St. John's Red Storm women's basketball

College basketball team

St. John's Red Storm

2024–25 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team

University

St. John's University

Head coach

Joe Tartamella (13th season)

Conference

Big East

Location

New York City, New York

Arena

Carnesecca Arena
(capacity: 5,602)

Nickname

Red Storm

Colors

Red and white

NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen

2012

NCAA tournament second round

1988, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014

NCAA tournament appearances

1983, 1984, 1988, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2023

AIAW tournament appearances

1982

Conference tournament champions

1983, 1984, 1988, 2016

Conference regular season champions

1983, 1985

The St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team represents St. John's University in New York City, New York, United States. The school's team competes in the Big East, where it has competed since the 1982–1983 season. The women’s basketball team began competing in the AIAW in 1974–1975 under coach Vickie Kresse, obtaining a 10–8 record and its first winning season. The Red Storm are coached by Joe Tartamella, who took the helm of the program in 2012.

Yearly records

Statistics overview
Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Vickie Kresse (1974–1979)
1974–75	Vickie Kresse	10–8
1975–76	Vickie Kresse	23–8
1976–77	Vickie Kresse	24–7
1977–78	Vickie Kresse	26–5
1978–79	Vickie Kresse	17–15
Vickie Kresse:		100–43 (.699)
Don Perrelli (1979–1984)
1979–80	Don Perrelli	16–16
1980–81	Don Perrelli	26–8
1981–82	Don Perrelli	25–7			AIAW Round of 16
Big East Conference (1982–present)
1982–83	Don Perrelli	27–6	7–1	1st	NCAA Round of 32
1983–84	Don Perrelli	24–6	5–3	T-2nd	NCAA Round of 32
Don Perrelli:		118–43 (.733)	12–4 (.750)
Joe Mullaney Jr. (1984–1996)
1984–85	Joe Mullaney Jr.	18–11	12–4	T-1st
1985–86	Joe Mullaney Jr.	19–9	11–5	4th
1986–87	Joe Mullaney Jr.	16–13	9–7	T-4th
1987–88	Joe Mullaney Jr.	22–10	10–6	T-3rd	NCAA Round of 32
1988–89	Joe Mullaney Jr.	10–18	5–11	7th
1989–90	Joe Mullaney Jr.	12–17	5–11	T-7th
1990–91	Joe Mullaney Jr.	16–12	10–6	T-3rd
1991–92	Joe Mullaney Jr.	14–14	5–13	T-8th
1992–93	Joe Mullaney Jr.	12–16	5–13	8th
1993–94	Joe Mullaney Jr.	8–20	4–14	9th
1994–95	Joe Mullaney Jr.	15–12	10–8	T-4th
1995–96	Joe Mullaney Jr.	6–21	4–14	12th (6th BE6)
Joe Mullaney Jr.:		168–173 (.493)	90–112 (.446)
Charlene Thomas-Swinson (1996–1999)
1996–97	Charlene Thomas-Swinson	5–22	3–15	T-12th (6th BE6)
1997–98	Charlene Thomas-Swinson	6–21	4–14	12th (6th BE6)
1998–99	Charlene Thomas-Swinson	13–18	7–11	8th
Charlene Thomas-Swinson:		24–61 (.282)	14–40 (.259)
Darcel Estep (1999–2002)
1999–00	Darcel Estep	11–18	5–11	T-9th
2000–01	Darcel Estep	8–20	3–13	T-12th
Pechone Stepps (2002–2002)
2001–02*	Darcel Estep Pechone Stepps TOTAL	3–13 0–11 3–24	0–5 0–11 0–16	14th
Darcel Estep:		22–51 (.301)	8–29 (.216)
Pechone Stepps:		0–11 (.000)	0–11 (.000)
Kim Barnes Arico (2002–2012)
2002–03	Kim Barnes Arico	8–19	2–4	14th
2003–04	Kim Barnes Arico	10–18	4–12	11th
2004–05	Kim Barnes Arico	20–11	7–9	T-6th	WNIT Round of 16
2005–06	Kim Barnes Arico	22–8	11–5	T-3rd	NCAA Round of 32
2006–07	Kim Barnes Arico	8–20	4–12	12th
2007–08	Kim Barnes Arico	18–15	7–9	10th	WNIT Quarterfinals
2008–09	Kim Barnes Arico	19–15	4–12	T-13th	WNIT Round of 16
2009–10	Kim Barnes Arico	25–7	12–4	4th	NCAA Round of 32
2010–11	Kim Barnes Arico	22–11	9–7	T-8th	NCAA Round of 32
2011–12	Kim Barnes Arico	24–10	13–3	T-2nd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
Kim Barnes Arico:		176–134 (.541)	73–87 (.456)
Joe Tartamella (2012–present)
2012–13	Joe Tartamella	18–13	11–5	T-3rd	NCAA Round of 64
2013–14	Joe Tartamella	23–11	13–5	2nd	NCAA Round of 32
2014–15	Joe Tartamella	23–11	11–7	4th	WNIT Round of 16
2015–16	Joe Tartamella	23–10	11–7	4th	NCAA Round of 64
2016–17	Joe Tartamella	22–12	11–7	T-4th	WNIT Round of 16
2017–18	Joe Tartamella	19–15	9–9	T-5th	WNIT Quarterfinals
2018–19	Joe Tartamella	15–16	7–11	T–8th
2019–20	Joe Tartamella	19–12	11–7	T–3rd
2020–21	Joe Tartamella	8–15	4–12	8th
2021–22	Joe Tartamella	12–19	7–12	7th
2022–23	Joe Tartamella	23–9	13–7	T–4th	NCAA Round of 64
2023–24	Joe Tartamella	19–15	11–7	T–3rd	WBIT Second Round
Joe Tartamella:		224–158 (.586)	119–96 (.553)
Big East Conference:			316–177 (.641)
Total:		810–663 (.550)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Postseason results

