1998–99 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

1998–1999 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball
Big East Tournament Runner Up
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
1998–1999 record	28–9 (14–4 Big East)
Head coach	Mike Jarvis (1st year)
Assistant coach	Kevin Clark
Assistant coach	Mike Jarvis II
Assistant coach	Dermon Player
Home arena	Alumni Hall Madison Square Garden

1998–99 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#3 Connecticut†	16	–	2	.889	34	–	2	.944
#10 Miami	15	–	3	.833	23	–	7	.767
#9 St. John's	14	–	4	.778	28	–	9	.757
Syracuse	10	–	8	.556	21	–	12	.636
Villanova	10	–	8	.556	21	–	11	.656
Rutgers	9	–	9	.500	19	–	13	.594
Providence	9	–	9	.500	16	–	14	.533
Notre Dame	8	–	10	.444	14	–	16	.467
Seton Hall	8	–	10	.444	15	–	15	.500
Georgetown	6	–	12	.333	15	–	16	.484
Pittsburgh	5	–	13	.278	14	–	16	.467
West Virginia	4	–	14	.222	10	–	19	.345
Boston College	3	–	15	.167	6	–	11	.353

† 1999 Big East Tournament winner As of March 29, 1999^[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998–99 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Mike Jarvis in his first year at the school after replacing head coach Fran Fraschilla. 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.

Off season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Tarik Turner	4	G	6'5"	Senior	Charlottesville, Virginia	Graduated
Felipe Lopez	13	G	6'5"	Senior	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Graduated. Entered 1998 NBA Draft
Milos Dumic	21	F/C	6'9"	Freshman	Bijeljina, Yugoslavia	Transferred
Giovanni Soto	24	F	6'7"	Senior	Far Rockaway, New York	Graduated
Zendon Hamilton	31	C	6'9"	Senior	Floral Park, New York	Graduated. Entered 1998 NBA Draft/undrafted
Shannon Crooks		G	6'2"	Freshman	Boston, Massachusetts	Transferred. UMass
James Felton		F	6'9"	Freshman	Bayonne, New Jersey	Transferred. Florida State

Class of 1998 signees

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight
Erick Barkley PG	Queens, NY	Maine Central Institute	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Erick Barkley PG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Bootsy Thornton SG	Baltimore, MD	Tallahassee Community College	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Bootsy Thornton SG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Anthony Glover SF	Bronx, NY	Rice High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	N/A
Anthony Glover SF	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Donald Emanuel PF	Houston, TX	Jesse H. Jones High School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	N/A
Donald Emanuel PF	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Albert Richardson PF	New Orleans, LA	McCook Junior College	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	N/A
Albert Richardson PF	Scout: N/A 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: "1998 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

1998–99 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
2.5 !G/F	3	Gray, ChudneyChudney Gray	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Rice	Bronx, NY
1.5 !G	10	Syed, KareemKareem Syed (W)	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Hillcrest	Queens, NY
1.5 !G	11	Charles, CollinCollin Charles	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Eastern Commerce	Toronto, Ontario
1.5 !G	12	Barkley, ErickErick Barkley	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	1.0 !Fr	Christ the King/Maine Central	Queens, NY
1.5 !G	14	Thornton, BootsyBootsy Thornton	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Tallahassee C.C./Dunbar	Baltimore, MD
3.5 !F	15	Artest, RonRon Artest	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	2.0 !So	La Salle	Queensbridge, NY
3.5 !F	22	Glover, AnthonyAnthony Glover (I)	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	1.0 !Fr	Rice	Bronx, NY
3.5 !F	25	Postell, LavorLavor Postell	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Westover	Albany, GA
3.5 !F	32	Grant, TyroneTyrone Grant	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	Grady	Brooklyn, NY
4.5 !F/C	33	Emanuel, DonaldDonald Emanuel	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	1.0 !Fr	Jones	Houston, TX
2.5 !G/F	41	Jessie, ReggieReggie Jessie	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	2.0 !So	Bishop Loughlin	Queensbridge, NY
3.5 !F	55	Richardson, AlbertAlbert Richardson	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	McCook Junior College	New Orleans, LA

Head coach

Mike Jarvis (Northeastern University)

