St. John’s (16-15, 5-13 BIG EAST) 2020 BIG EAST TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY JEEP N6 MERCER (CA) W, 109-79 MARCH 11-14, 2020 N9 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT (CA) W, 87-57 St. John’s Record: 16-15, 5-13 BIG EAST N12 NEW HAMPSHIRE (CA) * W, 74-61 N16 VERMONT (CA) * L, 70-68 FS1/FOX • 970 AM (WNYM)/570 AM (WMCA) N20 COLUMBIA (CA) W, 82-63 NEW YORK, N.Y. • MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (19,812) N23 vs. Arizona State # L, 80-67 N24 vs. UMass # W, 78-63 N30 WAGNER (CA) W, 86-63 • The St. John’s men’s basketball team enters the postseason in position D3 SAINT PETER’S (CA) W, 79-69 to secure the 87th winning season in its 113 year history. Despite ST. JOHN’S IN THE D7 WEST VIRGINIA (MSG) ^ W, 70-68 losing eight letterwinners and 60 percent of its scoring from last year’s D10 BROWN (CA) W, 82-71 NCAA Tournament team, first year Head Coach Mike Anderson leads a BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP youthful core into the BIG EAST Tournament looking to make a run for D18 ALBANY (CA) W, 85-57 the program’s fourth league title. St. John’s finished the regular-season (1980-2019) D21 vs. No. 16/17 Arizona % W, 70-67 by winning three of its last four home games from Feb. 12 - March 7, D31 • No. 11/10 BUTLER (CA) L, 60-58 including victories over Creighton and Providence who are both on the ALL-TIME APPEARANCES 37th in 2020 J5 • at Xavier L, 75-67 Johnnies’ side of the bracket. OVERALL W/L 28-33 J8 • at Georgetown L, 87-66 • For the third time in program history, St. John’s enters the BIG EAST SEED #9 2-2 J11 • DEPAUL (MSG) W, 74-67 Championship Presented by Jeep as the No. 9 seed. The Red Storm will face Georgetown at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday at 7 p.m. FIRST ROUND APPEARANCES 16 (8-8) J15 • at Providence L, 63-58 on FS1 with announcers Tim Brando and Bill Raftery on the call. Lisa QUARTERFINAL APPEARANCES 25 (11-14) J18 • No. 18/18 SETON HALL (MSG) L, 82-79 Byington is the sideline reporter for all BIG EAST Tournament games. SEMIFINAL APPEARANCES J21 • at Marquette L, 82-68 Tim Brando and Jim Jackson will call the quarterfinal day session. Gus 11 (5-6) J25 • at DePaul W, 79-66 Johnson and Jim Jackson will announce the semifinal and championship FINALS APPEARANCES 5 (3-2) rounds. St. John’s radio broadcasts with John Minko and Brandon J28 • No. 8/10 VILLANOVA (MSG) L, 79-59 CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 (1983, 1986, 2000) Tierney will air on 970 AM (WNYM)/570 AM (WMCA) and will be F2 • GEORGETOWN (MSG) L, 73-72 available through TuneIn Radio, SiriusXM and at RedStormSports.com. F8 • at No. 21/22 Creighton L, 94-82 • St. John’s enters the BIG EAST Tournament having won 13 of 19 games F12 • PROVIDENCE (CA) W, 80-69 played in New York City this season. In its last two victories in the BIG F17 • XAVIER (MSG) L, 77-74 Apple, the Red Storm recorded 89.5 points per game as five Johnnies ST. JOHN’S STATS F23 • at No. 16/14 Seton Hall L, 81-65 averaged double-figures in the scoring column. Greg Williams Jr. OVERALL BIG EAST F26 • at No. 12/12 Villanova L, 71-60 (19.0 ppg), Julian Champagnie (17.0 ppg), LJ Figueroa (15.5 ppg), Nick Rutherford (12.0 ppg) and Rasheem Dunn (11.5) contributed to the 16-15 Record 5-13 M1 • No. 10/11 CREIGHTON (CA) W, 91-71 balanced scoring attack over the last two home games. M4 • at RV/No. 25 Butler L, 77-55 • No. 1 seed Creighton awaits the winner of St. John’s - Georgetown. 74.6 PPG 70.8 M7 • MARQUETTE (MSG) W, 88-86 The quarterfinal is scheduled for 12 p.m. on Thursday. St. John’s has 71.9 Opp PPG 75.6 never faced the Bluejays in the BIG EAST Tournament in six seasons as BIG EAST Tournament (MSG) .410 FG% .397 M11 Georgetown 7 p.m. conference foes. The Red Storm split the regular-season series with Creighton as both teams held serve on their home court. After falling 94- .414 OPP FG% M12 Creighton 12 p.m. .438 82 in Omaha on Feb. 8, St. John’s rolled to a 91-71 victory over Creighton .321 3FG% .325 M15 Semifinal 6:30 p.m. on March 1 at Carnesecca Arena. As a team, the Red Storm connected M16 Championship 6:30 p.m. on 14 of its 22 three-point attempts (63.6 pct), setting season-highs for .319 