1987–88 St. John's Redmen basketball team

The 1987–88 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his twentieth 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.

1987–88 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Lapchick Memorial Champions
ECAC Holiday Festival Champions
ConferenceBig East Conference (1979–2013)
Record17–12 (8–8 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaAlumni Hall
Madison Square Garden
Seasons
1987–88 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Pittsburgh 12 4   .750 24 7   .774
No. 9 Syracuse 11 5   .688 26 9   .743
Georgetown 9 7   .563 20 10   .667
Villanova 9 7   .563 24 13   .649
St. John's 8 8   .500 17 12   .586
Seton Hall 8 8   .500 22 13   .629
Boston College 6 10   .375 18 15   .545
Providence 5 11   .313 11 17   .393
Connecticut 4 12   .250 20 14   .588
1988 Big East tournament winner
As of April 4, 1988[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

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1987–88 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 3 Boo Harvey 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
Jr Andrew Jackson/San Jacinto St. Albans, NY
G 4 Michael Porter 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Jr Pulaski County/San Jacinto Alexandria, VA
G 5 Marcus Broadnax 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
So Fort Walton Beach Fort Walton Beach, FL
C 10 Terry Bross (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Sr Immaculata Somerville, NJ
F/C 11 Jayson Williams 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
So Christ the King New York, NY
C 14 Marco Baldi 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Jr Long Island Lutheran Aosta, Italy
G 15 Kevin Fitzpatrick 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Jr St. Francis Prep Jackson Heights, NY
G 22 Elander Lewis 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
So Albany High School Albany, NY
G/F 23 Matt Brust 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
RS Jr Babylon/North Carolina Babylon, NY
F 31 Shelton Jones (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Sr Amityville Memorial Amityville, NY
F 33 Billy Singleton (I) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Fr Adlai E. Stevenson Bronx, NY
G 40 Steve Shurina (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Sr St. Francis Prep Woodside, NY
C 50 Sean Muto 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Fr Mechanicsburg Mechanicsburg, PA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular season
11/28/87*
Harvard
Lapchick Tournament Opening Round
W 105–60  1–0
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
11/29/87*
Loyola Marymount
Lapchick Tournament Championship
W 88–85  2–0
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
12/02/87*
Fairleigh Dickinson W 82–60  3–0
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
12/05/87*
at No. 16 Kansas L 54–63  3–1
Allen Fieldhouse 
Lawrence, KS
12/09/87*
at Fordham W 76–71 2OT 4–1
Rose Hill Gymnasium 
Bronx, NY
12/12/87*
at UCLA W 72–69  5–1
Pauley Pavilion 
Los Angeles, CA
12/19/87*
Niagara W 80–65  6–1
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
12/28/87*
Marist
ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal
W 66–59  7–1
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
12/30/87*
No. 17 Kansas
ECAC Holiday Festival Championship
W 70–56  8–1
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
01/04/88
Villanova L 62–69  8–2
(0–1)
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
01/09/88
No. 20 at No. 2 Pittsburgh L 70–81  8–3
(0–2)
Fitzgerald Field House 
Pittsburgh, PA
01/12/88*
Rutgers W 73–55  9–3
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
01/16/88
Seton Hall W 71–70  10–3
(1–2)
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
01/20/88
at No. 15 Georgetown W 65–58  11–3
(2–2)
Capital Centre (10,503)
Landover, MD
01/23/88
Connecticut W 79–72  12–3
(3–2)
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
01/27/88
at No. 19 Villanova W 60–55  13–3
(4–2)
du Pont Pavilion 
Villanova, PA
01/30/88
at Seton Hall W 58–55  14–3
(5–2)
Meadowlands Arena 
East Rutherford, NJ
02/03/88
No. 20 No. 9 Pittsburgh L 71–88  14–4
(5–3)
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
02/06/88
No. 20 No. 12 Syracuse L 62–79  14–5
(5–4)
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
02/08/88
No. 20 Boston College L 76–80  14–6
(5–5)
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
02/13/88
Providence W 88–67  15–6
(6–5)
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
02/17/88
at No. 12 Syracuse L 68–82  15–7
(6–6)
Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
02/20/88*
DePaul L 51–65  15–8
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
02/23/88
Georgetown W 69–66  16–8
(7–6)
Madison Square Garden (17,892)
New York, NY
02/27/88
at Boston College L 65–74  16–9
(7–7)
Boston Garden 
Boston, MA
02/29/88
at Connecticut W 77–62  17–9
(8–7)
Hartford Civic Center 
Hartford, CT
03/05/88
at Providence L 81–90  17–10
(8–8)
Providence Civic Center 
Providence, RI
Big East tournament
03/11/88
vs. Villanova
Big East tournament Quarterfinal
L 68–71  17–11
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
NCAA Tournament
03/17/88*
vs. (6) Florida
NCAA First Round
L 59–62  17–12
Jon M. Huntsman Center 
Salt Lake City, UT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

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Team players drafted into the NBA

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Round Pick Player NBA Club
2 27 Shelton Jones San Antonio Spurs

References

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