2019–20 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

The 2019–20 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by Mike Anderson, in his first year at the school, and played their home games at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 17–15, 5–13 in Big East play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the No. 9 seed in the Big East tournament, they defeated Georgetown in the first round[1] before having their quarterfinal game against Creighton canceled at halftime due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.[2]

2019–20 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record17–15 (5–13 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • T. J. Cleveland
  • Van Macon
  • Steve DeMeo
Home arenaCarnesecca Arena
Madison Square Garden
Seasons
2019–20 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Creighton 13 5   .722 24 7   .774
No. 11 Villanova 13 5   .722 24 7   .774
No. 16 Seton Hall 13 5   .722 21 9   .700
Providence 12 6   .667 19 12   .613
No. 24 Butler 10 8   .556 22 9   .710
Marquette 8 10   .444 18 12   .600
Xavier 8 10   .444 19 13   .594
Georgetown 5 13   .278 15 17   .469
St. John's 5 13   .278 17 15   .531
DePaul 3 15   .167 16 16   .500
Note: The 2020 Big East tournament was cancelled at halftime of the first game of the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

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The Red Storm finished the 2018–19 season with a record of 21–13, 8–10 in Big East play to finish in seventh place in conference. They defeated DePaul in the first round of the Big East tournament before losing to Marquette in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first four to Arizona State.

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Sedee Keita 0 F 6'9" 236 RS Sophomore Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Transferred to FIU[3]
Shamorie Ponds 2 G 6'1" 180 Junior Brooklyn, New York Entered the 2019 NBA draft[4]
Eli Wright 3 G 6'5" 190 RS Junior Owensboro, Kentucky Transferred to Western Kentucky[5]
Justin Simon 5 G 6'5" 205 RS Junior Temecula, California Entered the 2019 NBA draft[6]
Bryan Trimble Jr. 12 G 6'3" 220 Sophomore Kansas City, Missouri Transferred to Akron[7]
Marvin Clark II 13 F 6'7" 225 RS Senior Kansas City, Missouri Graduated
Jay Camus 32 G 5'10" 170 Senior Queens, New York Graduated

Incoming transfers

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Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school
Damien Sears F 6'7" 230 RS Junior Haughton, Louisiana Western Oklahoma State[8]
Nick Rutherford G 6'3" 185 Graduate student Indianapolis, Indiana Monmouth[9]
Rasheem Dunn G 6'2" 190 RS Junior Brooklyn, New York Cleveland State[10]

2019 recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Johnathan McGriff
PG
District Heights, MD Bishop McNamara 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) May 2, 2019 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 70
Julian Champagnie
SF
Brooklyn, NY Bishop Loughlin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) May 29, 2019 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   Rivals:    247SportsN/A    ESPNN/A   ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

2020 Recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for 2020 recruits
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Posh Alexander
PG
Brooklyn, NY Our Savior Lutheran School 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Aug 22, 2019 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 80
Dylan Addae-Wusu
SG
Yonkers, NY Our Savior Lutheran School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sep 28, 2019 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster

