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

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.

## 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. ||||||

## 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. |
| Chris Mullin | 35 | 35 | 37.9 | 7.2 | 13.8 | .521 | 5.5 | 6.7 | .824 | 169 | 68 | 151 | 90 | 17 | 73 | 694 | 19.8 |
| Walter Berry | 35 | 35 | 34.3 | 6.6 | 11.8 | .558 | 3.8 | 5.3 | .717 | 304 | 89 | 34 | 86 | 45 | 29 | 596 | 17.0 |
| Bill Wennington | 35 | 35 | 31.4 | 4.8 | 8.0 | .602 | 2.9 | 3.6 | .816 | 224 | 119 | 55 | 57 | 51 | 21 | 438 | 12.5 |
| Willie Glass | 35 | 35 | 23.7 | 2.7 | 4.8 | .563 | 1.7 | 2.7 | .611 | 113 | 58 | 49 | 48 | 13 | 24 | 246 | 7.0 |
| Mike Moses | 33 | 33 | 24.4 | 2.1 | 4.4 | .483 | 1.6 | 2.0 | .788 | 34 | 74 | 129 | 67 | 2 | 36 | 192 | 5.8 |
| Mark Jackson | 35 | 2 | 17.2 | 1.6 | 2.9 | .564 | 1.9 | 2.6 | .725 | 44 | 44 | 109 | 54 | 4 | 25 | 180 | 5.1 |
| Ron Rowan | 28 | 0 | 11.0 | 1.3 | 2.9 | .463 | 0.9 | 1.2 | .758 | 27 | 35 | 20 | 28 | 0 | 15 | 99 | 3.5 |
| Shelton Jones | 32 | 0 | 9.9 | 1.0 | 1.8 | .542 | 0.8 | 1.3 | .619 | 52 | 30 | 18 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 90 | 2.8 |
| Bob Antonelli | 3 | 0 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 1.7 | .600 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.0 |
| Ron Stewart | 35 | 0 | 11.5 | 0.7 | 1.5 | .453 | 0.6 | 1.1 | .553 | 55 | 53 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 69 | 2.0 |
| Steve Shurina | 17 | 0 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | .667 | 0.5 | 0.6 | .818 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1.0 |
| Terry Bross | 17 | 0 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | .556 | 0.4 | 0.5 | .778 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 1.0 |
| Rob Cornegy | 14 | 0 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .333 | 0.1 | 0.1 | .500 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.4 |
| St. John's | 35 | | | 27.9 | 51.6 | .542 | 19.8 | 26.6 | .744 | 1055 | 590 | 586 | | | | 2649 | 75.7 |
| Opponents | 35 | | | 26.3 | 57.5 | .457 | 12.1 | 17.2 | .701 | 1043 | 671 | 454 | | | | 2263 | 64.7 |

## Local Radio

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

## Team players drafted into the NBA

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