1995–96 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

1995–1996 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Record	11–16 (5–13 Big East)
Head coach	Brian Mahoney
Assistant coaches	Al LoBalbo Ron Rutledge
Home arena	Alumni Hall Madison Square Garden

1995–96 Big East men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Big East 6
No. 3 Connecticut†*	17	–	1		.944			30	–	2		.938
No. 10 Villanova	14	–	4		.778			26	–	7		.788
Boston College	10	–	8		.556			19	–	11		.633
West Virginia	7	–	11		.389			12	–	15		.444
St. John's	5	–	13		.278			11	–	16		.407
Notre Dame	4	–	14		.222			9	–	18		.333
Big East 7
No. 4 Georgetown	13	–	5		.722			29	–	8		.784
No. 15 Syracuse	12	–	6		.667			29	–	9		.763
Providence	9	–	9		.500			18	–	12		.600
Miami	8	–	10		.444			15	–	13		.536
Seton Hall	7	–	11		.389			12	–	16		.429
Rutgers	6	–	12		.333			9	–	18		.333
Pittsburgh	5	–	13		.278			10	–	17		.370
† 1996 Big East tournament winner As of April 1, 1996[1][2][3] *Connecticut's three NCAA Tournament games were vacated due to sanctions against the program; Connecticut′s disputed record was 32–3, 17–1. Rankings from AP Poll

The 1995–96 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Brian Mahoney in his fourth year at the school. 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	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Sergio Luyk	3	F	6'7"		RS Senior		Graduated
James Scott	32	G	6'6"		Senior		Graduated. Entered 1995 NBA draft
Roshown McLeod	33	F	6'8"		Sophomore		Transferred. Duke

Class of 1995 signees

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tyrone Grant PF	Brooklyn, NY	Grady High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	N/A
	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Ed Brown PF	Copiague, NY	Copiague High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	N/A
	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Mike Menniefield PF	Greenville, SC	Spartanburg Methodist College	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	N/A
	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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: "1995 Team Ranking". Rivals.

Roster

1995–96 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 4 Tarik Turner 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — So Oak Hill Charlottesville, VA G 5 Maurice Brown 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) — Sr William E. Grady Brooklyn, NY G 13 Felipe López 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — So Rice Santo Domingo, D.R. F 14 Ed Brown 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — Fr Copiague Copiague, NY F/C 21 Mike Menniefield 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — Jr Southside/Spartanburg Methodist Greenville, SC F 22 Thomas Bayne 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) — Sr Brentwood Brentwood, NY G 23 Derek Brown 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — RS Sr H. Frank Carey Franklin Square, NY G 24 Rowan Barrett 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Sr West Hill Scarborough, Ontario C 31 Zendon Hamilton 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — So Sewanhaka Floral Park, NY F 32 Tyrone Grant 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Fr Grady Brooklyn, NY F 34 Charles Minlend  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Sr St. Thomas More School Cameroon, Africa G/F 44 Fred Lyson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — RS Jr Oceanside Oceanside, NY	Head coach Brian Mahoney (Manhattan College) Assistant coach(es) Al LoBalbo Ron Rutledge 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
11/24/95*		Niagara Lapchick Tournament Opening Round	W 88-72	1-0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
11/25/95*		California-Irvine Lapchick Tournament Championship	L 77-83	1-1	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
11/28/95*		Manhattan	W 71-68	2-1	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/02/95		at No. 3 Villanova	L 68-83	2–2 (0–1)	du Pont Pavilion  Villanova, PA
12/05/95		at Syracuse	L 72-97	2-3 (0-2)	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, NY
12/09/95*		at San Francisco	W 80-78	3-3	War Memorial Gymnasium  San Francisco, CA
12/23/95*		at Fordham	W 66-47	4-3	Rose Hill Gymnasium  Bronx, NY
12/27/95*		Iona ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal	L 57-70	4-4	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
12/28/95*		Rider ECAC Holiday Festival Consolation	W 79-69	5-4	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
01/06/96		Providence	L 78-82	5-5 (0-3)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
01/10/96		West Virginia	W 89-74	6-5 (1-3)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
01/13/96*		Louisville	W 86-64	7-5	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
01/17/96		at No. 5 Connecticut	L 73-88	7-6 (1-4)	Hartford Civic Center  Hartford, CT
01/20/96		at No. 24 Boston College	L 78-91	7-7 (1-5)	Silvio O. Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, MA
01/22/96		at Seton Hall	L 76-82	7-8 (1-6)	Continental Airlines Arena  East Rutherford, NJ
01/27/96		No. 6 Georgetown	W 83-72	8-8 (2-6)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
01/31/96		Notre Dame	L 83-86	8-9 (2-7)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
02/03/96		No. 4 Connecticut	L 63-77	8-10 (2-8)	Madison Square Garden  Queens, NY
02/07/96		No. 22 Boston College	L 73-89	8-11 (2-9)	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
02/11/96		at Notre Dame	W 74-66	9-11 (3-9)	Edmund P. Joyce Center  South Bend, IN
02/15/96		Rutgers	L 70-82	9-12 (3-10)	Louis Brown Athletic Center  Piscataway, NJ
02/17/96		Seton Hall	W 78-73	10-12 (4-10)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
02/20/96		at Miami (F.L.)	L 91-96 ^2OT	10-13 (4-11)	Miami Arena  Miami, FL
02/24/96		at West Virginia	L 77-92	10-14 (4-12)	WVU Coliseum  Morgantown, WV
02/26/96		No. 15 Syracuse	L 79-92	10-15 (4-13)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
03/03/96		at Pittsburgh	W 74-68	11-15 (5-13)	Fitzgerald Field House  Pittsburgh, PA
Big East tournament
03/06/96		vs. Providence Big East tournament first round	L 72-80	11-16 (5-13)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

1. sports-reference.com 1995-96 Big East Conference Season Summary
2. Keefe, Gavin, "Big East Notes: The Big East 7 and Big East 6? Big Deal!", The Day, January 1, 1996, p. 7.
3. "PLUS: COLLEGE BASKETBALL -- BIG EAST CONFERENCE; League Cuts Games In Search of Bids," The New York Times, August 7, 1998.