# 1978–79 St. John's Redmen basketball team

The 1978–79 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his eleventh year at the school. St. John's home games were (and to this day still are) played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/24/78* | | American Lapchick Tournament Opening Round | W 72-70 | 1-0 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 11/25/78* | | Wagner Lapchick tournament championship | W 108-91 | 2-0 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 11/28/78* | | Wisconsin | L 68-73 | 2-1 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 12/02/78* | | Princeton | W 71-51 | 3-1 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 12/07/78* | | Baylor | W 83-82 | 4-1 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 12/09/78* | | No. 20 Georgetown | L 71-77 | 4-2 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 12/12/78* | | at Columbia | L 77-90 | 4-3 | Levien Gymnasium New York, NY |
| 12/16/78* | | BYU | W 90-83 | 5-3 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 12/22/78* | | Tennessee Tech | W 100-56 | 6-3 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 12/29/78* | | vs. Rutgers ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal | L 61-72 | 6-4 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| 12/30/78* | | vs. No. 1 Duke ECAC Holiday Festival Consolation | W 69-66 | 7-4 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| 01/04/79* | | at Seton Hall | L 70-76 | 7-5 | Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ |
| 01/06/79* | | Temple | L 73-74 | 7-6 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 01/09/79* | | Baltimore | W 75-52 | 8-6 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 01/13/79* | | Rutgers | L 66-69 | 8-7 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 01/16/79* | | at Villanova | W 74-54 | 9-7 | The Palestra Philadelphia, PA |
| 01/20/79* | | Rhode Island | L 70-71 | 9-8 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 01/23/79* | | at Manhattan | W 80-55 | 10-8 | Alumni Gym Bronx, NY |
| 01/28/79* | | at Saint Joseph's | W 47-40 | 11-8 | The Palestra Philadelphia, PA |
| 01/31/79* | | at Army | W 72-65 | 12-8 | USMA Fieldhouse West Point, NY |
| 02/03/79* | | Niagara | W 80-52 | 13-8 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 02/06/79* | | Boston College | W 85-76 | 14-8 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 02/10/79* | | at Fordham | W 66-48 | 15-8 | Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY |
| 02/13/79* | | Holy Cross | W 82-66 | 16-8 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 02/17/79* | | at No. 7 Syracuse | L 72-79 | 16-9 | Manley Field House Syracuse, NY |
| 02/24/79* | | Providence | W 70-65 | 17-9 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| ECAC Metro tournament ||||||
| 03/01/79 | | vs. Wagner ECAC Metro Semifinal | W 86-82 $^{OT}$ | 18-9 | Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY |
| 03/03/79 | | vs. Iona ECAC Metro Final | L 57-63 | 18-10 | Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| 03/09/79* | No. 17 | vs. No. 13 (7) Temple NCAA First Round | W 75-70 | 19-10 | Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC |
| 03/11/79* | No. 17 | vs. No. 6 (2) Duke NCAA Second Round | W 80-78 | 20-10 | Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC |
| 03/16/79* | No. 17 | vs. No. 18 (6) Rutgers NCAA Sweet Sixteen | W 67-65 | 21-10 | Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC |
| 03/18/79* | No. 17 | vs. No. 14 (9) Penn NCAA Elite Eight | L 62-64 | 21-11 | Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||

## Team players drafted into the NBA

| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
| 2 | 27 | Reggie Carter | New York Knicks |
| 10 | 189 | Gordon Thomas | New York Knicks |