1978–79 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1978–79 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Lapchick Memorial Champions
1979 NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Independent
1978–79 record	21–11
Head coach	Lou Carnesecca
Assistant coach	John Kresse
Assistant coach	Tom Abatemarco
Captain	Tom Calabrese
Home arena	Alumni Hall Madison Square Garden

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 are played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden.

Roster

1978–79 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
2.5 !G/F	-	Redding, CurtisCurtis Redding	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Canarsie/Kansas State	Brooklyn, NY
1.5 !G	4	Calabrese, TomTom Calabrese (C)	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	Cliffside Park	Cliffside Park, NJ
1.5 !G	5	Rencher, BernardBernard Rencher	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	3.5 !RS Jr	Mater Christi/Notre Dame	Queens, NY
2.5 !G/F	22	Plair, RonRon Plair	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	2.0 !So	William C. Bryant	Queens, NY
2.5 !G/F	32	Thomas, GordonGordon Thomas	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	Bay Shore	Bay Shore, NY
1.5 !G	35	Carter, ReggieReggie Carter	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	3.5 !RS Jr	Long Island Lutheran/Hawaii	New York, NY
4.5 !F/C	-	Bollinger, RickRick Bollinger	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	4.0 !Sr
3.5 !F	43	Gilroy, FrankFrank Gilroy	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	2.0 !So	Holy Cross	Queens, NY
3.5 !F	44	Wright, RudyRudy Wright	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	Long Island City	Queens, NY
2.5 !G/F	-	Cluess, TimTim Cluess	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	1.0 !Fr	St. Agnes	West Hempstead, NY
5.0 !C	55	McKoy, WayneWayne McKoy	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	2.0 !So	Long Island Lutheran	Queens, NY

Head coach

Lou Carnesecca (St. John's University)

Assistant coach(es)

John Kresse
Tom Abatemarco

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
11/24/78*		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*		Brigham Young	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 St. 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) Pennsylvania 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

References

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

Seasons	1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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

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