2014–15 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

2014–15 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Villanova †	16	–	2	.889	33	–	3	.917
No. 22 Georgetown	12	–	6	.667	22	–	11	.667
No. 24 Butler	12	–	6	.667	23	–	11	.676
Providence	11	–	7	.611	22	–	12	.647
St. John's	10	–	8	.556	21	–	12	.636
Xavier	9	–	9	.500	23	–	14	.622
DePaul	6	–	12	.333	12	–	20	.375
Seton Hall	6	–	12	.333	16	–	15	.516
Marquette	4	–	14	.222	13	–	19	.406
Creighton	4	–	14	.222	14	–	19	.424

† 2015 Big East tournament winner As of April 6, 2015 Rankings from AP poll

The 2014–15 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Steve Lavin in his fifth year at the school. St. John's home games were played at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden and the team was members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 21–12, 10–8 in Big East play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament to Providence. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the second round to San Diego State.

On March 27, 2015 St. John's and head coach Steve Lavin mutually agreed to part ways.^[1]

Previous season

The Red Storm finished the season 20–13, 10–8 in Big East play to finish in three way tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament to Providence. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Robert Morris in the first round.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Marc-Antoine Bourgault	2	G/F	6'6"	216	Senior	Saint-Malo, France	Graduated
God'sgift Achiuwa	3	F/C	6'8"	236	RS Senior	Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Graduated
Max Hooper	10	G/F	6'6"	202	Sophomore	Carmel Valley, California	Transferred to Oakland
JaKarr Sampson	14	F	6'8"	208	Sophomore	Akron, Ohio	Entered 2014 NBA Draft
Orlando Sánchez	33	F	6'9"	216	Senior	Nagua, Dominican Republic	Graduated

Class of 2014 signees

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Adonis De La Rosa C	Bronx, NY	Christ the King High School	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	322 lb (146 kg)	Apr 9, 2014
Adonis De La Rosa C	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 70
Amar Alibegovic PF	Rome, Italy	Istituto Tecnico Minerva	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (100 kg)
Amar Alibegovic PF	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
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: "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2014–15 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Jamal Branch	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	169 lb (77 kg)	Sr	Grace Preparatory Academy/Texas A&M	Kansas City, MO
G	1	Phil Greene	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	Sr	IMG Academy	Chicago, IL
G	2	Myles Stewart (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Westchester	Los Angeles, CA
F	4	Christian Jones	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	RS So	IMG Academy	Arlington, TX
G	5	David Lipscomb (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS So	Wheeler	Riverdale, GA
G	10	Felix Balamou	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	Jr	Our Savior New American	Conakry, Guinea
G	11	D'Angelo Harrison	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	Sr	Dulles	Missouri City, TX
F/C	12	Chris Obekpa	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	236 lb (107 kg)	Jr	Our Savior New American	Makurdi, Nigeria
F	14	Amar Alibegovic	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Fr	Istituto Tecnico Minerva	Rome, Italy
G/F	15	Sir'Dominic Pointer	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	Sr	Quality Education Academy	Detroit, MI
G	22	Jay Henderson (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Lake Highland Prep	Orlando, FL
G	23	Rysheed Jordan	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	So	Roberts Vaux	Philadelphia, PA
C	31	Adonis Delarosa (I)	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	322 lb (146 kg)	Fr	Christ the King	Bronx, NY
C	34	Joey Delarosa	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	249 lb (113 kg)	Sr	Montverde Academy/FIU	Bronx, NY
F	35	Khadim Ndiaye	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Christ the King	Queens, NY

Head coach

Steve Lavin (Chapman University)

Assistant coach(es)