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2019–20 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Mustapha Heron 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Sacred Heart
Auburn
Waterbury, CT
F 1 Josh Roberts 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Montverde Academy Troy, AL
G/F 2 Julian Champagnie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Bishop Loughlin Brooklyn, NY
G 3 Rasheem Dunn 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Jr Thomas Jefferson
Cleveland State
Brooklyn, NY
G 4 Greg Williams Jr. 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Lafayette Christian Academy Lafayette, LA
F 5 David Caraher 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS So Wesleyan Christian Academy
Houston Baptist
Chapel Hill, NC
F 10 Marcellus Earlington 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Don Bosco Prep Stony Point, NY
G 11 Johnathan McGriff   6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Bishop McNamara Bowie, MD
G 12 Thomas O'Connell (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) GS Chaminade
Maryland
Mineola, NY
F 15 Damien Sears 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) RS Jr Haughton
Western Oklahoma State
Haughton, LA
G 23 Justin Cole (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Archbishop Molloy Rockville Centre, NY
G 24 Nick Rutherford 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) GS Allen
Monmouth
Indianapolis, IN
G/F 30 L. J. Figueroa 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr West Oaks Academy
Odessa College
Lawrence, MA
F 33 Ian Steere 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) So Northwood Temple
NC State
Sanford, NC
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Queens College W 94–59 
 28  Figueroa   8  Figueroa   5  Tied  Carnesecca Arena (3,250)
Queens, NY
Regular season
November 6, 2019*
6:30 pm, FS1
Mercer W 109–79  1–0
 25  Heron   8  Champagnie   8  Rutherford  Carnesecca Arena (3,354)
Queens, NY
November 9, 2019*
4:00 pm, FS2
Central Connecticut W 87–57  2–0
 30  Heron   11  Sears   6  Figueroa  Carnesecca Arena (3,582)
Queens, NY
November 12, 2019*
7:00 pm, FS2
New Hampshire W 74–61  3–0
 25  Figueroa   9  Champagnie   5  Tied  Carnesecca Arena (3,320)
Queens, NY
November 16, 2019*
4:00 pm, FS2
Vermont
Hall of Fame Tip Off campus-site game
L 68–70  3–1
 14  Tied   13  Roberts   2  Tied  Carnesecca Arena (4,054)
Queens, NY
November 20, 2019*
7:00 pm, FS1
Columbia
Hall of Fame Tip Off campus-site game
W 82–63  4–1
 15  Heron   11  Roberts   3  Dunn  Carnesecca Arena (3,419)
Queens, NY
November 23, 2019*
2:30 pm, ESPN3
vs. Arizona State
Hall of Fame Tip Off semifinals
L 67–80  4–2
 17  Figueroa   8  Roberts   2  Tied  Mohegan Sun Arena (7,862)
Uncasville, CT
November 24, 2019*
3:30 pm, ESPN2
vs. UMass
Hall of Fame Tip Off consolation
W 78–63  5–2
 17  Caraher   8  Roberts   3  Williams Jr.  Mohegan Sun Arena (5,822)
Uncasville, CT
November 30, 2019*
12:00 pm, FS2
Wagner W 86–63  6–2
 18  Heron   9  Roberts   6  Figueroa  Carnesecca Arena (3,253)
Queens, NY
December 3, 2019*
6:30 pm, FS1
Saint Peter's W 79–69  7–2
 19  Figueroa   11  Champagnie   5  Tied  Carnesecca Arena (2,845)
Queens, NY
December 7, 2019*
12:00 pm, FS1
West Virginia
Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival; Big East–Big 12 Battle
W 70–68  8–2
 17  Figueroa   9  Roberts   4  Dunn  Madison Square Garden (7,281)
New York, NY
December 10, 2019*
7:00 pm, FS1
Brown W 82–71  9–2
