The 2000–01 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Mike Jarvis in his third year. St. John's home games are played at Carnesecca Arena, then called Alumni Hall, and Madison Square Garden and the team is a member of the Big East Conference.
Off season Mike Jarvis had turned down an offer from Michael Jordan in the offseason to become the head coach of the Washington Wizards to return for his 3rd season and rebuild a team that lost Bootsy Thornton and Lavor Postell to graduation, Erick Barkley to the pros and recruit Darius Miles altogether for the 2000 NBA draft.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown NotesChudney Gray 3 PG 6'3" Senior Bronx, New York GraduatedKareem Syed 10 G 6'5" Senior Queens, New York GraduatedErick Barkley 12 PG 6'1" Sophomore Queens, New York Entered 2000 NBA draftBootsy Thornton 14 SG 6'1" Senior Baltimore, Maryland GraduatedHeath Orvis 21 G 6'0" Freshman Longmont, Colorado Transferred. MorningsideLavor Postell 25 F 6'5" Senior Albany, Georgia Graduated. Entered 2000 NBA draft
Class of 2000 signees
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big East tournament
Team players drafted into the NBA Round Pick Player NBA club 2 31 Omar Cook Orlando Magic
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