# 1979–80 St. John's Redmen basketball team

The 1979–80 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his 12th 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 ||||||
| 11/30/79* | No. 16 | Oral Roberts Lapchick Tournament Opening Round | W 90-78 | 1-0 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 12/01/79* | No. 16 | Michigan State Lapchick Tournament Championship | W 88-73 | 2-0 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 12/04/79* | No. 9 | at Tennessee | L 80-97 | 2-1 | Stokely Athletic Center Knoxville, TN |
| 12/08/79* | No. 9 | Army | W 84-61 | 3-1 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 12/11/79* | No. 15 | Columbia | W 91-75 | 4-1 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 12/15/79* | No. 15 | at Rutgers | W 75-64 | 5-1 | Rutgers Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ |
| 12/23/79* | No. 15 | Centenary (LA) | W 92-72 | 6-1 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 12/26/79* | No. 15 | vs. Lafayette ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal | W 68-58 | 7-1 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| 12/28/79* | No. 15 | vs. Boston College ECAC Holiday Festival Championship | W 78-70 | 8-1 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| 01/05/80 | No. 17 | Connecticut | W 83-73 | 9-1 (1-0) | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 01/08/80* | No. 14 | at Princeton | W 44-42 | 10-1 | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ |
| 01/12/80 | No. 14 | Seton Hall | W 97-64 | 11-1 (2-0) | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 01/14/80* | No. 14 | St. Joseph's | W 72-55 | 12-1 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 01/16/80 | No. 10 | at Boston College | W 66-63 | 13-1 (3-0) | Roberts Center Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 01/19/80 | No. 10 | at Georgetown | W 71-69 | 14-1 (4-0) | McDonough Gymnasium Washington, D.C. |
| 01/22/80* | No. 9 | Manhattan | W 88-64 | 15-1 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 01/24/80* | No. 9 | Davidson | W 67-48 | 16-1 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 01/26/80 | No. 9 | Villanova | W 81-75 | 17-1 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 01/28/80* | No. 9 | at Niagara | W 87-63 | 18-1 | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY |
| 02/01/80* | No. 9 | at Rhode Island | W 64-63 | 19-1 | Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI |
| 02/03/80* | No. 9 | No. 7 Louisville | L 71-76 | 19-2 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 02/05/80* | No. 8 | Baltimore | W 89-73 | 20-2 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 02/09/80* | No. 8 | Fordham | W 78-60 | 21-2 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 02/16/80 | No. 7 | No. 2 Syracuse | L 71-72 | 21-3 (4-1) | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 02/19/80* | No. 7 | at Temple | W 63-58 $^{OT}$ | 22-3 | The Palestra Philadelphia, PA |
| 02/23/80 | No. 7 | at Providence | W 68-62 | 23-3 (5-1) | Providence Civic Center Providence, RI |
| Big East tournament ||||||
| 02/28/80 | No. 8 | at Providence Big East tournament quarterfinal | W 48-44 | 24-3 | Providence Civic Center Providence, RI |
| 02/29/80 | No. 8 | vs. No. 20 Georgetown Big East tournament semifinal | L 66-76 | 24-4 | Providence Civic Center Providence, RI |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| 03/08/80* | No. 13 | at No. 20 (6) Purdue NCAA Second Round | L 72-87 | 24-5 | Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||

## Team players drafted into the NBA

| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
| 6 | 120 | Bernard Rencher | Chicago Bulls |