1985–86 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1985–86 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
1985–86 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Big East tournament Champions ; Big East Regular Season Co-Champions; Lapchick Memorial Champions; ECAC Holiday Festival Champions
NCAA men's Division I tournament, second round
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 4
Record	31–5 (14–2 Big East)
Head coach	Lou Carnesecca;
Assistant coaches	Brian Mahoney; Al LoBalbo; Ron Rutledge;
Home arena	Alumni Hall; Madison Square Garden
	Seasons ← 1984–85 1986–87 →

1985–86 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 St. John's †	14	–	2	.875	31	–	5	.861
No. 9 Syracuse	14	–	2	.875	26	–	6	.813
No. 13 Georgetown	11	–	5	.688	24	–	8	.750
Villanova	10	–	6	.625	23	–	14	.622
Providence	7	–	9	.438	17	–	14	.548
Pittsburgh	6	–	10	.375	15	–	14	.517
Boston College	4	–	12	.250	13	–	15	.464
Connecticut	3	–	13	.188	12	–	16	.429
Seton Hall	3	–	13	.188	14	–	18	.438

† 1986 Big East tournament winner As of March 31, 1986^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Roster

1985–86 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G/F	-	Matt Brust	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	So	Babylon/North Carolina	Babylon, NY
C	10	Terry Bross	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	So	Immaculata	Somerville, NJ
G/F	12	Ron Rowan	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	RS Sr	Beaver Falls/Notre Dame	Beaver Falls, PA
G	13	Mark Jackson (C)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Jr	Bishop Loughlin	Brooklyn, NY
C	14	Marco Baldi	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	Fr	Long Island Lutheran	Aosta, Italy
F	21	Walter Berry (C)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Jr	Benjamin Franklin/San Jacinto	Bronx, NY
G/F	30	Willie Glass (C)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Jr	Atlantic City	Atlantic City, NJ
F	31	Shelton Jones	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	So	Amityville Memorial	Amityville, NY
F	33	John Hempel	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	RS Jr	Union Catholic/Massachusetts	Linden, NJ
G	40	Steve Shurina	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	So	St. Francis Prep	Woodside, NY

Head coach

Lou Carnesecca (St. John's University)

Assistant coach(es)

Brian Mahoney
Al LoBalbo
Ron Rutledge

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
11/22/85*		vs. No. 19 Navy Big Apple NIT First Round	W 66-58	1-0	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT
11/24/85*		vs. West Virginia Big Apple NIT Quarterfinal	W 65-58	2-0	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT
11/29/85*	No. 18	vs. No. 6 Duke Big Apple NIT Semifinal	L 70-71	2-1	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
12/01/85*	No. 18	vs. No. 9 Louisville Big Apple NIT Consolation	W 86-79	3-1	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
12/03/85*	No. 15	Wagner	W 85-55	4-1	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/06/85*	No. 15	Columbia Laphick Tournament Opening Round	W 80-58	5-1	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/07/85*	No. 15	Fairleigh Dickinson Laphick Tournament Championship	W 88-56	6-1	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/11/85*	No. 14	Marist	W 62-48	7-1	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/14/85*	No. 14	at UCLA	W 69-65	8-1	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
12/21/85*	No. 11	Niagara	W 104-61	9-1	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/23/85*	No. 11	Monmouth	W 98-58	10-1	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/26/85*	No. 11	James Madison ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal	W 79-57	11-1	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
12/28/85*	No. 11	St. Bonaventure ECAC Holiday Festival Championship	W 85-69	12-1	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/02/86	No. 10	at Providence	W 95-90 ^OT	13-1 (1-0)	Providence Civic Center Providence, RI
01/04/86	No. 10	Pittsburgh	W 78-75	14-1 (2-0)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/07/86	No. 10	at Boston College	L 77-79 ^OT	14-2 (2-1)	Boston Garden Boston, MA
01/11/86	No. 10	No. 13 Georgetown	W 79-74	15-2 (3-1)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/15/86	No. 9	at Seton Hall	W 74-58	16-2 (4-1)	Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, NJ
01/18/86	No. 9	at Connecticut	W 61-60	17-2 (5-1)	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT
01/22/86*	No. 8	Fordham	W 56-47	18-2	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/25/86	No. 8	at Pittsburgh	W 68-67	19-2 (6-1)	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA
01/29/86	No. 7	Villanova	W 81-61	20-2 (7-1)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/01/86	No. 7	at No. 11 Syracuse	L 64-68	20-3 (7-2)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
02/03/86	No. 7	Providence	W 85-61	21-3 (8-2)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/08/86	No. 10	Boston College	W 87-75	22-3 (9-2)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/10/86	No. 10	at No. 11 Georgetown	W 60-58	23-3 (10-2)	Capital Centre Landover, MD
02/15/86	No. 7	Connecticut	W 74-54	24-3 (11-2)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/18/86	No. 6	at Villanova	W 79-76	25-3 (12-2)	du Pont Pavilion Villanova, PA
02/22/86*	No. 6	at DePaul	L 72-81	25-4	Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, IL
02/26/86	No. 8	No. 6 Syracuse	W 86-79	26-4 (13-2)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
03/01/86	No. 8	Seton Hall	W 82-70	27-4 (14-2)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
Big East tournament
03/06/86	No. 5	vs. Seton Hall Big East tournament quarterfinal	W 87-68	28-4	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
03/07/86	No. 5	vs. Villanova Big East tournament semifinal	W 75-64	29-4	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
03/08/86	No. 5	vs. No. 8 Syracuse Big East tournament Championship	W 70-69	30-4	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
NCAA Tournament
03/14/86*	No. 4	vs. (16) Montana State NCAA First Round	W 83-74	31-4	Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA
03/16/86*	No. 4	vs. (8) Auburn NCAA Second Round	L 65-81	31-5	Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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

^ sports-reference.com 1985-86 Big East Conference Season Summary

[1] sports-reference.com 1985-86 Big East Conference Season Summary

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Helms national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics