1986–87 St. John's Redmen basketball team

The 1986–87 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his nineteenth 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.

1986–87 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Lapchick Memorial Champions ECAC Holiday Festival Champions
NCAA men's Division I tournament, second round
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Record	21–9 (10–6 Big East)
Head coach	Lou Carnesecca
Assistant coaches	Brian Mahoney Al LoBalbo Ron Rutledge
Home arena	Alumni Hall Madison Square Garden
Seasons ← 1985–86 1987–88 →

1986–87 Big East men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Georgetown†	12	–	4		.750			29	–	5		.853
No. 12 Pittsburgh	12	–	4		.750			25	–	8		.758
No. 10 Syracuse	12	–	4		.750			31	–	7		.816
Providence	10	–	6		.625			25	–	9		.735
St. John's	10	–	6		.625			21	–	9		.700
Villanova	6	–	10		.375			15	–	16		.484
Seton Hall	4	–	12		.250			15	–	14		.517
Boston College	3	–	13		.188			11	–	18		.379
Connecticut	3	–	13		.188			9	–	19		.321
† 1987 Big East tournament winner As of March 30, 1987^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1986–87 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 4 John Hempel 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Sr Union Catholic/Massachusetts Linden, NJ G 5 Marcus Broadnax 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Fr Fort Walton Beach Fort Walton Beach, FL C 10 Terry Bross 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — Jr Immaculata Somerville, NJ F/C 11 Jayson Williams (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — Fr Christ the King New York, NY G 13 Mark Jackson (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Sr Bishop Loughlin St. Albans, NY C 14 Marco Baldi 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) — So Long Island Lutheran Aosta, Italy G 15 Kevin Fitzpatrick 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — So St. Francis Prep Jackson Heights, NY G 22 Elander Lewis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Fr Albany High School Albany, NY G/F 23 Matt Brust 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — RS So Babylon/North Carolina Babylon, NY G/F 30 Willie Glass (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Sr Atlantic City Atlantic City, NJ F 31 Shelton Jones 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — Jr Amityville Memorial Amityville, NY G 40 Steve Shurina 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — Jr 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
11/28/86*		Southern Lapchick Tournament Opening Round	W 126–81^[2]^[3]	1–0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
11/29/86*		Youngstown State Lapchick Tournament Championship	W 75-65	2-0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/02/86*		Fordham	W 80-61	3-0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/06/86*		Wagner	W 102-69	4-0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/11/86		Seton Hall	W 72-69	5-0 (1-0)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/13/86*		No. 11 UCLA	W 70-63	6-0	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
12/20/86*	No. 15	at Niagara	W 66-58	7-0	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium  Buffalo, NY
12/27/86*	No. 15	Virginia ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal	W 64-58	8-0	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
12/29/86*	No. 15	No. 19 Georgia Tech ECAC Holiday Festival Championship	W 62-53	9-0	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
01/04/87	No. 10	at Villanova	L 54-62	9-1 (1-1)	du Pont Pavilion  Villanova, PA
01/07/87	No. 10	at No. 16 Georgetown	L 46-60	9-2 (1-2)	Capital Centre  Landover, MD
01/10/87	No. 10	Boston College	W 62-58	10-2 (2-2)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
01/14/87*	No. 13	Brooklyn College	W 70-48	11-2	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
01/17/87	No. 13	at Connecticut	W 69-54	12-2 (3-2)	Hartford Civic Center  Hartford, CT
01/19/87	No. 13	at No. 18 Pittsburgh	W 63-62	13-2 (4-2)	Fitzgerald Field House  Pittsburgh, PA
01/24/87	No. 14	at No. 7 Syracuse	L 63-64	13-3 (4-3)	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, NY
01/27/87	No. 15	Villanova	W 61-58	14-3 (5-3)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
01/31/87	No. 15	at Providence	L 81-93 ^OT	14-4 (5-4)	Providence Civic Center  Providence, RI
02/02/87	No. 15	No. 11 Georgetown	W 67-65 ^OT	15-4 (6-4)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
02/06/87	No. 19	at Boston College	W 65-50	16-4 (7-4)	Boston Garden  Boston, MA
02/10/87	No. 16	at Seton Hall	W 60-57 ^OT	17-4 (8-4)	Meadowlands Arena  East Rutherford, NJ
02/14/87	No. 16	No. 20 Providence	L 78-79	17-5 (8-5)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
02/16/87*	No. 16	Fairleigh Dickinson	W 63-59	18-5	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
02/18/87	No. 20	Connecticut	W 76-55	19-5 (9-5)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
02/21/87*	No. 20	No. 15 Kansas	L 60-62	19-6	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
02/25/87		No. 11 Syracuse	L 80-88	19-7 (9-6)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
02/28/87		No. 9 Pittsburgh	W 76-74	20-7 (10-6)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
Big East tournament
03/06/87		vs. Providence Big East tournament Quarterfinal	L 51-80	20-8	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
NCAA Tournament
03/13/87*		vs. (11) Wichita State NCAA First Round	W 57-55^[4]	21-8	Rosemont Horizon  Rosemont, IL
03/15/87*		at No. 5 (3) DePaul NCAA Second Round	L 75-83 ^OT[5]	21-9	Rosemont Horizon  Rosemont, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Main article: 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Awards and honors

• Mark Jackson – Consensus Second-team All-American

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	18	Mark Jackson	New York Knicks
3	69	Willie Glass	Los Angeles Lakers

References

1. "1986-87 Big East Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
2. "St. John's Cruises in Tourney Opener". The New York Times. November 29, 1986. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
3. "St. John's 126, Southern 81". UPI Archives. November 29, 1986. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
4. "St. John's Wins On Baldi's Shot With 2 Seconds Left". The New York Times. March 14, 1987. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
5. "DePaul Tops Redmen in Overtime". The New York Times. March 16, 1987. Retrieved February 6, 2022.