1989–90 St. John's Redmen basketball team

American college basketball season May 2026 March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1989–90 St. John's Redmen Big East Conference Big East 24–10 10–6 Lou Carnesecca Brian Mahoney Al LoBalbo Ron Rutledge Alumni HallMadison Square Garden Lapchick Memorial ChampionsPreseason NIT Runner Up NCAA men's Division I tournament second round The 1989–90 St. John's Redmen men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his twenty-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 Weight Year Hometown NotesKevin Fitzpatrick 15 G Senior GraduatedMatt Brust 23 G/F 6'4" RS Senior Graduated Class of 1989 signees no no 1989 David Cain PG BronxBronx, NY Adlai E. Stevenson High School 6 0 Carl Beckett SG QueensQueens, NY Christ the King High School 6 4 1989 St. John's Basketball Commitment List 1989 St. John's Basketball Commits ESPN yes Roster 1989 St. John's Red Storm y y Boo Harvey y 3 G 5 11 SR St. Albans, NY Andrew Jackson/San Jacinto Darrell Aiken 4 G 6 0 SR New York, NY John F. Kennedy/Westchester David Cain 5 G 6 0 FR Bronx, NY Adlai E. Stevenson Terrence Mullin 10 G 6 0 SO Brooklyn, NY Xaverian Jayson Williams y 11 F/C 6 10 SR New York, NY Christ the King y Jason Buchanan 12 G 6 2 SO Syracuse, NY Nottingham Barry Milhaven 13 G/F 6 5 SR Port Washington, NY Schreiber/Nassau Malik Sealy y 21 F 6 8 SO Bronx, NY St. Nicholas of Tolentine Chucky Sproling 22 G/F 6 4 SO Denver, CO Manual Charles Bemak 23 G 5 10 FR Philadelphia, PA Northeast Catholic High School Chris Pursoo 24 G 6 0 SO Westbury, NY Long Island Lutheran W Carl Beckett 30 G/F 6 4 FR New York, NY Christ the King I Billy Singleton y 33 F 6 6 JR Bronx, NY Adlai E. Stevenson Robert Werdann y 41 C 6 11 SO Sunnyside, NY Archbishop Molloy Sean Muto 50 C 6 11 JR 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 11/16/89 yes 25 North Carolina A&T Alumni Hall Queens, NY Dodge Preseason NIT First Round 64-57 1-0 11/18/89 yes 25 Houston Alumni Hall Queens, NY Dodge Preseason NIT Quarterfinal 76-69 2-0 11/22/89 yes 25 DePaul Madison Square Garden New York, NY Dodge Preseason NIT Semifinal 53-52 3-0 11/24/89 yes 25 Kansas Madison Square Garden New York, NY Dodge Preseason NIT Championship 57-66 3-1 12/02/89 yes 20 San Diego Alumni Hall Queens, NY Lapchick Tournament Opening Round 74-59 4-1 12/03/89 yes 20 Wright State Alumni Hall Queens, NY Lapchick Tournament Championship 76-56 5-1 12/05/89 yes yes 15 North Carolina State 19 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC ACC-Big East Challenge 58-67 5-2 12/09/89 yes 15 Hofstra Alumni Hall Queens, NY 58-47 6-2 12/12/89 yes 18 Fordham Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY 68-60 7-2 12/16/89 yes 18 Manhattan Alumni Hall Queens, NY 68-52 8-2 12/23/89 yes 19 Niagara Alumni Hall Queens, NY 83-51 9-2 12/27/89 yes 17 Howard Alumni Hall Queens, NY 77-65 10-2 12/29/89 yes 17 Davidson Alumni Hall Queens, NY 83-65 11-2 01/02/90 16 Connecticut Alumni Hall Queens, NY 93-62 12-2 (1-0) 01/06/90 yes 16 Boston College Silvio O. Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA 77-65 13-2 (2-0) 01/10/90 yes 15 Syracuse 6 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY 72-81 13-3 (2-1) 01/13/90 15 Pittsburgh Madison Square Garden New York, NY 71-70 14-3 (3-1) 01/16/90 yes 15 Villanova The Spectrum Philadelphia, PA 64-58 15-3 (4-1) 01/20/90 15 Boston College Alumni Hall Queens, NY 65-59 16-3 (5-1) 01/24/90 yes 15 Providence Providence Civic Center Providence, RI 83-75 17-3 (6-1) 01/27/90 yes 15 Connecticut 20 Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT 58-72 17-4 (6-2) 01/29/90 15 Syracuse 11 Madison Square Garden New York, NY 65-70 17-5 (6-3) 02/03/90 18 Georgetown 6 Madison Square Garden New York, NY 67-74 17-6 (6-4) 02/06/90 yes 24 Rutgers Madison Square Garden New York, NY 89-77 18-6 02/10/90 24 Villanova Madison Square Garden New York, NY 83-69 19-6 (7-4) 02/14/90 yes 24 Seton Hall Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, NJ 90-81 OT 20-6 (8-4) 02/17/90 24 Providence Alumni Hall Queens, NY 74-77 20-7 (8-5) 02/21/90 yes Georgetown 5 Capital Centre Landover, MD 63-62 21-7 (9-5) 02/24/90 yes DePaul Madison Square Garden New York, NY 77-74 22-7 02/26/90 yes Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Civic Arena Pittsburgh, PA 76-75 23-7 (10-5) 03/02/90 Seton Hall Alumni Hall Queens, NY 65-71 23-8 (10-6) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big East tournament 03/09/90 Villanova Madison Square Garden New York, NY Big East tournament Quarterfinal 60-70 23-9 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA tournament 03/16/90 yes (11) Temple Omni Coliseum Atlanta, GA NCAA First Round 81-65 24-9 03/18/90 yes (3) Duke 15 Omni Coliseum Atlanta, GA NCAA Second Round 72-76 24-10 Rankings 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings AP 0 17 25 20 15 18 19 17 16 15 15 15 18 24 24 NR NR NR NR NR Coaches 0 17 NR NR NR NR 19 NR NR 16 17 17 19 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Team players drafted into the NBA Round Pick Player NBA club 1 21 Jayson Williams Phoenix Suns, traded to Philadelphia 76ers References Category:St. John's Red Storm men's basketball seasons St. John's St. John's St John St JOhn