# 1987–88 St. John's Redmen basketball team

The 1987–88 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his twentieth year at the school. St. John's played its home games at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden and was a member of the Big East Conference.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/28/87* | | Harvard Lapchick Tournament Opening Round | W 105–60 | 1–0 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 11/29/87* | | Loyola Marymount Lapchick Tournament Championship | W 88–85 | 2–0 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 12/02/87* | | Fairleigh Dickinson | W 82–60 | 3–0 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 12/05/87* | | at No. 16 Kansas | L 54–63 | 3–1 | Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS |
| 12/09/87* | | at Fordham | W 76–71 $^{2OT}$ | 4–1 | Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY |
| 12/12/87* | | at UCLA | W 72–69 | 5–1 | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA |
| 12/19/87* | | Niagara | W 80–65 | 6–1 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 12/28/87* | | Marist ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal | W 66–59 | 7–1 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| 12/30/87* | | No. 17 Kansas ECAC Holiday Festival Championship | W 70–56 | 8–1 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| 01/04/88 | | Villanova | L 62–69 | 8–2 (0–1) | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 01/09/88 | No. 20 | at No. 2 Pittsburgh | L 70–81 | 8–3 (0–2) | Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA |
| 01/12/88* | | Rutgers | W 73–55 | 9–3 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| 01/16/88 | | Seton Hall | W 71–70 | 10–3 (1–2) | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 01/20/88 | | at No. 15 Georgetown | W 65–58 | 11–3 (2–2) | Capital Centre (10,503) Landover, MD |
| 01/23/88 | | Connecticut | W 79–72 | 12–3 (3–2) | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 01/27/88 | | at No. 19 Villanova | W 60–55 | 13–3 (4–2) | du Pont Pavilion Villanova, PA |
| 01/30/88 | | at Seton Hall | W 58–55 | 14–3 (5–2) | Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, NJ |
| 02/03/88 | No. 20 | No. 9 Pittsburgh | L 71–88 | 14–4 (5–3) | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 02/06/88 | No. 20 | No. 12 Syracuse | L 62–79 | 14–5 (5–4) | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| 02/08/88 | No. 20 | Boston College | L 76–80 | 14–6 (5–5) | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 02/13/88 | | Providence | W 88–67 | 15–6 (6–5) | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 02/17/88 | | at No. 12 Syracuse | L 68–82 | 15–7 (6–6) | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY |
| 02/20/88* | | DePaul | L 51–65 | 15–8 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| 02/23/88 | | Georgetown | W 69–66 | 16–8 (7–6) | Madison Square Garden (17,892) New York, NY |
| 02/27/88 | | at Boston College | L 65–74 | 16–9 (7–7) | Boston Garden Boston, MA |
| 02/29/88 | | at Connecticut | W 77–62 | 17–9 (8–7) | Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT |
| 03/05/88 | | at Providence | L 81–90 | 17–10 (8–8) | Providence Civic Center Providence, RI |
| Big East tournament ||||||
| 03/11/88 | | vs. Villanova Big East tournament Quarterfinal | L 68–71 | 17–11 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| 03/17/88* | | vs. (6) Florida NCAA First Round | L 59–62 | 17–12 | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||

## Team players drafted into the NBA

| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
| 2 | 27 | Shelton Jones | San Antonio Spurs |