St. John's has a quick team that plays the game intelligently under coach Mike Jarvis. The Red Storm are one of the better defensive teams in the conference because of their quickness.
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Seed, Region and Bid: 2, West, Automatic Total NCAA Tournament Bids: 26 NCAA Tournament Record: 26-25 (.510) Final Four Appearances: 2 (1985, 1952) NCAA Tournament Championships: 0 Best NCAA Tournament Finish: Runner-up (1952) Final ESPN/USA Today ranking: 12 Final Asscoiated Press ranking: 9 Final Ratings Percentage Index: 5 Final Sagarin Computer Ranking: 24 RECORD VS. RANKED TEAMS (6-5) Dec. 14 -- Lost to No. 20 DePaul, 71-65 Jan. 16 -- Beat No. 4 Connecticut, 82-77 Jan. 18 -- Lost to Seton Hall, 78-70 Jan. 22 -- Lost to No. 15 Ohio St., 65-64 Jan. 31 -- Lost to No. 4 Syracuse, 63-57 Feb. 19 -- Beat No. 8 Syracuse, 76-75 Feb. 21 -- Beat No. 21 Connecticut, 79-64 Feb. 26 -- Beat No. 2 Duke, 83-82 Mar. 5 -- Lost to Miami, 74-70 Mar. 10 -- Beat Miami, 58-57 Mar. 11 -- Beat No. 22 Connecticut, 80-70 (Opponents ranking reflects ranking on game day) TOURNAMENT HISTORY Overall Record: 26-25 (.510) Final Four Appearances: 2 (1952 and 1985) 1999--Third seed in South Region Defeated Samford in first round, 69-43 Defeated Indiana in second round, 86-61 Defeated Maryland in regional semifinal, 76-62 Lost to Ohio State in regional final, 77-74 1998--Seventh seed in Midwest Region Lost to Detroit in first round, 66-64 1993--Fifth seed in East Region Defeated Texas Tech in first round, 85-67 Lost to Arkansas in second round, 80-74 1992--Seventh seed in Southeast Region Lost to Tulane in first round, 61-57 1991--Fourth seed in Midwest Region Defeated Northern Illinois in first round, 75-58 Defeated Texas in second round, 84-76 Defeated Ohio State in regional semifinal, 91-74 Lost to Duke in regional final, 78-51 1990--Sixth seed in East Region Defeated Temple in first round, 81-65 Lost to Duke in second round, 76-72 1988--Eleventh seed in West Region Lost to Florida in first round, 62-59 1987--Sixth seed in Midwest Region Defeated Wichita State in first round, 57-55 Lost to DePaul in second round, 83-75 (OT) 1986--First seed in West Region Defeated Montana State in first round, 83-74 Lost to Auburn in second round, 81-65 1985--First seed in West Region Defeated Southern in first round, 83-59 Defeated Arkansas in second round, 68-65 Defeated Kentucky in regional semifinal, 86-70 Defeated North Carolina State in regional final, 69-60 Lost to Georgetown in National Semifinal, 77-59 1984--Ninth seed in East Region Lost to Temple in first round, 65-63 1983--First seed in East Region Defeated Rutgers in second round, 66-55 Lost to Georgia in regional semifinal, 70-67 1982--Fifth seed in East Region Defeated Pennsylvania in first round, 66-56 Lost to Alabama in second round, 69-68 1980--Third seed in Mideast Region Lost to Purdue in second round, 87-72 1979--Tenth seed in East Region Defeated Temple in first round, 75-70 Defeated Duke in second round, 80-78 Defeated Rutgers in regional semifinal, 67-65 Lost to Pennsylvania in regional final, 64-62 1978--Midwest Region Lost to Louisville in first round, 76-68 1977--West Region Lost to Utah in first round, 72-68 1976--Mideast Region Lost to Indiana in first round, 90-70 1973--East Region Lost to Pennsylvania in first round, 62-61 1969--East Region Defeated Princeton in first round, 72-63 Lost to Davidson in regional semifinal, 79-69 1968--East Region Lost to Davidson in first round, 79-70 1967--East Region Defeated Temple in first round, 57-53 Lost to Boston College in regional semifinal, 63-62 1961--East Region Lost to Wake Forest in first round, 97-74 1952--East Region Defeated North Carolina State in regional semifinal, 60-49 Defeated Kentucky in regional final, 64-57 Defeated Illinois in National Semifinal, 61-59 Lost to Kansas in National Championship, 80-63 1951--East Region Defeated Connecticut in first round, 63-52 Lost to Kentucky in regional semifinal, 59-43 Defeated North Carolina State for regional third place, 71-59 Record by Region: in East: 15-13 (.536) in South/Southeast: 3-2 (.600) In Midwest: 4-4 (.500) In West: 5-4 (.556) In Mideast: 0-2 (.000) Record by Seed: As a 1st seed: 6-3 (.667) As a 3rd seed: 4-1 (.800) As a 4th seed: 4-1 (.800) As a 5th seed: 2-2 (.500) As a 6th seed: 2-2 (.500) As a 7th seed: 0-2 (.000) As a 9th seed: 0-1 (.000) As a 10th seed: 3-1 (.750) As a 11th seed: 0-1 (.000) |
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