The 1986–87 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his nineteenth 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.

In the NCAA Tournament St. John's lost in the second round to DePaul 83–75 in overtime.

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season

!colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big East tournament

!colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA Tournament

Rankings

Awards and honors Mark Jackson – Consensus Second-team All-American

Team players drafted into the NBA Round Pick Player NBA club 1 18 Mark Jackson New York Knicks 3 69 Willie Glass Los Angeles Lakers

References