1984–85 St. John's Redmen basketball team

The 1984–85 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his seventeenth year at the school. Home games were played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden and the team was a member of the Big East Conference. The team finished 31–4, with three of the four losses coming to Georgetown.

1984–85 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Big East tournament Runner Up Big East regular season champions Lapchick Memorial Champions ECAC Holiday Festival Champions
NCAA men's Division I tournament, Final Four
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 3
Record	31–4 (15–1 Big East)
Head coach	Lou Carnesecca
Assistant coaches	Brian Mahoney Al LoBalbo Ron Rutledge
Home arena	Alumni Hall Madison Square Garden
Seasons ← 1983–84 1985–86 →

1984–85 Big East men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 St. John's	15	–	1		.938			31	–	4		.886
No. 1 Georgetown†	14	–	2		.875			35	–	3		.921
No. 15 Syracuse	9	–	7		.563			22	–	9		.710
Villanova	9	–	7		.563			25	–	10		.714
Pittsburgh	8	–	8		.500			17	–	12		.586
Boston College	7	–	9		.438			20	–	11		.645
Connecticut	6	–	10		.375			13	–	15		.464
Providence	3	–	13		.188			11	–	20		.355
Seton Hall	1	–	15		.063			10	–	18		.357
† 1985 Big East tournament winner As of April 1, 1985[1] Rankings from AP Poll

In the NCAA Tournament St John's advanced to the Final Four with wins over Southern, Arkansas, Kentucky and NC State. This was the Redmen's first trip to the Final Four since 1952.

Roster

1984–85 St. John's Redmen men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F - John Hempel  6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Union Catholic/Massachusetts Linden, NJ C 10 Terry Bross 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Immaculata Somerville, NJ G/F 12 Ron Rowan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Jr Beaver Falls/Notre Dame Beaver Falls, PA G 13 Mark Jackson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Bishop Loughlin Brooklyn, NY G/F 20 Chris Mullin (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Power Memorial/Xaverian Brooklyn, NY F 21 Walter Berry 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Benjamin Franklin/San Jacinto Bronx, NY C 23 Bill Wennington (C) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Sr Long Island Lutheran Wheatley Heights, NY G 24 Mike Moses 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 160 lb (73 kg) RS Sr Tolentine/Florida New York, NY G/F 30 Willie Glass 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Atlantic City Atlantic City, NJ F 31 Shelton Jones 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Amityville Memorial Amityville, NY F 33 Ron Stewart (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 212 lb (96 kg) Sr Brentwood Brentwood, NY G 40 Steve Shurina 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr St. Francis Prep Woodside, NY G 44 Bob Antonelli 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Nanticoke High School/Wilkes Nanticoke, PA F/C 52 Robert Cornegy 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Fr Andrew Jackson Cambria Heights, 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 (attendance) city, state
Non-conference Regular season
11/30/84* 7:00 p.m.	No. 3	Lafayette Lapchick Tournament Opening Round	W 93–47	1–0	Alumni Hall (6,158) Queens, NY
12/01/84* 9:00 p.m.	No. 3	St. Bonaventure Lapchick tournament championship	W 58–57	2–0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/05/84* 8:00 p.m.	No. 3	Fordham	W 47–46	3–0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/09/84* 1:30 p.m., USA	No. 3	at Rutgers	W 77–61	4–0	Meadowlands Arena  East Rutherford, NJ
12/12/84* 7:30 p.m.	No. 4	at Davidson	W 77–51	5–0	Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, NC
12/15/84* 9:00 p.m.	No. 4	at Niagara	L 59–62	5–1	Niagara Falls Convention Center  Niagara Falls, NY
12/22/84* 1:00 p.m., CBS	No. 8	UCLA	W 88–69	6–1	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
12/27/84* 7:00 p.m., MSG	No. 5	vs. Old Dominion ECAC Holiday Festival semifinal	W 77–66	7–1	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
12/29/84* 2:30 p.m., MSG	No. 5	vs. No. 14 NC State ECAC Holiday Festival Championship	W 66–56	8–1	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
Big East regular season
01/02/85 8:00 p.m., TCS-Metrosports	No. 4	at Connecticut	W 57–51	9–1 (1–0)	Hartford Civic Center  Hartford, CT
01/05/85 8:00 p.m., TCS MetroSports	No. 4	Seton Hall	W 73–57	10–1 (2–0)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
01/07/85 8:00 p.m., ESPN TCS MetroSports	No. 4	Villanova	W 76–71	11–1 (3–0)	Alumni Hall (6,492) Queens, NY
01/14/85 8:00 p.m., ESPN TCS MetroSports	No. 3	at Pittsburgh	W 87–56	12–1 (4–0)	Fitzgerald Field House  Pittsburgh, PA
01/19/85 1:30 p.m., CBS	No. 4	at No. 15 Boston College	W 66–59	13–1 (5–0)	Boston Garden  Boston, MA
01/23/85 8:00 p.m., USA TCS MetroSports	No. 2	No. 11 Syracuse	W 82–80 OT	14–1 (6–0)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
01/26/85 2:00 p.m., CBS	No. 2	at No. 1 Georgetown	W 66–65	15–1 (7–0)	Capital Centre (19,035) Landover, MD
01/30/85 8:00 p.m., USA TCS MetroSports	No. 1	at Providence	W 77–60	16–1 (8–0)	Providence Civic Center  Providence, RI
02/02/85 12:00 p.m., TCS MetroSports	No. 1	Connecticut	W 97–64	17–1 (9–0)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
02/04/85 8:00 p.m., ESPN TCS MetroSports	No. 1	at Seton Hall	W 87–76	18–1 (10–0)	Meadowlands Arena  East Rutherford, NJ
02/09/85 2:00 p.m., CBS	No. 1	at No. 19 Villanova	W 70–68	19–1 (11–0)	Spectrum (18,202) Philadelphia, PA
02/12/85* 7:30 p.m.	No. 1	at Columbia	W 68–49	20–1	Levien Gymnasium  New York, NY
02/15/85 8:00 p.m., TCS MetroSports	No. 1	Pittsburgh	W 84–63	21–1 (12–0)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
02/17/85* 2:00 p.m., NBC	No. 1	DePaul	W 93–80	22–1	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
02/20/85 8:00 p.m., USA TCS MetroSports	No. 1	No. 20 Boston College	W 71–69	23–1 (13–0)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
02/23/85 1:30 p.m., CBS	No. 1	at No. 7 Syracuse	W 88–83	24–1 (14–0)	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, NY
02/27/85 9:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 1	No. 2 Georgetown	L 69–85	24–2 (14–1)	Madison Square Garden (19,591) New York, NY
03/02/85 12:00 p.m., TCS MetroSports	No. 1	Providence	W 72–53	25–2 (15–1)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
Big East tournament
03/07/85 7:00 p.m., TCS MetroSports	(1) No. 2	vs. (8) Providence Quarterfinals	W 90–62	26–2	Madison Square Garden (19,591) New York, NY
03/08/85 9:00 p.m., TCS MetroSports	(1) No. 2	vs. (4) Villanova Semifinals	W 89–74	27–2	Madison Square Garden (19,591) New York, NY
03/09/85 8:00 p.m., ESPN TCS MetroSports	(1) No. 2	vs. (2) No. 1 Georgetown Championship	L 80–92	27–3	Madison Square Garden (19,591) New York, NY
NCAA Tournament
03/14/85* 2:07 p.m., ESPN NCAA Productions	(1 W) No. 3	vs. (16 W) Southern First round	W 83–59	28–3	Special Events Center  Salt Lake City, UT
03/16/85* 4:30 p.m., CBS	(1 W) No. 3	vs. (9 W) Arkansas Second round	W 68–65	29–3	Special Events Center  Salt Lake City, UT
03/22/85* 10:09 p.m., CBS	(1 W) No. 3	vs. (12 W) Kentucky Sweet Sixteen	W 86–70	30–3	McNichols Arena  Denver, CO
03/24/85* 4:03 p.m., CBS	(1 W) No. 3	vs. (3 W) No. 16 NC State Elite Eight	W 69–60	31–3	McNichols Arena  Denver, CO
03/30/85* 6:12 p.m., CBS	(1 W) No. 3	vs. (1 E) No. 1 Georgetown Final Four	L 59–77	31–4	Rupp Arena (23,135) Lexington, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West Region. All times are in Eastern Time. E=East Region.

