1986–87 St. John's Redmen basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1986–87 St. John's Redmen Basketball Big East Conference (1979–2013) Big East 21–9 10–6 Lou Carnesecca Brian Mahoney Al LoBalbo Ron Rutledge Alumni HallMadison Square Garden Lapchick Memorial ChampionsECAC Holiday Festival Champions NCAA men's Division I tournament second round The 1986–87 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his nineteenth 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. In the NCAA Tournament St. John's lost in the second round to DePaul 83–75 in overtime. Roster 1986 St. John's Red Storm y y John Hempel 4 F 6 7 SR Linden, NJ Union Catholic/UMass Marcus Broadnax 5 G 6 2 FR Fort Walton Beach, FL Fort Walton Beach Terry Bross y 10 C 6 9 JR Somerville, NJ Immaculata Jayson Williams y 11 F/C 6 8 FR New York, NY Christ the King I Mark Jackson basketball y 13 G 6 3 SR St. Albans, NY Bishop Loughlin C Marco Baldi 14 C 6 11 SO Aosta, Italy Long Island Lutheran Kevin Fitzpatrick 15 G 6 1 SO Jackson Heights, NY St. Francis Prep Elander Lewis 22 G 6 3 FR Albany, NY Albany High School Matt Brust 23 G/F 6 3 SO y Babylon, NY Babylon/North Carolina Willie Glass 30 G/F 6 6 SR Atlantic City, NJ Atlantic City C Shelton Jones y 31 F 6 9 JR Amityville, NY Amityville Memorial Steve Shurina y 40 G 6 4 JR 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 11/28/86 yes Southern Alumni Hall Queens, NY Lapchick Tournament Opening Round 126–81St. John's Cruises in Tourney Opener https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/29/sports/st-john-s-cruises-in-tourney-opener.html The New York Times November 29, 1986 May 6, 2022St. John's 126, Southern 81 https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/11/29/Willie-Glass-hit-14-of-19-shots-from-the/2996533624400/ UPI Archives November 29, 1986 May 6, 2022 1–0 11/29/86 yes Youngstown State Alumni Hall Queens, NY Lapchick Tournament Championship 75-65 2-0 12/02/86 yes Fordham Alumni Hall Queens, NY 80-61 3-0 12/06/86 yes Wagner Alumni Hall Queens, NY 102-69 4-0 12/11/86 Seton Hall Alumni Hall Queens, NY 72-69 5-0 (1-0) 12/13/86 yes UCLA 11 Madison Square Garden New York, NY 70-63 6-0 12/20/86 yes yes 15 Niagara Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY 66-58 7-0 12/27/86 yes 15 Virginia Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal 64-58 8-0 12/29/86 yes 15 Georgia Tech 19 Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival Championship 62-53 9-0 01/04/87 yes 10 Villanova du Pont Pavilion Villanova, PA 54-62 9-1 (1-1) 01/07/87 yes 10 Georgetown 16 Capital Centre Landover, MD 46-60 9-2 (1-2) 01/10/87 10 Boston College Alumni Hall Queens, NY 62-58 10-2 (2-2) 01/14/87 yes 13 Brooklyn College Alumni Hall Queens, NY 70-48 11-2 01/17/87 yes 13 Connecticut Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT 69-54 12-2 (3-2) 01/19/87 yes 13 Pittsburgh 18 Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA 63-62 13-2 (4-2) 01/24/87 yes 14 Syracuse 7 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY 63-64 13-3 (4-3) 01/27/87 15 Villanova Alumni Hall Queens, NY 61-58 14-3 (5-3) 01/31/87 yes 15 Providence Providence Civic Center Providence, RI 81-93 OT 14-4 (5-4) 02/02/87 15 Georgetown 11 Madison Square Garden New York, NY 67-65 OT 15-4 (6-4) 02/06/87 yes 19 Boston College Boston Garden Boston, MA 65-50 16-4 (7-4) 02/10/87 yes 16 Seton Hall Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, NJ 60-57 OT 17-4 (8-4) 02/14/87 16 Providence 20 Alumni Hall Queens, NY 78-79 17-5 (8-5) 02/16/87 yes 16 Fairleigh Dickinson Madison Square Garden New York, NY 63-59 18-5 02/18/87 20 Connecticut Alumni Hall Queens, NY 76-55 19-5 (9-5) 02/21/87 yes 20 Kansas 15 Madison Square Garden New York, NY 60-62 19-6 02/25/87 Syracuse 11 Madison Square Garden New York, NY 80-88 19-7 (9-6) 02/28/87 Pittsburgh 9 Alumni Hall Queens, NY 76-74 20-7 (10-6) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big East tournament 03/06/87 yes Providence Madison Square Garden New York, NY Big East tournament Quarterfinal 51-80 20-8 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA Tournament 03/13/87 yes yes (11) Wichita State Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, IL NCAA First Round 57-55St. John's Wins On Baldi's Shot With 2 Seconds Left https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/14/sports/midwest-regional-st-john-s-wins-on-baldi-s-shot-with-2-seconds-left.html The New York Times March 14, 1987 February 6, 2022 21-8 03/15/87 yes yes (3) DePaul 5 Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, IL NCAA Second Round 75-83 OTDePaul Tops Redmen in Overtime https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/16/sports/depaul-tops-redmen-overtime-georgetown-erases-15-point-lead-demons-tie-late-foul.html The New York Times March 16, 1987 February 6, 2022 21-9 Rankings 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings Awards and honors Mark Jackson – Consensus Second-team All-American Team players drafted into the NBA Round Pick Player NBA club 1 18 Mark Jackson New York Knicks 3 69 Willie Glass Los Angeles Lakers References Category:St. John's Red Storm men's basketball seasons St. John's St. John's St John St John