1984–85 St. John's Redmen basketball team

American college basketball season

1984–85 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Big East tournament Runner Up Big East regular season champions Lapchick Memorial Champions ECAC Holiday Festival Champions
NCAA men's Division I tournament, Final Four
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 3
Record	31–4 (15–1 Big East)
Head coach	Lou Carnesecca
Assistant coaches	Brian Mahoney Al LoBalbo Ron Rutledge
Home arena	Alumni Hall Madison Square Garden
Seasons← 1983–84 1985–86 →

1984–85 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 St. John's	15	–	1	.938	31	–	4	.886
No. 1 Georgetown†	14	–	2	.875	35	–	3	.921
No. 15 Syracuse	9	–	7	.563	22	–	9	.710
Villanova	9	–	7	.563	25	–	10	.714
Pittsburgh	8	–	8	.500	17	–	12	.586
Boston College	7	–	9	.438	20	–	11	.645
Connecticut	6	–	10	.375	13	–	15	.464
Providence	3	–	13	.188	11	–	20	.355
Seton Hall	1	–	15	.063	10	–	18	.357

† 1985 Big East tournament winner As of April 1, 1985 Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984–85 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his seventeenth 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. The team finished 31–4, with three of the four losses coming to Georgetown.

Roster

1984–85 St. John's Redmen men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	-	John Hempel	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Union Catholic/Massachusetts	Linden, NJ
C	10	Terry Bross	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Immaculata	Somerville, NJ
G/F	12	Ron Rowan	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Jr	Beaver Falls/Notre Dame	Beaver Falls, PA
G	13	Mark Jackson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Bishop Loughlin	Brooklyn, NY
G/F	20	Chris Mullin (C)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Power Memorial/Xaverian	Brooklyn, NY
F	21	Walter Berry	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Benjamin Franklin/San Jacinto	Bronx, NY
C	23	Bill Wennington (C)	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Sr	Long Island Lutheran	Wheatley Heights, NY
G	24	Mike Moses	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	RS Sr	Tolentine/Florida	New York, NY
G/F	30	Willie Glass	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Atlantic City	Atlantic City, NJ
F	31	Shelton Jones	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Amityville Memorial	Amityville, NY
F	33	Ron Stewart (C)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	Sr	Brentwood	Brentwood, NY
G	40	Steve Shurina	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	St. Francis Prep	Woodside, NY
G	44	Bob Antonelli	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Nanticoke High School/Wilkes	Nanticoke, PA
F/C	52	Robert Cornegy	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS Fr	Andrew Jackson	Cambria Heights, 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 (attendance) city, state
Non-conference Regular season
11/30/84* 7:00 p.m.	No. 3	Lafayette Lapchick Tournament Opening Round	W 93–47	1–0	Alumni Hall (6,158) Queens, NY
12/01/84* 9:00 p.m.	No. 3	St. Bonaventure Lapchick tournament championship	W 58–57	2–0	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/05/84* 8:00 p.m.	No. 3	Fordham	W 47–46	3–0	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/09/84* 1:30 p.m., USA	No. 3	at Rutgers	W 77–61	4–0	Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, NJ
12/12/84* 7:30 p.m.	No. 4	at Davidson	W 77–51	5–0	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
12/15/84* 9:00 p.m.	No. 4	at Niagara	L 59–62	5–1	Niagara Falls Convention Center Niagara Falls, NY
12/22/84* 1:00 p.m., CBS	No. 8	UCLA	W 88–69	6–1	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
12/27/84* 7:00 p.m., MSG	No. 5	vs. Old Dominion ECAC Holiday Festival semifinal	W 77–66	7–1	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
12/29/84* 2:30 p.m., MSG	No. 5	vs. No. 14 NC State ECAC Holiday Festival Championship	W 66–56	8–1	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
Big East regular season
01/02/85 8:00 p.m., TCS-Metrosports	No. 4	at Connecticut	W 57–51	9–1 (1–0)	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT
