1992–93 St. John's Redmen basketball team

The 1992–93 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1992–93 NCAA Division- basketball season. The team was coached by Brian Mahoney in his first year at the school after replacing long time head coach Lou Carnesecca. St. John's home games are played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden and the team is a member of the Big East Conference.

1992–93 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Lapchick Memorial Champions
NCAA men's Division I tournament, second round
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	19–11 (12–6 Big East)
Head coach	Brian Mahoney (1st year)
Assistant coaches	Al LoBalbo Ron Rutledge George Felton
Home arena	Alumni Hall Madison Square Garden

1992–93 Big East men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Seton Hall †	14	–	4		.778			28	–	7		.800
St. John's	12	–	6		.667			19	–	11		.633
Syracuse	10	–	8		.556			20	–	9		.690
Connecticut	9	–	9		.500			15	–	13		.536
Providence	9	–	9		.500			20	–	13		.606
Pittsburgh	9	–	9		.500			17	–	11		.607
Boston College	9	–	9		.500			18	–	13		.581
Georgetown	8	–	10		.444			20	–	13		.606
Miami	7	–	11		.389			10	–	17		.370
Villanova	3	–	15		.167			8	–	19		.296
† 1993 Big East tournament winner As of April 5, 1993 Rankings from AP Poll

Off season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Jason Buchanan	13	G	6'2"		Senior		Graduated
Chucky Sproling		G	6'6"		Senior		Graduated
Terence Mullin		G			Senior		Graduated
Malik Sealy	21	F	6'8"		Senior		Graduated. Entered 1992 NBA draft
Robert Werdann	41	C	6'11"		Senior		Graduated. Entered 1992 NBA draft

Class of 1992 signees

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Rowan Barrett SF	Scarborough, Ontario	West Hill Collegiate Institute	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A
Charles Minlend PF	Cameroon, Africa	St. Thomas More School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A
Fred Lyson PF	Oceanside, NY	Oceanside High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A
Maurice Brown PG	Brooklyn, NY	William E. Grady High School	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A
Thomas Bayne PF	Brentwood, NY	Brentwood High School	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A
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: "1992 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

1992–93 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 3 Sergio Luyk 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — RS So University Heights (KY) Madrid, Spain G 5 Maurice Brown 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) — Fr William E. Grady Brooklyn, NY G 11 David Cain 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) — Sr Adlai E. Stevenson Bronx, NY G 13 Lee Green 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Jr Cheshire (CT) Bronx, NY F 15 Mitchell Foster 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — Sr Arizona Western Newark, NJ F 22 Thomas Bayne 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) — Fr Brentwood Brentwood, NY G 23 Derek Brown 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — So H. Frank Carey Franklin Square, NY G/F 24 Rowan Barrett 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Fr West Hill Scarborough, Ontario G 30 Carl Beckett 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — RS Jr Christ the King Queens, NY F 31 Lamont Middleton 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — RS Sr Walton/Hartford Bronx, NY F 34 Charles Minlend 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Fr St. Thomas More (CT) Yaounde, Cameroon C 42 Shawnelle Scott 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) — Jr All Hallows New York, NY G/F 44 Fred Lyson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Fr Oceanside Oceanside, NY G 45 Ron DeQueiroz 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — Jr Xaverian Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Head coach Brian Mahoney (Manhattan) Assistant coach(es) Al LoBalbo Ron Rutledge George Felton 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
12/01/92*		St. Francis (NY) Lapchick Tournament Opening Round	W 101-68	1-0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/02/92*		Iona Lapchick Tournament Championship	W 90-74	2-0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/05/92*		vs. Niagara	W 75-71	3-0	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium  Buffalo, NY
12/08/92		at Connecticut	L 72-74 OT	3-1 (0-1)	Gampel Pavilion  Storrs, CT
12/10/92*		at Fordham	L 55-60	3-2	Rose Hill Gymnasium  Bronx, NY
12/19/92*		Hofstra	W 58-56	4-2	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/23/92*		at No. 4 Indiana	L 80-105	4-3	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
12/28/92*		Manhattan ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal	W 74-59	5-3	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
12/30/92*		No. 3 Kentucky ECAC Holiday Festival Championship	L 77-86	5-4	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
01/05/93		Providence	W 86-76	6-4 (1-1)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
01/09/93		No. 24 Pittsburgh	W 85-77	7-4 (2-1)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
01/13/93		at Villanova	W 76-70	8-4 (3-1)	duPont Pavilion  Villanova, PA
01/16/93		Miami (F.L.)	W 78-74	9-4 (4-1)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
01/23/93		at Syracuse	W 78-71	10-4 (5-1)	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, NY
01/26/93		at Boston College	L 61-71	10-5 (5-2)	Silvio O. Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, MA
01/30/93		No. 22 Connecticut	W 72-59	11-5 (6-2)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
02/01/93		No. 23 Georgetown	W 79-61	12-5 (7-2)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
02/06/93		at No. 15 Pittsburgh	L 69-71	12-6 (7-3)	Fitzgerald Field House  Pittsburgh, PA
02/09/93		at Providence	W 73-64	13-6 (8-3)	Providence Civic Center  Providence, RI
02/13/93		No. 21 Boston College	W 65-61	14-6 (9-3)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
02/17/93	No. 25	No. 16 Seton Hall	L 85-95 OT	14-7 (9-4)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
02/21/93	No. 25	at Miami (F.L.)	L 77-82	14-8 (9-5)	Miami Arena  Miami, FL
02/23/93		at Georgetown	W 61-56	15-8 (10-5)	Capital Centre  Landover, MD
02/27/93		Villanova	W 65-62	16-8 (11-5)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
02/01/93	No. 25	Syracuse	W 90-70	17-8 (12-5)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
03/06/93	No. 25	at No. 10 Seton Hall	L 73-92	17-9 (12-6)	Meadowlands Arena  East Rutherford, NJ
Big East tournament
03/12/93		vs. Boston College Big East tournament quarterfinal	W 76-56	18-9 (12-6)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
03/13/93		vs. Syracuse Big East tournament semifinal	L 72-84	18-10 (12-6)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
NCAA tournament
03/18/93*		vs. (12) Texas Tech NCAA First Round	W 85-67	19-10	Lawrence Joel Arena  Winston-Salem, NC
03/20/93*		vs. (4) Arkansas NCAA Second Round	L 74-80	19-11	Lawrence Joel Arena  Winston-Salem, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.