OPP 3FG% .329 * Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament (Campus Site) both made triples and three-point percentage. .700 FT% .702 • St. John’s finished the regular-season occupying the 66th spot in the # Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena 38.7 Rebounds 35.2 % Hall of Fame Al Attles Classic at Chase Center NCAA’s NET Rankings. The Red Storm has registered four Quad 1 victories with three of those wins coming against teams in the top-17 of the NET. ^ Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival 14.7 Assists 14.7 • The Red Storm went 11-2 (.846) in non-conference play, picking up ^ BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle signature wins over West Virginia and Arizona. The Red Storm’s only 11.3 Turnovers 9.9 out-of-conference setbacks came against Arizona State (NET 52) and 4.1 Blocks 3.1 BROADCAST INFORMATION Vermont (NET 79). 9.8 Steals 9.7 • St. John’s is 433-303 (.588) all-time at Madison Square Garden, which has TV: The 2020 BIG EAST Tournament will be nationally served as the home court for St. John’s basketball for 89 years. televised on FS1 and FOX (championship game). Tim Brando and Bill Raftery are the announcers for St. John’s 2019-20 St. John’s Red Storm first round contest. Tim Brando and Jim Jackson will announce St. John’s quarterfinal contest. Gus Johnson Most Recent Starters (GP-GS) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Notes and Jim Jackson are the announcers for the semifinals F 2 Julian Champagnie (31-25) 6-8 215 Fr. 10.0 6.5 2020 BIG EAST All-Freshman Team selection and championship. Lisa Byington is the sideline reporter F 10 Marcellus Earlington (31-3) 6-6 215 So. 8.7 4.5 Ninth in the BIG EAST averaging 2.3 offensive rebounds throughout the tournament. Radio: St. John’s IMG Sports Network 970 AM (WNYM)/570 G/F 30 LJ Figueroa (31-31) 6-7 200 Jr. 14.3 4.5 Leads BIG EAST and 34th in D1 with 2.0 steals per game (WMCA). John Minko and Brandon Tierney are the G 4 Greg Williams Jr. (30-9) 6-3 200 So. 5.7 2.8 12th in the BIG EAST with 37.8 3FG pct in league action announcers. Chris Majkowski is the producer/engineer. G 24 Nick Rutherford (31-23) 6-3 185 Gr. 5.5 3.2* 4th in BIG EAST with 2.4 assist-to-turnover ratio in league play Internet: Full H.D. video broadcast FOXSportsGo.com. Audio available on TuneIn Radio. Live stats and IMG Off the Bench Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Notes audio on RedStormSports.com. G 0 Mustapha Heron (21-19) 6-5 205 Sr. 13.8 2.4 Out for the season with a right ankle injury Instagram/Twitter: @StJohnsBBall, #sjubb F 1 Josh Roberts (29-28) 6-9 205 So. 5.0 5.8 Out for the season with a right shoulder injury MEDIA INFORMATION G 3 Rasheem Dunn (28-14) 6-2 190 R-Jr. 12.0 3.4* Has scored double figures 63 times in 88 D1 appearances G/F 5 David Caraher (31-3) 6-6 205 R-So. 4.3 2.0 Has averaged 5.1 points (43.4 FG pct) in 19 home games Senior Associate Athletics Director G 12 Thomas O’Connell (9-0) 6-2 195 Gr. 0.0 0.2 Appeared in nine games during the regular season for External Relations Stephen Dombroski Office Phone 718-990-6897 F 15 Damien Sears (27-0) 6-7 230 R-Jr. 1.3 1.9 Appeared in 14 of 18 BIG EAST games in the regular season Mobile Phone 518-928-6103 G 23 Justin Cole (8-0) 6-2 190 Sr. 0.3 0.1 Averaged 3.0 minutes in wins over Creighton and Marquette E-mail [email protected] F 33 Ian Steere (6-0) 6-9 245 So. 0.7 0.2 Recorded 3.6 minutes per game in seven appearances * - indicates assists per game Inside the Huddle #1 JOSH ROBERTS • So. • F • 6-9 • 205 #10 MARCELLUS EARLINGTON • So. • F • 6-6 • 215 2019-2020 BY THE NUMBERS 4Appeared in all 18 BIG EAST games, averaging 9.1 points in conference play 4 Has averaged 1.1 blocks in 47 career appearances over two seasons at St. John's 4 Scored double figures nine times during the regular season, including four of 4 Started 28 of 29 games before being sidelined with a right shoulder injury the final eight games 4 Led the team and ranks seventh in the BIG EAST averaging 2.4 offensive rebounds 4 Recorded first double-double with career-highs of 25 points and 10 rebounds during the regular season at Creighton on Feb.
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