1988–89 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1988–89 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
1988–89 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
NIT champions ; Lapchick Memorial Champions
NIT Championship, W 73–65 vs. Saint Louis
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Record	20–13 (6–10 Big East)
Head coach	Lou Carnesecca;
Assistant coaches	Brian Mahoney; Al LoBalbo; Ron Rutledge;
Home arena	Alumni Hall; Madison Square Garden
	Seasons ← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The 1988–89 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his twenty first 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.

ConferenceBig East Conference (1979–2013)

Record20–13 (6–10 Big East)

Headcoach

Lou Carnesecca

Assistant coaches

Brian Mahoney
Al LoBalbo
Ron Rutledge

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1988–89 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Georgetown †	13	–	3	.813	29	–	5	.853
No. 11 Seton Hall	11	–	5	.688	31	–	7	.816
No. 7 Syracuse	10	–	6	.625	30	–	8	.789
Pittsburgh	9	–	7	.563	17	–	13	.567
Villanova	7	–	9	.438	18	–	16	.529
Providence	7	–	9	.438	18	–	11	.621
Connecticut	6	–	10	.375	18	–	13	.581
St. John's	6	–	10	.375	20	–	13	.606
Boston College	3	–	13	.188	12	–	17	.414

† 1989 Big East tournament winner As of April 3, 1989^[1] Rankings from AP poll

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Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Notes
Marcus Broadnax	5	G	6'2"	Sophomore	Transferred to UAB
Terry Bross	10	C	6'9"	Senior	Graduated. Entered 1987 MLB draft
Marco Baldi	14	C	6'11"	Junior	Entered Italian basketball league
Elander Lewis	22	G	6'4"	Sophomore	Transferred. VCU
Shelton Jones	31	F	6'9"	Senior	Graduated. Entered 1988 NBA draft
Steve Shurina	40	G	6'4"	Senior	Graduated
Michael Porter		G	6'0"	Junior	Entered CBA

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight
Malik Sealy SF	Bronx, NY	St. Nicholas of Tolentine High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	N/A
Malik Sealy SF	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Robert Werdann C	Sunnyside, NY	Archbishop Molloy High School	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	N/A
Robert Werdann C	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Jason Buchanan PG	Syracuse, NY	Nottingham High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A
Jason Buchanan PG	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Chucky Sproling SG	Denver, CO	Manual High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	N/A
Chucky Sproling SG	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Terence Mullin SG	Brooklyn, NY	Xaverian High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
Terence Mullin SG	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: "1988 Team Ranking". Rivals.

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Darrell Aiken	5	SG	6'0"		Junior		Transferred from Westchester Community College.
Barry Milhaven	13	SF	6'5"		Junior		Transferred from Nassau Community College.

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
11/25/88*	Long Island University Lapchick Tournament Opening Round	W 71-55	1-0	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
11/26/88*	Brigham Young Lapchick Tournament Championship	W 83-77	2-0	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
11/30/88*	Fairleigh Dickinson	W 86-55	3-0	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/03/88*	Hawaii	W 65-60	4-0	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/07/88*	Fordham	W 67-47	5-0	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/10/88	No. 20 Seton Hall	L 63-74	5-1 (0-1)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/17/88*	at Manhattan	W 71-54	6-1	Draddy Gymnasium Bronx, NY
12/23/88*	at Niagara	L 63-68	6-2	Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY
12/27/88*	Fordham ECAC Holiday Festival Opening Round	W 84-59	7-2	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
12/29/88*	No. 15 Ohio State ECAC Holiday Festival Championship	L 72-77	7-3	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/03/89	at Providence	L 69-98	7-4 (0-2)	Providence Civic Center Providence, RI
01/07/89	Villanova	W 81-62	8-4 (1-2)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/10/89	Connecticut	W 71-63	9-4 (2-2)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/14/89	No. 4 Syracuse	W 65-63	10-4 (3-2)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/18/89*	vs. Rutgers	W 62-61	11-4	Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, NJ
01/21/89	at Boston College	W 74-66	12-4 (4-2)	Silvio O. Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA
01/23/89	at No. 3 Georgetown	L 64-75	12-5 (4-3)	Capital Centre Landover, MD
01/28/89	at Connecticut	L 52-80	12-6 (4-4)	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT
01/30/89	Pittsburgh	L 81-85 ^OT	12-7 (4-5)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/01/89	Providence	W 87-73	13-7 (5-5)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/11/89	at No. 9 Syracuse	L 69-92	13-8 (5-6)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
02/14/89	at Pittsburgh	L 77-87	13-9 (5-7)	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA
02/18/89	at DePaul	W 67-64	14-9	Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, IL
02/21/89	at No. 15 Seton Hall	L 60-63	14-10 (5-8)	Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, NJ
02/25/89	No. 3 Georgetown	L 55-63	14-11 (5-9)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
02/27/89	Boston College	W 62-59 ^OT	15-11 (6-9)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
03/04/89	at Villanova	L 60-74	15-12 (6-10)	du Pont Pavilion Villanova, PA
Big East tournament
03/09/89	vs. Boston College Big East tournament first round	L 74-81	15-13	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
NIT
03/15/89	Mississippi NIT First Round	W 70-67	16-13	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
03/21/89	Oklahoma State NIT Second Round	W 76-64	17-13	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
03/23/89	at Ohio State NIT Quarterfinal	W 83-80 ^OT	18-13	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
03/27/89	vs. Alabama-Birmingham NIT Semifinal	W 76-65	19-13	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
03/29/89	vs. St. Louis NIT Championship	W 73-65	20-13	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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1988–89 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
NIT champions Lapchick Memorial Champions
NIT Championship, W 73–65 vs. Saint Louis
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Record	20–13 (6–10 Big East)
Head coach	Lou Carnesecca
Assistant coaches	Brian Mahoney Al LoBalbo Ron Rutledge
Home arena	Alumni Hall Madison Square Garden
Seasons ← 1987–88 1989–90 →