# 1986–87 St. John's Redmen basketball team

The 1986–87 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his nineteenth 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.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/28/86* | | Southern Lapchick Tournament Opening Round | W 126–81 | 1–0 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 11/29/86* | | Youngstown State Lapchick Tournament Championship | W 75-65 | 2-0 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 12/02/86* | | Fordham | W 80-61 | 3-0 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 12/06/86* | | Wagner | W 102-69 | 4-0 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 12/11/86 | | Seton Hall | W 72-69 | 5-0 (1-0) | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 12/13/86* | | No. 11 UCLA | W 70-63 | 6-0 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| 12/20/86* | No. 15 | at Niagara | W 66-58 | 7-0 | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY |
| 12/27/86* | No. 15 | Virginia ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal | W 64-58 | 8-0 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| 12/29/86* | No. 15 | No. 19 Georgia Tech ECAC Holiday Festival Championship | W 62-53 | 9-0 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| 01/04/87 | No. 10 | at Villanova | L 54-62 | 9-1 (1-1) | du Pont Pavilion Villanova, PA |
| 01/07/87 | No. 10 | at No. 16 Georgetown | L 46-60 | 9-2 (1-2) | Capital Centre Landover, MD |
| 01/10/87 | No. 10 | Boston College | W 62-58 | 10-2 (2-2) | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 01/14/87* | No. 13 | Brooklyn College | W 70-48 | 11-2 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 01/17/87 | No. 13 | at Connecticut | W 69-54 | 12-2 (3-2) | Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT |
| 01/19/87 | No. 13 | at No. 18 Pittsburgh | W 63-62 | 13-2 (4-2) | Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA |
| 01/24/87 | No. 14 | at No. 7 Syracuse | L 63-64 | 13-3 (4-3) | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY |
| 01/27/87 | No. 15 | Villanova | W 61-58 | 14-3 (5-3) | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 01/31/87 | No. 15 | at Providence | L 81-93 $^{OT}$ | 14-4 (5-4) | Providence Civic Center Providence, RI |
| 02/02/87 | No. 15 | No. 11 Georgetown | W 67-65 $^{OT}$ | 15-4 (6-4) | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| 02/06/87 | No. 19 | at Boston College | W 65-50 | 16-4 (7-4) | Boston Garden Boston, MA |
| 02/10/87 | No. 16 | at Seton Hall | W 60-57 $^{OT}$ | 17-4 (8-4) | Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, NJ |
| 02/14/87 | No. 16 | No. 20 Providence | L 78-79 | 17-5 (8-5) | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 02/16/87* | No. 16 | Fairleigh Dickinson | W 63-59 | 18-5 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| 02/18/87 | No. 20 | Connecticut | W 76-55 | 19-5 (9-5) | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 02/21/87* | No. 20 | No. 15 Kansas | L 60-62 | 19-6 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| 02/25/87 | | No. 11 Syracuse | L 80-88 | 19-7 (9-6) | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| 02/28/87 | | No. 9 Pittsburgh | W 76-74 | 20-7 (10-6) | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| Big East tournament ||||||
| 03/06/87 | | vs. Providence Big East tournament Quarterfinal | L 51-80 | 20-8 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| 03/13/87* | | vs. (11) Wichita State NCAA First Round | W 57-55 | 21-8 | Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, IL |
| 03/15/87* | | at No. 5 (3) DePaul NCAA Second Round | L 75-83 | 21-9 | Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, IL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||

## Awards and honors

* Mark Jackson – Consensus Second-team All-American

## Team players drafted into the NBA

| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
| 1 | 18 | Mark Jackson | New York Knicks |
| 3 | 69 | Willie Glass | Los Angeles Lakers |