1978–79 St. John's Redmen basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:1978 - 79
Team:St. John's Redmen
Conference:Independent
Aprank:17
Record:21 - 11
Head Coach:Lou Carnesecca (11th season)
Asst Coach1:John Kresse (11th season)
Asst Coach2:Tom Abatemarco (1st season)
Asst Coach3:Ron Rutledge (1st season)
Captain:Tom Calabrese
Champion:Lapchick Memorial Champions
Bowl Result:Elite Eight

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 were (and to this day still are) played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden.

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| ECAC Metro tournament|-!colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA tournament

Rankings

See main article: 1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

Team players drafted into the NBA

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Round Pick Player NBA Club
2 27 Reggie Carter New York Knicks
10 189 Gordon Thomas New York Knicks