1979–80 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1979–80 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Lapchick Memorial Champions
ECAC Holiday Festival Champions
Big East Regular Season Co-Champions
ConferenceBig East Conference (1979–2013)
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 13
Record24–5 (5–1 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Carmine Calzonetti
  • Ron Rutledge
Captains
Home arenaAlumni Hall
Madison Square Garden
1979–80 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Syracuse 5 1   .833 26 4   .867
No. 13 St. John's 5 1   .833 24 5   .828
No. 11 Georgetown 5 1   .833 26 6   .813
Connecticut 3 3   .500 20 9   .690
Boston College 2 4   .333 19 10   .655
Seton Hall 1 5   .167 14 13   .519
Providence 0 6   .000 11 16   .407
1980 Big East tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 1979–80 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his 12th 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.