# 1981–82 St. John's Redmen basketball team

The 1981–82 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his fourteenth 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 ||||||
| 11/27/81* | | Xavier Lapchick Tournament Opening Round | W 75-55 | 1-0 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 11/28/81* | | Fordham Lapchick Tournament Championship | W 91-71 | 2-0 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 12/5/81* | | at Princeton | W 42-37 | 3-0 | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ |
| 11/28/81* | | at Rutgers | L 67-74 | 3-1 | Rutgers Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ |
| 12/12/81* | | Manhattan | W 85-54 | 4-1 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 12/19/81* | | Fordham | W 72-59 | 5-1 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 12/23/81* | | Temple | W 68-61 | 6-1 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 12/28/81* | | vs. Kansas ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal | W 76-75 | 7-1 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| 12/29/81* | | vs. No. 19 Villanova ECAC Holiday Festival Championship | W 94-89 | 8-1 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| 01/02/82* | | Columbia | W 58-51 | 9-1 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 01/06/82 | No. 20 | No. 13 Georgetown | L 42-72 | 9-2 (0-1) | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| 01/09/82 | No. 20 | Providence | W 76-62 | 10-2 (1-1) | Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY |
| 01/11/82 | No. 20 | at Villanova | L 62-64 | 10-3 (1-2) | Villanova Field House Villanova, PA |
| 01/16/82 | | Connecticut | W 77-71 | 11-3 (2-2) | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 01/20/82 | | Syracuse | W 73-62 | 12-3 (3-2) | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 01/25/82 | | at Seton Hall | W 91-85 | 13-3 (4-2) | Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ |
| 01/27/82* | | vs. Army | W 67-54 | 14-3 | Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, NJ |
| 01/31/82 | | at Georgetown | L 46-63 | 14-4 (4-3) | Capital Centre Landover, MD |
| 02/03/82 | | at Boston College | W 71-70 | 15-4 (5-3) | Roberts Center Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 02/07/82* | | at Louisville | L 60-70 | 15-5 | Freedom Hall Louisville, KY |
| 02/10/82 | | at Connecticut | W 93-82 $^{OT}$ | 16-5 (6-3) | Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT |
| 02/13/82 | | Villanova | L 68-73 | 16-6 (6-4) | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 02/15/82 | | at Providence | W 77-76 $^{2OT}$ | 17-6 (7-4) | Providence Civic Center Providence, RI |
| 02/20/82 | | Boston College | L 81-90 | 17-7 (7-5) | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 02/24/82 | | Seton Hall | W 82-65 | 18-7 (8-5) | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| 02/27/82 | | at Syracuse | W 80-76 | 19-7 (9-5) | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY |
| Big East tournament ||||||
| 03/04/82 | (3) | vs. (6) Connecticut Big East tournament quarterfinal | W 54-52 | 20-7 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| 03/05/82 | (3) | vs. (2) No. 8 Georgetown Big East tournament semifinal | L 42-57 | 20-8 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| 03/12/82* | (5 E) | vs. (12 E) Penn First Round | W 66-56 | 21-8 | Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY |
| 03/14/82* | (5 E) | vs. (4 E) No. 13 Alabama Second Round | L 68-69 | 21-9 | Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||