St. John's Red Storm men's basketball
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The St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represents St. John's University, located in Queens, New York. The team participates in the Big East Conference, of which it is a founding member. As of the end of the 2023–24 season, St. John's ranked ninth all-time among NCAA Division I teams with 1,942 total wins. St. John's has appeared in 31 NCAA tournaments, most recently qualifying as Big East tournament champion in 2025. St. John's best finish in the NCAA tournament came in 1952, when the team, then known as the Redmen, made their first trip to the Final Four and were NCAA runners-up. St. John's made its second and most recent Final Four appearance in 1985. St. John's is coached by Rick Pitino. St. John's boasts two Wooden Award winners as national player of the year, 11 consensus All-Americans, six members of the College Basketball Hall of Fame, and has sent 59 players to the NBA. However, St. John's currently holds the NCAA Division I record for most NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship appearances without a championship. The Red Storm play most of their home games at Madison Square Garden, "The World's Most Famous Arena", while their early non-conference games are held at Carnesecca Arena on the St. John's campus in Queens. St. John's University holds the second best winning percentage for a New York City school in the NCAA basketball tournament (second to City College of New York, which won the 1950 NCAA Division I Championship). St. John's has the most NIT appearances with 27, the most championship wins with 6, although they were stripped of one due to an NCAA infraction. The 1910–11 St. John's team finished the season with a 14–0 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and was the highest-ranked team by the retroactive Premo-Porretta Power Poll. While the NCAA lists the historical Helms selections for reference, neither Helms nor Premo-Porretta titles are officially recognized as NCAA national championships. In 2008, St. John's celebrated its 100th year of college basketball.