St. John's University Athletics
St. John's Announces 2005-06 Men's Basketball Schedule
9/8/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Sept. 8, 2005
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Queens, NY - The St. John's University men's basketball team opens its 2005-06 schedule when the Red Storm plays host to the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore on Saturday, Nov. 19 at Carnesecca Arena. The second year of the Norm Roberts Era at St. John's features 18 home games - including eight at Carnesecca and 10 at Madison Square Garden - and is marked by several marquee non-conference matchups before play begins in the newly-expanded BIG EAST.
"Our schedule allows us to play our traditional local rivals, as well as some national powers, before we get into the conference schedule," said Roberts. "We travel to Duke and Virginia Tech, play a full slate at the Garden and play in the Holiday Festival. This will give St. John's fans a great opportunity to follow our team, which features a lot of new faces this year."
The Red Storm, which returns eight letterwinners and all five starters from Roberts' first season at the helm - including the BIG EAST's top returning scorer Daryll Hill (20.7 points per game) and big man Lamont Hamilton (13.3 ppg, 7.5 rebounds per game) - will tune up with an exhibition contest against its head coach's alma mater, Queens College, on Monday, Nov. 14. at Carnesecca Arena.
The Red Storm opens the regular-season slate with six consecutive home games at Carnesecca, including matchups with Maryland-Eastern Shore (Nov. 19), St. Francis, N.Y. (Nov. 22), Niagara (Nov. 26), Hofstra (Nov. 29), Charleston Southern (Dec. 3) and Stony Brook (Dec. 7).
St. John's hits the road on Saturday, Dec. 10, and visits Blacksburg, VA, to take on former BIG EAST opponent Virginia Tech. The Red Storm clashes with the Hokies at Cassell Coliseum in the first away contest of the season.
The Red Storm makes its New York return and plays host to the Marist Red Foxes in the season debut at Madison Square Garden - The World's Most Famous Arena - on Saturday, Dec. 17. In the final contest before the Christmas holiday, the Red Storm travels to Duke's storied Cameron Indoor Stadium on Dec. 21 for a nationally televised matchup on ESPN2.
St. John's defends its 2004 title when it opens the Panasonic Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden by facing Columbia on Tuesday, Dec. 27. A second round matchup with Massachusetts or St. Peter's awaits on Wednesday, Dec. 28.
The challenges of the new BIG EAST begin on the road. The Red Storm takes on local conference rival Seton Hall at Continental Airlines Arena just after the New Year, on Wednesday, Jan. 4, before returning home and playing host to Georgetown at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Jan. 8.
The following weekend, St. John's heads to the Sunshine State for a meeting with new BIG EAST opponent South Florida. The Storm breezes into USF's Sun Dome on Saturday, Jan. 14.
The Red Storm returns to New York next, opening a two-game homestand by taking on new BIG EAST opponent and 2005 Final Four participant Louisville. Former New York Knicks head coach Rick Pitino makes his return to the Garden on Tuesday, Jan. 17. The Pittsburgh Panthers, who Roberts and the Red Storm upset in 2005, visit MSG on Saturday, Jan. 21.
St. John's lone matchup of the season with Connecticut will be played on the road on Wednesday, Jan. 25, before the Red Storm returns home to meet 2005 Elite Eight participant West Virginia at the Garden on Jan. 29. The squad then plays three-straight road conference games: at new league foe Marquette on Feb. 1, at Providence on Feb. 4 and a nationally-televised tilt on ESPN2 at Georgetown's MCI Center on Feb. 9.
St. John's faces Syracuse once in 2005-06, as the Storm plays host to the Orange on Sunday, Feb. 12, at the Garden. The squad takes a short trip to "The RAC" to face Rutgers on Wednesday, Feb. 15.
The Red Storm's final pair of regular-season contests at the Garden are against new conference opponent DePaul on Saturday, Feb. 18, and Seton Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 21, respectively.
