2011–12 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

2011–12 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball
2011–12 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Record	13–19 (6–12 Big East)
Head coach	Steve Lavin (2nd year);
Assistant coaches	Mike Dunlap; Tony Chiles; Rico Hines;
Home arena	Carnesecca Arena; Madison Square Garden
	Seasons ← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Steve Lavin in his second year at the school. St. John's home games were played at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden and the team was a member of the Big East Conference.

ConferenceBig East Conference (1979–2013)

Record13–19 (6–12 Big East)

Headcoach

Steve Lavin (2nd year)

Assistant coaches

Mike Dunlap
Tony Chiles
Rico Hines

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2011–12 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 11 Marquette	14	–	4	.778	27	–	8	.771
Notre Dame	13	–	5	.722	22	–	12	.647
Cincinnati	12	–	6	.667	26	–	11	.703
No. 15 Georgetown	12	–	6	.667	24	–	9	.727
South Florida	12	–	6	.667	22	–	14	.611
West Virginia	9	–	9	.500	19	–	14	.576
Connecticut	8	–	10	.444	20	–	14	.588
Seton Hall	8	–	10	.444	21	–	13	.618
Rutgers	6	–	12	.333	14	–	18	.438
St. John's	6	–	12	.333	13	–	19	.406
Pittsburgh	5	–	13	.278	22	–	17	.564
Villanova	5	–	13	.278	13	–	19	.406
Providence	4	–	14	.222	15	–	17	.469
DePaul	3	–	15	.167	12	–	19	.387
*No. 2 Syracuse	0	–	1	.000	0	–	3	.000
**No. 17 Louisville†	0	–	8	.000	0	–	10	.000

† 2012 Big East tournament winner As of March 31, 2012^[1] Syracuse: 30 reg. season games, 4 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed record: Syracuse–(34–3)(17–1) *Louisville: 25 reg. season games, 5 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed record: Louisville–(30-10)(10-8) Rankings from AP Poll

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Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Dwayne Polee II	0	F	6'7"	193	Freshman	Los Angeles, California	Transferred to San Diego State
D. J. Kennedy	1	F	6'5"	214	Senior	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Graduated
Malik Boothe	3	G	5'9"	184	Senior	Queens, New York	Graduated
Sean Evans	5	F	6'8"	259	Senior	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Graduated
Quincy Roberts	10	G	6'5"	196	RS Sophomore	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	Transferred to Grambling State
Nurideen Lindsay	10	G	6'4"	185	Sophomore	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Transferred to Rider (mid-season)
Dwight Hardy	11	G	6'2"	187	Senior	Bronx, New York	Graduated
Dele Coker	15	C	6'10"	257	Senior	Lagos, Nigeria	Graduated
Paris Horne	23	G	6'3"	189	Senior	Middletown, Delaware	Graduated
Justin Burrell	24	F	6'8"	244	Senior	Bronx, New York	Graduated
Justin Brownlee	32	F	6'7"	232	Senior	Tifton, Georgia	Graduated
Kevin Clark	42	G	6'2"	204	Senior	Dunmore, Pennsylvania	Graduated
Rob Thomas	55	F	6'6"	247	RS Senior	Harlem, New York	Graduated

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Sir'Dominic Pointer SF	Detroit, MI	Quality Education Academy	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Nov 11, 2010
Sir'Dominic Pointer SF	Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: (96)
Maurice Harkless SF	Queens, NY	South Kent School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Nov 10, 2010
Maurice Harkless SF	Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: (96)
D'Angelo Harrison SG	Missouri City, TX	Dulles High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Nov 10, 2010
D'Angelo Harrison SG	Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: (94)
Amir Garrett SF	Los Angeles, CA	Bridgton Academy	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Nov 17, 2010
Amir Garrett SF	Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: (92)
Phil Greene IV SG	Chicago, IL	IMG Academy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Apr 14, 2011
Phil Greene IV SG	Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: (91)
Nurideen Lindsay SG	Philadelphia, PA	Redlands Community College	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Nov 10, 2010
Nurideen Lindsay SG	Recruit ratings: Rivals: (JC)
God'sgift Achiuwa C	Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Erie Community College	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	236 lb (107 kg)	Apr 28, 2011
God'sgift Achiuwa C	Recruit ratings: Rivals: (JC)
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: "2011 Team Ranking". Rivals.

