Hall Queens, NY 87-73 13-7 (5-5) 02/11/89 yes Syracuse 9 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY 69-92 13-8 (5-6) 02/14/89 yes Pittsburgh Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA 77-87 13-9 (5-7) 02/18/89 yes DePaul Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, IL 67-64 14-9 02/21/89 yes Seton Hall 15 Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, NJ 60-63 14-10 (5-8) 02/25/89 Georgetown 3 Madison Square Garden New York, NY 55-63 14-11 (5-9) 02/27/89 Boston College Alumni Hall Queens, NY 62-59 OT 15-11 (6-9) 03/04/89 yes Villanova du Pont Pavilion Villanova, PA 60-74 15-12 (6-10) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big East tournament 03/09/89 yes Boston College Madison Square Garden New York, NY Big East tournament first round 74-81 15-13 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NIT 03/15/89 Mississippi Alumni Hall Queens, NY NIT First Round 70-67 16-13 03/21/89 Oklahoma State Alumni Hall Queens, NY NIT Second Round 76-64 17-13 03/23/89 yes Ohio State St. John Arena Columbus, OH NIT Quarterfinal 83-80 OT 18-13 03/27/89 yes Alabama-Birmingham Madison Square Garden New York, NY NIT Semifinal 76-65 19-13 03/29/89 yes St. Louis Madison Square Garden New York, NY NIT Championship 73-65 20-13 References Category:St. John's Red Storm men's basketball seasons St. John's St. John's Category:National Invitation Tournament championship seasons St John St John