1990–91 St. John's Redmen basketball team

The 1990–91 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his 23rd 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.

1990–91 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Lapchick Memorial Champions Cougar Classic Champions
NCAA men's Division I tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
AP	No. 20
Record	23–9 (10–6 Big East)
Head coach	Lou Carnesecca
Assistant coaches	Brian Mahoney Al LoBalbo Ron Rutledge
Home arena	Alumni Hall Madison Square Garden
Seasons ← 1989–90 1991–92 →

1990–91 Big East men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 7 Syracuse	12	–	4		.750			26	–	6		.813
No. 20 St. John's	10	–	6		.625			23	–	9		.719
Connecticut	9	–	7		.563			20	–	11		.645
No. 13 Seton Hall †	9	–	7		.563			25	–	9		.735
Pittsburgh	9	–	7		.563			21	–	12		.636
Georgetown	8	–	8		.500			19	–	13		.594
Providence	7	–	9		.438			19	–	13		.594
Villanova	7	–	9		.438			17	–	15		.531
Boston College	1	–	15		.063			11	–	19		.367
† 1991 Big East tournament winner As of April 1, 1991[1] Rankings from AP Poll

Off season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Boo Harvey	3	G	5'11"		Senior		Graduated. Entered 1990 NBA draft
Darrell Aiken	4	G	6'0"		Senior		Graduated
Jayson Williams	11	F	6'10"		Senior		Graduated. Entered 1990 NBA draft
Barry Milhaven	13	G/F	6'5"		Senior		Graduated

Class of 1990 signees

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Shawnelle Scott C	New York, NY	All Hallows High School	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	N/A
	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Sergio Luyk SF	Spain, Europe	University Heights Academy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	N/A
	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Lee Green PG	New York, NY	Cheshire Academy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A
	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "1990 Team Ranking". Rivals.

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Lamont Middleton	31	PF	6'6"		Junior	Bronx, NY	Transferred from Hartford. Under NCAA transfer rules, Middleton had to redshirt for the 1990–91 season with two years of remaining eligibility.

Roster

1990–91 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 3 Sergio Luyk 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Fr University Heights Madrid, Spain G 10 Terence Mullin 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) — Jr Xaverian Brooklyn, NY G 11 David Cain 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) — So Adlai E. Stevenson Bronx, NY G 12 Jason Buchanan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Jr Nottingham Syracuse, NY G 13 Lee Green (I) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Fr Cheshire Academy Bronx, NY G 30 Carl Beckett 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — So Christ the King Queens, NY F 31 Lamont Middleton  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Jr Walton/Hartford Bronx, NY G/F 22 Chucky Sproling 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Jr Manual Denver, CO F 33 Billy Singleton 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Sr Adlai E. Stevenson Bronx, NY C 41 Robert Werdann 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) — Jr Archbishop Molloy Sunnyside, NY C 42 Shawnelle Scott 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) — Fr All Hallows New York, NY G 45 Ron DeQueiroz 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Fr Xaverian Rio de Janeiro, Brazil F/C 50 Sean Muto 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) — Sr Mechanicsburg Mechanicsburg, PA F 21 Malik Sealy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Jr St. Nicholas of Tolentine Bronx, 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
11/23/90*	No. 25	Monmouth Lapchick Tournament Opening Round	W 85-60	1-0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
11/24/90*	No. 25	Central Connecticut State Lapchick tournament championship	W 135-92	2-0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
11/30/90*	No. 21	vs. Niagara	W 66-49	3-0	Niagara Falls Convention Center  Niagara Falls, NY
12/05/90*	No. 17	vs. No. 20 Georgia Tech ACC-Big East Challenge	W 73-72 OT	4-0	Capital Centre  Landover, MD
12/07/90*	No. 17	vs. George Mason Cougar Classic Semifinal	W 76-65	5-0	Marriott Center  Provo, UT
12/08/90*	No. 17	at Brigham Young Cougar Classic Championship	W 67-62	6-0	Marriott Center  Provo, UT
12/11/90*	No. 14	Brooklyn College	W 57-47	7-0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/15/90*	No. 14	Howard	W 78-65	8-0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/22/90*	No. 13	Fordham	W 74-62	9-0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
01/02/91	No. 9	at No. 3 Syracuse	L 86-92 OT	9-1 (0-1)	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, NY
01/05/91	No. 9	Boston College	W 75-68	10-1 (1-1)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
01/09/91	No. 10	at Seton Hall	L 62-74	10-2 (1-2)	Meadowlands Arena  East Rutherford, NJ
01/13/91	No. 10	at No. 9 Connecticut	W 72-59	11-2 (2-2)	Gampel Pavilion  Storrs, CT
01/15/91	No. 10	Providence	W 85-72 OT	12-2 (3-2)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
01/19/91	No. 10	No. 16 Pittsburgh	W 73-71	13-2 (4-2)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
01/22/91	No. 10	No. 19 Connecticut	W 65-62	14-2 (5-2)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
01/26/91	No. 10	at Villanova	W 58-55	15-2 (6-2)	The Spectrum  Philadelphia, PA
01/30/91	No. 5	at No. 18 Georgetown	L 53-59	15-3 (6-3)	Capital Centre  Landover, MD
02/02/91	No. 5	No. 25 Seton Hall	W 81-65	16-3 (7-3)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
02/05/91	No. 8	Villanova	L 51-61	16-4 (7-4)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
02/09/91	No. 8	at Providence	L 64-75	16-5 (7-5)	Providence Civic Center  Providence, RI
02/13/91	No. 13	at Boston College	W 66-60	17-5 (8-5)	Silvio O. Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, MA
02/16/91	No. 13	at No. 16 Pittsburgh	L 83-94	17-6 (8-6)	Fitzgerald Field House  Pittsburgh, PA
02/20/91	No. 18	No. 5 Syracuse	W 77-72	18-6 (9-6)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
02/23/91*	No. 18	Notre Dame	W 57-55	19-6	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
02/25/91	No. 18	No. 25 Georgetown	W 68-58	20-6 (10-6)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
03/02/91*	No. 17	at DePaul	L 69-79	20-7	Rosemont Horizon  Rosemont, IL
Big East tournament
03/08/91	No. 20	vs. Providence Big East tournament Quarterfinal	L 64-72	20-8	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
NCAA tournament
03/15/91	No. 20	vs. (13) Northern Illinois NCAA first round	W 75-68	21-8	University of Dayton Arena  Dayton, OH
03/17/91	No. 20	vs. No. 23 (5) Texas NCAA second round	W 84-76	22-8	University of Dayton Arena  Dayton, OH
03/22/91	No. 20	vs. No. 5 (1) Ohio State NCAA regional semifinal	W 91-74	23-8	Pontiac Silverdome  Pontiac, MI
03/24/91	No. 20	vs. No. 6 (2) Duke NCAA Regional Final	L 61-78	23-9	Pontiac Silverdome  Pontiac, MI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.