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 25* 7:00pm, SNY	C.W. Post	W 110–80		Carnesecca Arena (4,025) Queens, NY
November 1* 7:00pm, ESPN3	St. Mary's (MD)	W 77–70		Carnesecca Arena (3,088) Queens, NY
Regular Season
November 7* 7:00pm, ESPNU	William & Mary 2K Sports Classic opening round	W 74–59	1–0	Carnesecca Arena (4,142) Queens, NY
November 9* 7:00pm, ESPN2	Lehigh 2K Sports Classic opening round	W 78–73	2–0	Carnesecca Arena (4,409) Queens, NY
November 13* 2:00pm, ESPNU	UMBC	W 82–59	3–0	Carnesecca Arena (4,424) Queens, NY
November 17* 9:30pm, ESPN2	vs. No. 15 Arizona 2K Sports Classic semifinal	L 72–81	3–1	Madison Square Garden (9,036) New York, NY
November 18* 4:30pm, ESPN2	vs. No. 19 Texas A&M 2K Sports Classic consolation	L 57–58	3–2	Madison Square Garden (6,338) New York, NY
November 22* 9:00pm, ESPN3	St. Francis (NY)	W 63–48	4–2	Carnesecca Arena (3,922) Queens, NY
November 26* 4:00pm, ESPN3	Northeastern	L 64–78	4–3	Carnesecca Arena (5,207) Queens, NY
December 1* 7:30pm, ESPN2	at No. 1 Kentucky SEC–Big East Challenge	L 59–81	4–4	Rupp Arena (24,119) Lexington, KY
December 5* 7:00pm, ESPN2	at Detroit	L 63–69	4–5	Calihan Hall (5,377) Detroit, MI
December 17* 2:30pm, MSG	Fordham Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival	W 56–50	5–5	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
December 21* 7:00pm	Texas-Pan American	W 66–61	6–5	Carnesecca Arena (3,821) Queens, NY
December 27 7:00pm, MSG	Providence	W 91–67	7–5 (1–0)	Carnesecca Arena (5,602) Queens, NY
December 31 12:00pm, SNY	at No. 9 Connecticut	L 69–83	7–6 (1–1)	XL Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
January 3 7:00pm, ESPNU	No. 11 Louisville	L 58–73	7–7 (1–2)	Madison Square Garden (9,258) New York, NY
January 7 2:00pm, MSG	at Cincinnati	W 57–55	8–7 (2–2)	Fifth Third Arena (8,820) Cincinnati, OH
January 11 7:00pm, ESPNU	at No. 25 Marquette	L 64–83	8–8 (2–3)	Bradley Center (14,484) Milwaukee, WI
January 15 12:00pm, MSG	No. 11 Georgetown	L 49–69	8–9 (2–4)	Madison Square Garden (11,475) New York, NY
January 18 7:00pm, SNY	at South Florida	L 49–64	8–10 (2–5)	Tampa Bay Times Forum (3,145) Tampa, FL
January 21 1:00pm, ESPNU	Villanova	L 76–79 ^OT	8–11 (2–6)	Madison Square Garden (11,430) New York, NY
January 25 7:00pm, ESPNU	West Virginia	W 78–62	9–11 (3–6)	Madison Square Garden (6,901) New York, NY
January 28* 12:00pm, ESPN	at No. 8 Duke	L 76–83	9–12	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
February 1 8:30pm, SNY	at DePaul	W 87–81	9–12 (4–6)	Allstate Arena (7,994) Rosemont, IL
February 4 12:00pm, ESPN	No. 2 Syracuse	L 70–95	9–13 (4–7)	Madison Square Garden (19,979) New York, NY
February 8 7:00pm, ESPNU	Cincinnati	L 56–74	9–14 (4–8)	Madison Square Garden (7,618) New York, NY
February 12 1:00pm, ESPN	at No. 12 Georgetown	L 61–71	9–15 (4–9)	Verizon Center (12,285) Washington, DC
February 14 7:00pm, SNY	at Seton Hall	L 64–94	10–16 (4–10)	Prudential Center Newark, NJ
February 18* 1:00pm, CBS	UCLA	W 66–63	11–16	Madison Square Garden (7,305 ) New York, NY
February 20 9:00pm, ESPNU	DePaul	W 79–72	12–16 (5–10)	Carnesecca Arena (5,110) Queens, NY
February 25 12:00pm, ESPN2	No. 20 Notre Dame	W 61–58	13–16 (6–10)	Madison Square Garden (11,436) New York, NY
February 29 7:00pm, ESPNU	at Pittsburgh	L 69–89	13–17 (6–11)	Petersen Events Center (9,449) Pittsburgh, PA
March 3 8:00pm, MSG	at Rutgers	L 58–61	13–18 (6–12)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (7,349) Piscataway, NJ
Big East tournament
March 6 2:00 pm, ESPN2	vs. Pittsburgh First round	L 59–73	13–19	Madison Square Garden (20,507) New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Round	Pick	Player	NBA club
1	15	Maurice Harkless	Philadelphia 76ers traded to the Orlando Magic

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