 23  Figueroa   9  Roberts   6  Dunn  Carnesecca Arena (3,147)
Queens, NY
December 18, 2019*
8:30 pm, FS1
Albany W 85–57  10–2
 16  Earlington   9  Earlington   7  Rutherford  Carnesecca Arena (2,963)
Queens, NY
December 21, 2019*
10:00 pm, ESPN2
vs. No. 16 Arizona
Al Attles Classic
W 70–67  11–2
 21  Figueroa   7  Williams Jr.   3  Tied  Chase Center (6,728)
San Francisco, CA
Big East regular season
December 31, 2019
7:30 pm, FS1
No. 11 Butler L 58–60  11–3
(0–1)
 15  Rutherford   4  Sears   5  Rutherford  Carnesecca Arena (3,816)
Queens, NY
January 5, 2020
4:30 pm, FOX
at Xavier L 67–75  11–4
(0–2)
 17  Figueroa   6  Tied   4  Dunn  Cintas Center (10,254)
Cincinnati, OH
January 8, 2020
6:30pm, FS1
at Georgetown
Rivalry
L 66–87  11–5
(0–3)
 23  Figueroa   9  Dunn   4  Dunn  Capital One Arena (7,436)
Washington, DC
January 11, 2020
12:00 pm, FSN
DePaul W 74–67  12–5
(1–3)
 19  Dunn   8  Dunn   5  Dunn  Madison Square Garden (6,636)
New York, NY
January 15, 2020
8:30 pm, FS1
at Providence L 58–63  12–6
(1–4)
 12  Figueroa   9  Figueroa   2  Tied  Dunkin' Donuts Center (9,542)
Providence, RI
January 18, 2020
12:00 pm, FOX
No. 18 Seton Hall
The Garf
L 79–82  12–7
(1–5)
 18  Heron   8  Roberts   6  Rutherford  Madison Square Garden (10,428)
New York, NY
January 21, 2020
9:00 pm, FS1
at Marquette L 68–82  12–8
(1–6)
 18  Heron   9  Champagnie   4  Dunn  Fiserv Forum (13,015)
Milwaukee, WI
January 25, 2020
2:00 pm, FS1
at DePaul W 79–66  13–8
(2–6)
 28  Figueroa   11  Champagnie   4  Rutherford  Wintrust Arena (5,950)
Chicago, IL
January 28, 2020
6:30 pm, FS1
No. 8 Villanova L 59–79  13–9
(2–7)
 24  Dunn   5  Tied   4  Dunn  Madison Square Garden (10,155)
New York, NY
February 2, 2020
1:00 pm, CBS
Georgetown
Rivalry
L 72–73  13–10
(2–8)
 16  Dunn   10  Champagnie   6  Rutherford  Madison Square Garden (8,100)
New York, NY
February 8, 2020
6:00 pm, CBSSN
at No. 21 Creighton L 82–94  13–11
(2–9)
 25  Earlington   10  Earlington   6  Dunn  CHI Health Center Omaha (18,122)
Omaha, NE
February 12, 2020
8:30 pm, CBSSN
Providence W 80–69  14–11
(3–9)
 19  Figueroa   7  Tied   4  Dunn  Carnesecca Arena (4,083)
Queens, NY
February 17, 2020
6:30 pm, FS1
Xavier L 74–77  14–12
(3–10)
 17  Tied   8  Earlington   7  Rutherford  Madison Square Garden (14,765)
New York, NY
February 23, 2020
2:00 pm, CBS
at No. 16 Seton Hall L 65–81  14–13
(3–11)
 19  Figueroa   11  Champagnie   3  Dunn  Prudential Center (14,648)
Newark, NJ
February 26, 2020
6:30 pm, FS1
at No. 12 Villanova L 60–71  14–14
(3–12)
 12  Tied   6  Champagnie   5  Dunn  Finneran Pavilion (6,501)
Villanova, PA
March 1, 2020
12:00 pm, FS1
No. 10 Creighton W 91–71  15–14
(4–12)
 21  Williams Jr.   12  Figueroa   10  Dunn  Carnesecca Arena (4,260)
Queens, NY
March 4, 2020
7:00 pm, CBSSN
at Butler L 55–77  15–15
(4–13)
 23  Champagnie   7  Earlington   3  Rutherford  Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,675)
Indianapolis, IN
March 7, 2020
12:00 pm, FSN
Marquette W 88–86  16–15
(5–13)
 21  Champagnie   12  Champagnie   5  Rutherford  Madison Square Garden (7,720)
New York, NY
Big East tournament
March 11, 2020
7:00 pm, FS1
(9) vs. (8) Georgetown
First round
W 75–62  17–15
 22  Figueroa   10  Earlington   5  Dunn  Madison Square Garden (17,534)
New York, NY
March 12, 2020
12:00 pm, FS1
(9) vs. (1) No. 7 Creighton
Quarterfinals
38–35 (canceled @ HT) Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

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