2018–19 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

The 2018–19 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by alumnus and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member Chris Mullin, in his fourth year at the school. They played their home games at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 21–13, 8–10 in Big East Play to finish in seventh place. They defeated DePaul in the first round of the Big East tournament before losing Marquette in the quarter-finals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as an 11th seed. However, they lost to fellow 11th seed Arizona State at the First Four.

On April 9, 2019, head coach Chris Mullin resigned after four seasons. On April 19, the school announced it had hired former Arkansas head coach Mike Anderson as the team's new coach.

Previous season The Red Storm finished the 2017–18 season with a record of 16–17, 4–14 in Big East play to finish in ninth place in the conference. They defeated Georgetown in the first round of the Big East tournament before losing to Xavier in the quarterfinals.

Offseason

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown NotesBashir Ahmed 1 G/F 6'7" 210 Senior Bronx, New York GraduatedMikey Dixon 3 G 6'2" 170 RS Sophomore New Castle, DE Transferred to Grand Canyon (mid-season)Amar Alibegović 10 F 6'9" 240 Senior Rome, Italy GraduatedTariq Owens 11 F 6'11" 205 RS Junior Odenton, MD Graduated Transferred to Texas Tech.Kassoum Yakwe 14 F 6'7" 210 Junior Bamako, Mali Graduated Transferred to Connecticut.Marcus LoVett Jr. 20 G 6'0" 180 RS Sophomore Fort Wayne, IN Entered KLSBoubacar Diakite 22 F 6'8" 185 Freshman Bamako, Mali Transferred to Iona

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous schoolDavid Caraher 11 F 6'6" 220 Sophomore Chapel Hill, North Carolina Houston BaptistMustapha Heron 14 G 6'5" 218 Junior Waterbury, Connecticut AuburnEli Wright 40 G 6'4" 203 Junior Owensboro, Kentucky Mississippi StateL. J. Figueroa 30 G/F 6'6" 185 Sophomore Lawrence, Massachusetts Odessa CollegeIan Steere 33 F 6'9" 260 Freshman Sanford, North Carolina NC State (mid-season)

2018 recruiting class

2019 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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!colspan=9 style=| Regular season

!colspan=9 style=|Big East regular season

!colspan=9 style="|Big East tournament

!colspan=9 style="|NCAA tournament

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