1984–85 St. John's Redmen basketball team

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
ConferenceBig East Conference (1979–2013)
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
Record31–4 (15–1 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaAlumni Hall
Madison Square Garden
Seasons
1984–85 Big East men's basketball standings
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[1]
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 Current redshirt 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
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

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 OT 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.

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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 G GS MIN FG FGA Pct. FT FTA Pct. REB PF AST TO 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

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References

  1. ^ sports-reference.com 1984-85 Big East Conference Season Summary
  2. ^ 1984–85 St. John's Redmen, College Basketball @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-Nov-11.
  3. ^ "1985 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved March 6, 2022.