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Rankings

Main article: 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. RV=Received votes.

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Final
AP	7	3	3	4	8	5	4	3	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	3
UPI		3	3	4	8	8	4	4	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	3

Player statistics

Player	G	GS	MIN	FG	FGA	Pct.	FT	FTA	Pct.	REB	PF	AST	TO	BLK	STL	PTS	Avg.
Chris Mullin	35	35	37.9	7.2	13.8	.521	5.5	6.7	.824	169	68	151	90	17	73	694	19.8
Walter Berry	35	35	34.3	6.6	11.8	.558	3.8	5.3	.717	304	89	34	86	45	29	596	17.0
Bill Wennington	35	35	31.4	4.8	8.0	.602	2.9	3.6	.816	224	119	55	57	51	21	438	12.5
Willie Glass	35	35	23.7	2.7	4.8	.563	1.7	2.7	.611	113	58	49	48	13	24	246	7.0
Mike Moses	33	33	24.4	2.1	4.4	.483	1.6	2.0	.788	34	74	129	67	2	36	192	5.8
Mark Jackson	35	2	17.2	1.6	2.9	.564	1.9	2.6	.725	44	44	109	54	4	25	180	5.1
Ron Rowan	28	0	11.0	1.3	2.9	.463	0.9	1.2	.758	27	35	20	28	0	15	99	3.5
Shelton Jones	32	0	9.9	1.0	1.8	.542	0.8	1.3	.619	52	30	18	24	11	7	90	2.8
Bob Antonelli	3	0	2.3	1.0	1.7	.600	0.0	0.0	.000	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	2.0
Ron Stewart	35	0	11.5	0.7	1.5	.453	0.6	1.1	.553	55	53	13	0	4	7	69	2.0
Steve Shurina	17	0	3.5	0.2	0.4	.667	0.5	0.6	.818	7	0	5	0	0	0	17	1.0
Terry Bross	17	0	3.4	0.3	0.5	.556	0.4	0.5	.778	15	11	2	3	2	2	17	1.0
Rob Cornegy	14	0	2.3	0.1	0.4	.333	0.1	0.1	.500	5	8	1	5	1	1	5	0.4
St. John's	35			27.9	51.6	.542	19.8	26.6	.744	1055	590	586				2649	75.7
Opponents	35			26.3	57.5	.457	12.1	17.2	.701	1043	671	454				2263	64.7

Local Radio

Station	Play–by–play	Color analyst	Studio host
WCBS–AM 880	Spencer Ross

Team players drafted into the NBA

Main article: 1985 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	7	Chris Mullin	Golden State Warriors
1	16	Bill Wennington	Dallas Mavericks

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