1979–80 St. John's Redmen basketball team

American college basketball season May 2026 March 2026 August 2023 1979–80 St. John's Redmen Basketball Big East Conference (1979–2013) Big East 13 13 24–5 5–1 Lou Carnesecca Carmine Calzonetti Ron Rutledge Reggie Carter Bernard Rencher Alumni HallMadison Square Garden Lapchick Memorial Champions ECAC Holiday Festival Champions Big East Regular Season Co-Champions 1980 NCAA tournament Second Round The 1979–80 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his 12th 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. Roster 1979 St. John's Red Storm y y Ray James - F 6 7 SO Brooklyn, NY Alexander Hamilton Ed Kennedy - G 5 9 SR Merrick, NY Maria Regina Curtis Redding - G/F 6 5 JR y Brooklyn, NY Canarsie/Kansas State George Garrison 4 G 6 0 FR Bellport, NY Bellport Bernard Rencher 5 G 6 1 SR y Elmhurst, NY Mater Christi/Notre Dame C David Russell basketball y 11 F 6 7 215 FR Bellport, NY Bellport Kevin Williams basketball y 12 G 6 2 175 FR New York, NY Charles E. Hughes Larry Washington 21 G 6 0 160 JR Brooklyn, NY Canarsie/Texas Tech yes Ron Plair 22 G/F 6 4 JR East Elmhurst, NY William C. Bryant Trevor Jackson 32 F/C 6 8 FR Rosedale, NY Springfield Gardens Reggie Carter y 35 G 6 3 SR y New York, NY Long Island Lutheran/Hawaii C Frank Gilroy 43 F 6 6 JR Whitesone, NY Holy Cross Tim Cluess y 44 G/F 6 6 SO West Hempstead, NY St. Agnes Wayne McKoy y 55 C 6 9 235 JR Bayside, NY Long Island Lutheran Lou Carnesecca (St. John's University, '50) Carmine Calzonetti Ron Rutledge Schedule and results no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season 11/30/79 yes 16 Oral Roberts Alumni Hall Queens, NY Lapchick Tournament Opening Round 90-78 1-0 12/01/79 yes 16 Michigan State Alumni Hall Queens, NY Lapchick Tournament Championship 88-73 2-0 12/04/79 yes yes 9 Tennessee Stokely Athletic Center Knoxville, TN 80-97 2-1 12/08/79 yes 9 Army Alumni Hall Queens, NY 84-61 3-1 12/11/79 yes 15 Columbia Alumni Hall Queens, NY 91-75 4-1 12/15/79 yes yes 15 Rutgers Rutgers Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ 75-64 5-1 12/23/79 yes 15 Centenary (LA) Alumni Hall Queens, NY 92-72 6-1 12/26/79 yes yes 15 Lafayette Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal 68-58 7-1 12/28/79 yes yes 15 Boston College Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival Championship 78-70 8-1 01/05/80 17 Connecticut Alumni Hall Queens, NY 83-73 9-1 (1-0) 01/08/80 yes yes 14 Princeton Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 44-42 10-1 01/12/80 14 Seton Hall Alumni Hall Queens, NY 97-64 11-1 (2-0) 01/14/80 yes 14 St. Joseph's Alumni Hall Queens, NY 72-55 12-1 01/16/80 yes 10 Boston College Roberts Center Chestnut Hill, MA 66-63 13-1 (3-0) 01/19/80 yes 10 Georgetown McDonough Gymnasium Washington, D.C. 71-69 14-1 (4-0) 01/22/80 yes 9 Manhattan Alumni Hall Queens, NY 88-64 15-1 01/24/80 yes 9 Davidson Alumni Hall Queens, NY 67-48 16-1 01/26/80 9 Villanova Alumni Hall Queens, NY 81-75 17-1 01/28/80 yes yes 9 Niagara Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY 87-63 18-1 02/01/80 yes yes 9 Rhode Island Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI 64-63 19-1 02/03/80 yes 9 Louisville 7 Alumni Hall Queens, NY 71-76 19-2 02/05/80 yes 8 Baltimore Alumni Hall Queens, NY 89-73 20-2 02/09/80 yes 8 Fordham Alumni Hall Queens, NY 78-60 21-2 02/16/80 7 Syracuse 2 Alumni Hall Queens, NY 71-72 21-3 (4-1) 02/19/80 yes yes 7 Temple The Palestra Philadelphia, PA 63-58 OT 22-3 02/23/80 yes 7 Providence Providence Civic Center Providence, RI 68-62 23-3 (5-1) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big East tournament 02/28/80 yes 8 Providence Providence Civic Center Providence, RI Big East tournament quarterfinal 48-44 24-3 02/29/80 yes 8 Georgetown 20 Providence Civic Center Providence, RI Big East tournament semifinal 66-76 24-4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA tournament 03/08/80 yes yes 13 (6) Purdue 20 Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN NCAA Second Round 72-87 24-5 Team players drafted into the NBA Round Pick Player NBA club 6 120 Bernard Rencher Chicago Bulls References Category:St. John's Red Storm men's basketball seasons St. John's St. John's St John St John