01/05/85 8:00 p.m., TCS MetroSports	No. 4	Seton Hall	W 73–57	10–1 (2–0)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/07/85 8:00 p.m., ESPN TCS MetroSports	No. 4	Villanova	W 76–71	11–1 (3–0)	Alumni Hall (6,492) Queens, NY
01/14/85 8:00 p.m., ESPN TCS MetroSports	No. 3	at Pittsburgh	W 87–56	12–1 (4–0)	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA
01/19/85 1:30 p.m., CBS	No. 4	at No. 15 Boston College	W 66–59	13–1 (5–0)	Boston Garden Boston, MA
01/23/85 8:00 p.m., USA TCS MetroSports	No. 2	No. 11 Syracuse	W 82–80	14–1 (6–0)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/26/85 2:00 p.m., CBS	No. 2	at No. 1 Georgetown	W 66–65	15–1 (7–0)	Capital Centre (19,035) Landover, MD
01/30/85 8:00 p.m., USA TCS MetroSports	No. 1	at Providence	W 77–60	16–1 (8–0)	Providence Civic Center Providence, RI
02/02/85 12:00 p.m., TCS MetroSports	No. 1	Connecticut	W 97–64	17–1 (9–0)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/04/85 8:00 p.m., ESPN TCS MetroSports	No. 1	at Seton Hall	W 87–76	18–1 (10–0)	Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, NJ
02/09/85 2:00 p.m., CBS	No. 1	at No. 19 Villanova	W 70–68	19–1 (11–0)	Spectrum (18,202) Philadelphia, PA
02/12/85* 7:30 p.m.	No. 1	at Columbia	W 68–49	20–1	Levien Gymnasium New York, NY
02/15/85 8:00 p.m., TCS MetroSports	No. 1	Pittsburgh	W 84–63	21–1 (12–0)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/17/85* 2:00 p.m., NBC	No. 1	DePaul	W 93–80	22–1	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/20/85 8:00 p.m., USA TCS MetroSports	No. 1	No. 20 Boston College	W 71–69	23–1 (13–0)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/23/85 1:30 p.m., CBS	No. 1	at No. 7 Syracuse	W 88–83	24–1 (14–0)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
02/27/85 9:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 1	No. 2 Georgetown	L 69–85	24–2 (14–1)	Madison Square Garden (19,591) New York, NY
03/02/85 12:00 p.m., TCS MetroSports	No. 1	Providence	W 72–53	25–2 (15–1)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
Big East tournament
03/07/85 7:00 p.m., TCS MetroSports	(1) No. 2	vs. (8) Providence Quarterfinals	W 90–62	26–2	Madison Square Garden (19,591) New York, NY
03/08/85 9:00 p.m., TCS MetroSports	(1) No. 2	vs. (4) Villanova Semifinals	W 89–74	27–2	Madison Square Garden (19,591) New York, NY
03/09/85 8:00 p.m., ESPN TCS MetroSports	(1) No. 2	vs. (2) No. 1 Georgetown Championship	L 80–92	27–3	Madison Square Garden (19,591) New York, NY
NCAA Tournament
03/14/85* 2:07 p.m., ESPN NCAA Productions	(1 W) No. 3	vs. (16 W) Southern First round	W 83–59	28–3	Special Events Center Salt Lake City, UT
03/16/85* 4:30 p.m., CBS	(1 W) No. 3	vs. (9 W) Arkansas Second round	W 68–65	29–3	Special Events Center Salt Lake City, UT
03/22/85* 10:09 p.m., CBS	(1 W) No. 3	vs. (12 W) Kentucky Sweet Sixteen	W 86–70	30–3	McNichols Arena Denver, CO
03/24/85* 4:03 p.m., CBS	(1 W) No. 3	vs. (3 W) No. 16 NC State Elite Eight	W 69–60	31–3	McNichols Arena Denver, CO
03/30/85* 6:12 p.m., CBS	(1 W) No. 3	vs. (1 E) No. 1 Georgetown Final Four	L 59–77	31–4	Rupp Arena (23,135) Lexington, KY
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West Region. All times are in Eastern Time. E=East Region.

Rankings

Main article: 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. RV=Received votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Final
AP	7	3	3	4	8	5	4	3	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	3
UPI		3	3	4	8	8	4	4	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	3

Player statistics

Player

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FGA

Pct.

FTA

Pct.

REB

AST

BLK

STL

PTS

Avg.

St. John's

Opponents

Local Radio

Station	Play–by–play	Color analyst	Studio host
WCBS–AM 880	Spencer Ross

Team players drafted into the NBA

Main article: 1985 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	7	Chris Mullin	Golden State Warriors
1	16	Bill Wennington	Dallas Mavericks

References

sports-reference.com 1984-85 Big East Conference Season Summary
1984–85 St. John's Redmen, College Basketball @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-Nov-11.
"1985 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved March 6, 2022.

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