NCAA Division I

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1983	#7	First Round	#2 Old Dominion	L 63–86
1984	#7	First Round	#2 North Carolina	L 79–81 (OT)
1988	#7	First Round Second Round	#10 Fairfield #2 Virginia	W 83–70 L 64–75
2006	#7	First Round Second Round	#10 California #2 Maryland	W 78–68 L 74–81
2010	#6	First Round Second Round	#11 Princeton #3 Florida State	W 65–47 L 65–66 (OT)
2011	#9	First Round Second Round	#8 Texas Tech #1 Stanford	W 55–50 L 49–75
2012	#3	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#14 Creighton #6 Oklahoma #2 Duke	W 69–67 W 74–70 L 47–74
2013	#10	First Round	#7 Dayton	L 90–96 (2OT)
2014	#8	First Round Second Round	#9 Southern Cal #1 Tennessee	W 71–68 L 51–67
2016	#8	First Round	#9 Auburn	L 57–68
2023	#11	First Four First Round	#11 Purdue #6 North Carolina	W 66–64 L 59–61

AIAW Division I

The Red Storm made one appearance in the AIAW National Division I basketball tournament, with a combined record of 0–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1982	First Round	Minnesota	L, 56–68

Players selected in the WBL Draft

1981 – 2nd Round – Dallas Diamonds – Debbie Brajevich

Players selected in the WNBA draft

Source:

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Name	Team
2013	2	5	17	Nadirah McKenith	Washington Mystics
2013	3	1	25	Shenneika Smith	New York Liberty
2016	3	3	27	Aliyyah Handford	Connecticut Sun
2016	3	7	31	Danaejah Grant	Washington Mystics
First round pick Active players

References

"Primary Colors". St. John's University Athletics Style Guide (PDF). June 21, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
^ St. John's Women's Basketball All-Time Results, retrieved 2013-Aug-15.
"NBA Draft Index". Basketball Reference. 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013.

External links

Official website

v t e St. John's Red Storm women's basketball
Venues	Carnesecca Arena (1974–present)
Rivalries	Fordham
Culture & lore	Johnny Thunderbird
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e Big East Conference women's basketball
Teams	Butler Bulldogs Creighton Bluejays DePaul Blue Demons Georgetown Hoyas Marquette Golden Eagles Providence Friars St. John's Red Storm Seton Hall Pirates UConn Huskies Villanova Wildcats Xavier Musketeers
Championships & awards	Big East women's basketball tournament Player of the Year Freshman of the Year
Seasons	1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

St. John's University (New York City)

Founded: 1870

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