Jim Whitesell
Rico Hines
Tony Chiles

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2014* 2:00 PM, ESPN3		Humboldt State	W 95–83		Carnesecca Arena (3,338^[2]) Queens, NY
11/08/2014* 2:00 PM, ESPN3		St. Thomas Aquinas	W 97–71		Carnesecca Arena (3,490^[3]) Queens, NY
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2014* 7:00 PM, FSN		NJIT	W 77–58	1–0	Carnesecca Arena (4,703^[4]) Queens, NY
11/17/2014* 7:30 PM, ESPN3		Franklin Pierce NIT Season Tip-Off Opening Round	W 94–81	2–0	Carnesecca Arena (3,553^[5]) Queens, NY
11/19/2014* 7:30 PM, ESPN3		LIU Brooklyn NIT Season Tip-Off Opening Round	W 66–53	3–0	Carnesecca Arena (3,733^[6]) Queens, NY
11/26/2014* 7:00 PM, ESPNU		vs. Minnesota NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals	W 70–61	4–0	Madison Square Garden (5,128^[7]) New York, NY
11/28/2014* 7:00 PM, ESPN2		vs. No. 10 Gonzaga NIT Season Tip-Off championship	L 66–73	4–1	Madison Square Garden (5,548^[8]) New York, NY
12/02/2014* 7:00 PM, FS1		Niagara	W 70–57	5–1	Carnesecca Arena (4,475^[9]) Queens, NY
12/06/2014* 5:15 PM, ESPN2		at Syracuse	W 69-57	6-1	Carrier Dome (24,884) Syracuse, NY
12/10/2014* 8:00 PM, CBSSN	No. 24	Fairleigh Dickinson	W 74–52	7–1	Carnesecca Arena (4,528) Queens, NY
12/14/2014* 1:30 PM, FSN	No. 24	vs. Fordham Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival	W 74–53	8–1	Madison Square Garden (8,074) New York, NY
12/19/2014* 7:00 PM, FS1	No. 20	Saint Mary's	W 53–47	9–1	Carnesecca Arena (4,645) Queens, NY
12/22/2014* 7:30 PM, CBSSN	No. 17	Long Beach State	W 66–49	10–1	Carnesecca Arena (5,014) Queens, NY
12/28/2014* 12:00 PM, FS1	No. 17	vs. Tulane Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival	W 82–57	11–1	Barclays Center (6,032) Brooklyn, NY
Big East Conference regular season
12/31/2014 12:00 PM, FS1	No. 15	at Seton Hall	L 67–78	11–2 (0–1)	Prudential Center (9,183) Newark, NJ
01/03/2015 4:00 PM, CBSSN	No. 15	Butler	L 69-73	11–3 (0–2)	Carnesecca Arena (5,602) Queens, NY
01/06/2015 9:00 PM, FS1	No. 24	No. 8 Villanova	L 72–90	11–4 (0–3)	Madison Square Garden (8,565) New York, NY
01/14/2015 7:00 PM, FS1		at Providence	W 83–70	12–4 (1–3)	Dunkin' Donuts Center (8,176) Providence, RI
01/18/2015 2:30 PM, FS1		at DePaul	L 67–71	12–5 (1–4)	Allstate Arena (6,243) Rosemont, IL
01/21/2015 7:00 PM, FS1		Marquette	W 60–57	13–5 (2–4)	Madison Square Garden (7,532) New York, NY
01/25/2015* 2:00 PM, FOX		No. 5 Duke	L 68–77	13–6	Madison Square Garden (19,812) New York, NY
01/28/2015 9:00 PM, FS1		at Creighton	L 74–77	13–7 (2–5)	CenturyLink Center (16,544) Omaha, NE
01/31/2015 12:00 PM, FOX		Providence	W 75–66	14–7 (3–5)	Madison Square Garden (8,973) New York, NY
02/03/2015 7:00 PM, FS1		at No. 22 Butler	L 62–85	14–8 (3–6)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,132) Indianapolis, IN
02/07/2015 12:00 PM, FSN		Creighton	W 84–66	15–8 (4–6)	Madison Square Garden (10,759) New York, NY
02/11/2015 9:00 PM, CBSSN		DePaul	W 86–78	16–8 (5–6)	Carnesecca Arena (5,040) Queens, NY
02/14/2015 12:30 PM, FOX		at Xavier	W 78–70	17–8 (6–6)	Cintas Center (10,250) Cincinnati, OH
02/17/2015 7:00 PM, FS1		at Georgetown	L 57–79	17–9 (6–7)	Verizon Center (8,685) Washington, D.C.
02/21/2015 12:00 PM, FOX		Seton Hall	W 85–72	18–9 (7–7)	Carnesecca Arena (5,602) Queens, NY
02/23/2015 8:00 PM, FS1		Xavier	W 58–57	19–9 (8–7)	Madison Square Garden (6,634) New York, NY
02/28/2015 12:00 noon, CBS		Georgetown	W 81–70	20–9 (9–7)	Madison Square Garden (13,615) New York, NY
03/04/2015 9:15 PM, FS1		at Marquette	W 67-51	21–9 (10–7)	BMO Harris Bradley Center (14,201) Milwaukee, WI
03/07/2015 12:00 p.m., FOX		at No. 4 Villanova	L 68–105	21–10 (10–8)	Wells Fargo Center (19,161) Philadelphia, PA
Big East Tournament
03/12/2015 2:30 PM, FS1		vs. Providence Quarterfinals	L 57–74	21–11	Madison Square Garden (15,197) New York, NY
NCAA Tournament
03/20/2015* 9:40 PM, CBS	No. (9 S)	vs. (8 S) San Diego State Second round	L 64–76	21–12	Time Warner Cable Arena (16,945) Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region S=South.

Rankings

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. RV=Received votes. NR=Not ranked.
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Post	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	24	20	17	15	24	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	N/A
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	23	19	17	24	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	53	Sir'Dominic Pointer	Cleveland Cavaliers

References

^ Eisenberg, Jeff (March 27, 2015). "Steve Lavin out at St. John's after five up-and-down seasons". sports.yahoo. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
^ "MBB vs. Humboldt State box score". redstormsports.com. St. John's University. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
^ "MBB vs. St. Thomas Aquinas box score". redstormsports.com. St. John's University. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
^ "MBB vs. NJIT box score". redstormsports.com. St. John's University. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
^ "MBB vs. Franklin Pierce box score". redstormsports.com. St. John's University. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
^ "MBB vs. LIU Brooklyn box score". redstormsports.com. St. John's University. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
^ "MBB vs. Minnesota box score". redstormsports.com. St. John's University. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
^ "MBB vs. Gonzaga box score". redstormsports.com. St. John's University. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
^ "MBB vs. Niagara box score". redstormsports.com. St. John's University. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

[1] Eisenberg, Jeff (March 27, 2015). "Steve Lavin out at St. John's after five up-and-down seasons". sports.yahoo. Retrieved 27 March 2015.

[2] "MBB vs. Humboldt State box score". redstormsports.com. St. John's University. Retrieved 8 November 2014.

[3] "MBB vs. St. Thomas Aquinas box score". redstormsports.com. St. John's University. Retrieved 8 November 2014.

[4] "MBB vs. NJIT box score". redstormsports.com. St. John's University. Retrieved 14 November 2014.

[5] "MBB vs. Franklin Pierce box score". redstormsports.com. St. John's University. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

[6] "MBB vs. LIU Brooklyn box score". redstormsports.com. St. John's University. Retrieved 20 November 2014.

[7] "MBB vs. Minnesota box score". redstormsports.com. St. John's University. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

[8] "MBB vs. Gonzaga box score". redstormsports.com. St. John's University. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

[9] "MBB vs. Niagara box score". redstormsports.com. St. John's University. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

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