1985–86 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1985–86 Big East men's basketball standings
	† 1986 Big East Tournament winner; As of March 31, 1986; Rankings from AP Poll

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)
1985–86 record	31–5 (14–2 Big East)
Head coach	Lou Carnesecca
Assistant coach	Brian Mahoney
Assistant coach	Al LoBalbo
Assistant coach	Ron Rutledge
Home arena	Alumni Hall; Madison Square Garden
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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	High school/previous college	Home town
F	4	John Hempel	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Jr	Union Catholic/Massachusetts	Linden, NJ
C	10	Terry Bross	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	So	Immaculata	El Paso, TX
G/F	12	Ron Rowan	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Sr	Beaver Falls/Notre Dame	Beaver Falls, PA
G	13	Mark Jackson	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	Sarre, Italy
F	21	Walter Berry	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Jr	Benjamin Franklin/San Jacinto	New York, NY
G/F	23	Matt Brust	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	So	Babylon High School/UNC	Babylon, NY
G/F	30	Willie Glass	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
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

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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

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↑ 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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1985–86 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#4 St. John's †	14	–	2	.875	31	–	5	.861
#9 Syracuse	14	–	2	.875	26	–	6	.813
#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

v t e St. John's Red Storm men's basketball
Venues	Old Madison Square Garden (193?–1969) Madison Square Garden (1969–present) Carnesecca Arena (alternate; 1961–present)
Culture & lore	Johnny Thunderbird
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Helms national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

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