The Red Storm takes on 2005 Sweet Sixteen squad Villanova on the road on Wednesday, March 1, before playing host to Rutgers on "Senior Day" at Carnesecca Arena on Sunday, March 5.
In all, St. John's will play 12 regular season games against teams that participated in postseason tournaments in 2004-05 (NCAA - Louisville, West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Villanova, Duke, Connecticut, Syracuse; NIT - Georgetown, Marquette, Virginia Tech, DePaul).
For ticket information, schedules, scores and highlights to all St. John's home games visit us on the Internet at www.redstormsports.com. Tickets can be purchased online or by calling the St. John's Ticket Office at 718-990-6081.
All game times and radio/television broadcast information will be announced at a later date.
2005-06 ST. JOHN'S MEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
DAY DATE OPPONENT LOCATIONMon. Nov. 14 QUEENS COLLEGE (exh) Queens, NY (Carnesecca Arena)Sat. Nov. 19 MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE Queens, NY (Carnesecca Arena)Tue. Nov. 22 ST. FRANCIS (NY) Queens, NY (Carnesecca Arena)Sat. Nov. 26 NIAGARA Queens, NY (Carnesecca Arena)Tue. Nov. 29 HOFSTRA Queens, NY (Carnesecca Arena)Sat. Dec. 3 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN Queens, NY (Carnesecca Arena)Wed. Dec. 7 STONY BROOK Queens, NY (Carnesecca Arena)Sat. Dec. 10 at Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA (Cassell Coliseum)Sat. Dec. 17 MARIST New York, NY (Madison Square Garden)Wed. Dec. 21 at Duke Durham, NC (Cameron Indoor Stadium)
Panasonic Holiday FestivalTue. Dec. 27 COLUMBIA New York, NY (Madison Square Garden)Wed. Dec. 28 UMASS/ST. PETERS New York, NY (Madison Square Garden)
Wed. Jan. 4 • at Seton Hall East Rutherford, NJ (Continental Airlines Arena)Sun. Jan. 8 • GEORGETOWN New York, NY (Madison Square Garden) Sat. Jan. 14 • at South Florida Tampa, FL (Sun Dome)Tue. Jan. 17 • LOUISVILLE New York, NY (Madison Square Garden)Sat. Jan. 21 • PITTSBURGH New York, NY (Madison Square Garden) Wed. Jan. 25 • at Connecticut Storrs, CT (Gampel Pavilion)Sun. Jan. 29 • WEST VIRGINIA New York, NY (Madison Square Garden) Wed. Feb. 1 • at Marquette Milwaukee, WI (Bradley Center)Sat. Feb. 4 • at Providence Providence, RI (Dunkin' Donuts Center)Thu. Feb. 9 • at Georgetown Washington, DC (MCI Center)Sun. Feb. 12 • SYRACUSE New York, NY (Madison Square Garden) Wed. Feb. 15 • at Rutgers New Brunswick, NJ (Louis Brown Athletic Center)Sat. Feb. 18 • DePAUL New York, NY (Madison Square Garden)Tue. Feb. 21 • SETON HALL New York, NY (Madison Square Garden) Wed. March 1 • at Villanova Villanova, PA (The Pavilion)Sun. March 5 • RUTGERS Queens, NY (Carnesecca Arena)
Wed.-Sat. March 8-11 at BIG EAST Tournament New York, NY (Madison Square Garden)
Thurs.-Sun. March 16-19 NCAA First and Second Rounds (Sites -- Greensboro; Jacksonville; Salt Lake City;San Diego; Dayton; Philadelphia; Dallas; Auburn Hills)Thurs.-Sun. March 23-26 NCAA Regionals (Sites -- Atlanta; Oakland; Washington; Minneapolis)Sat.-Mon. April 1-3 NCAA Final Four Indianapolis, IN (RCA Dome)
• Denotes BIG EAST contestsAll times Eastern
