1985–86 St. John's Redmen basketball team

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.

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

St John's made the NCAA Tournament but lost in the second round to Auburn 83–65.

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

Main article: 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball 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