1979–80 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1979–80 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Lapchick Memorial Champions ECAC Holiday Festival Champions Big East Regular Season Champions
1980 NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
1979–80 record	24–5 (5–1 Big East)
Head coach	Lou Carnesecca
Assistant coach	Carmine Calzonetti
Assistant coach	Ron Rutledge
Captain	Reggie Carter Bernard Rencher
Home arena	Alumni Hall Madison Square Garden

1979–80 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#6 Syracuse	5	–	1	.833	26	–	4	.867
#13 St. John's	5	–	1	.833	24	–	5	.828
#11 Georgetown†	5	–	1	.833	26	–	6	.813
Connecticut	3	–	3	.500	20	–	9	.690
Boston College	2	–	4	.333	19	–	10	.655
Seton Hall	1	–	5	.167	14	–	13	.519
Providence	0	–	6	.000	11	–	16	.407

† 1980 Big East Tournament winner As of March 24, 1980^[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

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 twelfth 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.

Roster

1979–80 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	-	Washington, LarryLarry Washington	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Canarsie/Texas Tech	Brooklyn, NY
2.5 !G/F	-	Redding, CurtisCurtis Redding	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	3.5 !RS Jr	Canarsie/Kansas State	Brooklyn, NY
1.5 !G	4	Garrison, GeorgeGeorge Garrison	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	1.0 !Fr	Bellport	Bellport, NY
1.5 !G	5	Rencher, BernardBernard Rencher (C)	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	4.5 !RS Sr	Mater Christi/Notre Dame	Queens, NY
3.5 !F	11	Russell, DavidDavid Russell	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Bellport	Bellport, NY
1.5 !G	12	Williams, KevinKevin Williams	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Charles E. Hughes	New York, NY
2.5 !G/F	22	Plair, RonRon Plair	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	William C. Bryant	Queens, NY
4.5 !F/C	32	Jackson, TrevorTrevor Jackson	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	1.0 !Fr	Springfield Gardens	Queens, NY
1.5 !G	35	Carter, ReggieReggie Carter (C)	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	4.5 !RS Sr	Long Island Lutheran/Hawaii	New York, NY
3.5 !F	43	Gilroy, FrankFrank Gilroy	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Holy Cross	Queens, NY
2.5 !G/F	44	Cluess, TimTim Cluess	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	2.0 !So	St. Agnes	West Hempstead, NY
5.0 !C	55	McKoy, WayneWayne McKoy	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Long Island Lutheran	Queens, NY

Head coach

Lou Carnesecca (St. John's University)

Assistant coach(es)

Carmine Calzonetti
Ron Rutledge

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

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

References

↑ sports-reference.com 1979-80 Big East Conference Season Summary

St. John's Red Storm men's basketball

Venues	Old Madison Square Garden (193?–1969) Madison Square Garden (1969–present) Carnesecca Arena (alternate; 1961–present)

Culture & lore	Johnny Thunderbird

People	Head coaches

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Helms national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

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