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.
1984–85 St. John's Redmen men's basketball | |
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Big East Tournament Runner Up Big East Regular Season Champions Lapchick Memorial Champions ECAC Holiday Festival Champions | |
Conference | Big East Conference (1979–2013) |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 3 |
AP | No. 3 |
1984–85 record | 31–4 (15–1 Big East) |
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Home arena | Alumni Hall Madison Square Garden |
1984–85 Big East men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 St. John's | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 31 | – | 4 | .886 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Georgetown† | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 35 | – | 3 | .921 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Syracuse | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 22 | – | 9 | .710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Villanova | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 25 | – | 10 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Providence | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 11 | – | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seton Hall | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1985 Big East Tournament winner As of April 1, 1985[1]; Rankings from AP Poll |
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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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 North Carolina 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 Big East Tournament Quarterfinal |
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 Big East Tournament Semifinal |
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 Big East Tournament 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 |
(W1) No. 3 | vs. (W16) Southern NCAA First Round |
W 83–59 | 28–3 |
Special Events Center Salt Lake City, UT | ||||||
03/16/85* 4:30 p.m., CBS |
(W1) No. 3 | vs. (W9) Arkansas NCAA Second Round |
W 68–65 | 29–3 |
Special Events Center Salt Lake City, UT | ||||||
03/22/85* 10:09 p.m., CBS |
(W1) No. 3 | vs. (W12) Kentucky NCAA Regional Semifinal |
W 86–70 | 30–3 |
McNichols Arena Denver, CO | ||||||
03/24/85* 4:03 p.m., CBS |
(W1) No. 3 | vs. (W3) No. 16 North Carolina State NCAA Regional Final |
W 69–60 | 31–3 |
McNichols Arena Denver, CO | ||||||
03/30/85* 6:12 p.m., CBS |
(W1) No. 3 | vs. (E1) No. 1 Georgetown NCAA National Semifinal |
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
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 |
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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. |
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Local Radio
Station | Play–by–play | Color analyst | Studio host |
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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 |
References
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