St. John's Red Storm men's basketball
Year Seed Round Opponent Result
1951 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Regional 3rd Place Game Connecticut Kentucky NC State W 63-52 L 43-59 W 71-59
1952 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship Game NC State Kentucky Illinois Kansas W 60-49 W 64-57 W 61-59 L 63-80
1961 First Round Wake Forest L 74-97
1967 First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game Temple Boston College Princeton W 57-53 L 62-63 L 58-78
1968 First Round Davidson L 70-79
1969 First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game Princeton Davidson Duquesne W 72-63 L 69-79 L 72-75
1973 First Round Penn L 61-62
1976 First Round Indiana L 70-90
1977 First Round Utah L 68-72
1978 First Round Louisville L 68-76
1979 # 10 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight # 7 Temple # 2 Duke # 6 Rutgers # 9 Penn W 75-70 W 80-78 W 67-65 L 62-64
1980 # 3 Second Round # 6 Purdue L 72-87
1982 # 5 First Round Second Round # 12 Penn # 4 Alabama W 66-56 L 68-69
1983 # 1 Second Round Sweet Sixteen # 9 Rutgers # 4 Georgia W 66-55 L 67-70
1984 # 9 First Round # 8 Temple L 63-65
1985 # 1 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four # 16 Southern # 9 Arkansas # 12 Kentucky # 3 NC State # 1 Georgetown W 83-59 W 68-65 W 86-70 W 69-60 L 59-77
1986 # 1 First Round Second Round # 16 Montana State # 8 Auburn W 83-74 L 65-81
1987 # 6 First Round Second Round # 11 Wichita State # 3 DePaul W 57-55 L 75-83
1988 # 11 First Round # 6 Florida L 59-62
1990 # 6 First Round Second Round # 11 Temple # 3 Duke W 81-65 L 72-76
NIT results
The Red Storm have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament ( NIT ) 30 times . Their combined record is 45–30 . They are six-time NIT Champions ( 1943 , 1944 , 1959 , 1965 , 1989 , 2003 ) . Due to impermissible benefits to a player , their 2003 appearance ( and title ) has been vacated by the NCAA making their official record 40–30 .
The St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represents the St. John's University in Queens, New York. The team participates in the Big East Conference. As of the end of the 2018-19 season, St. John's has 1,900 total wins, which put them at #6 on the List of teams with the most victories in NCAA Division I men's college basketball. Starting in the 2019-20 season, St. John's will be coached by Mike Anderson.