Assistant coach(es)

Kevin Clark
Mike Jarvis II
Dermon Player

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
11/16/98*		UNC Asheville Chase Preseason NIT First Round	W 105-50	1-0	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
11/18/98*		#23 Massachusetts Chase Preseason NIT Quarterfinal	W 73-69	2-0	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
11/23/98*		Columbia	W 71-55	3-0	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
11/25/98*	#23	vs. #3 Stanford Chase Preseason NIT Semifinal	L 53-55	3-1	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
11/27/98*	#23	vs. #11 Purdue Chase Preseason NIT Consolation	L 69-70	3-2	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
11/30/98*	#23	St. Francis (N.Y.)	W 97-63	4-2	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/02/98*	#25	Hofstra	W 70-49	5-2	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/05/98	#25	at Boston College	W 74-55	6-2 (1-0)	Silvio O. Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA
12/09/98	#18	#20 Pittsburgh	W 73-52	7-2 (2-0)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/12/98*	#18	at Virginia	W 95-68	8-2 (2-0)	University Hall Charlottesville, VA
12/19/98*	#15	Fordham	W 88-57	9-2 (2-0)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/22/98*	#14	Fairleigh Dickinson	W 81-54	10-2 (2-0)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/02/99	#12	at Rutgers	W 77-73	11-2 (3-0)	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
01/04/99*	#12	Niagara	W 115-70	12-2 (3-0)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/06/99	#10	at Miami (F.L.)	L 79-84	12-3 (3-1)	Miami Arena Miami, FL
01/09/99	#10	Seton Hall	W 86-75	13-3 (4-1)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/11/99	#10	Georgetown	W 71-69	14-3 (5-1)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/16/99	#11	Rutgers	W 88-78	15-3 (6-1)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/20/99	#8	at Providence	W 84-57	16-3 (7-1)	Providence Civic Center Providence, RI
01/24/99	#8	#2 Duke	L 88-92 ^OT	16-4 (7-1)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/27/99	#9	at #17 Syracuse	W 75-70	17-4 (8-1)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
01/30/99	#9	#1 Connecticut	L 74-78	17-5 (8-2)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
02/03/99	#9	#25 Miami (F.L.)	L 70-73	17-6 (8-3)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
02/06/99	#9	at Pittsburgh	W 88-60	18-6 (9-3)	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA
02/09/99	#11	at West Virginia	W 80-68	19-6 (10-3)	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
02/13/99	#11	Villanova	W 82-75	20-6 (11-3)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
02/15/99	#11	Providence	W 104-70	21-6 (12-3)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/20/99	#10	at Georgetown	W 74-66	22-6 (13-3)	MCI Center Washington, D.C.
02/24/99	#8	Notre Dame	W 73-53	23-6 (14-3)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
02/27/99	#8	Villanova	L 60-66	23-7(14-4)	The Pavilion Villanova, PA
Big East Tournament
03/04/99	#10	vs. Rutgers Big East Tournament Quarterfinal	W 77-62	24-7 (14-4)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
03/05/99	#10	vs. #9 Miami (F.L.) Big East Tournament Semifinal	W 62-59	25-7 (14-4)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
03/06/99	#10	vs. #3 Connecticut Big East Tournament Championship	L 63-82	25-8 (14-4)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
NCAA Tournament
03/11/99	#9	vs. (14) Samford NCAA First Round	W 69-43	26-8 (14-4)	Orlando Arena Orlando, FL
03/13/99	#9	vs. #19 (6) Indiana NCAA Second Round	W 86-61	27-8 (14-4)	Orlando Arena Orlando, FL
03/18/99	#9	vs. #5 (2) Maryland NCAA Regional Semifinal	W 76-62	28-8 (14-4)	Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN
03/20/99	#9	vs. #14 (4) Ohio State NCAA Regional Final	L 74-77	28-9 (14-4)	Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	16	Ron Artest	Chicago Bulls

References

↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-east/1999.html

St. John's Red Storm men's basketball

Venues	Old Madison Square Garden (193?–1969) Madison Square Garden (1969–present) Carnesecca Arena (alternate; 1961–present)

Culture & lore	Johnny Thunderbird

People	Head coaches

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Helms national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

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