The 2014–15 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Steve Lavin in his fifth year at the school. St. John's home games were played at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden and the team was members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 21–12, 10–8 in Big East play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament to Providence. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to San Diego State. On March 27, 2015 St. John's and head coach Steve Lavin mutually agreed to part ways.
Previous season
The Red Storm finished the season 20–13, 10–8 in Big East play to finish in three-way tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament to Providence. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Robert Morris in the first round.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown NotesMarc-Antoine Bourgault 2 G/F 6'6" 216 Senior Saint-Malo, France GraduatedGod'sgift Achiuwa 3 F/C 6'8" 236 RS Senior Port Harcourt, Nigeria GraduatedMax Hooper 10 G/F 6'6" 202 RS Sophomore Carmel Valley, California Graduated Transferred to OaklandJaKarr Sampson 14 F 6'8" 208 Sophomore Akron, Ohio Entered 2014 NBA draftOrlando Sánchez 33 F 6'9" 216 Senior Nagua, Dominican Republic Graduated
Class of 2014 signees
Transfer additions Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Joey De La Rosa C 6'11" 240 Senior Bronx, New York mid-season transfer from Florida International (0.5 yr eligibility remaining). Under NCAA transfer rules, he would be forced to sit out the fall semester of the 2014-15 season. Keith Thomas F 6'8" 221 Junior Mount Vernon, New York junior college transfer from Westchester Community College (2 yrs immediate eligibility). Did not met the necessary NCAA transfer requirements and was ruled ineligible for the 2014-15 season.
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#CF102D; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#CF102D; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#CF102D; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big East tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#CF102D; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA tournament
Rankings
+ Ranking movementLegend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. RV=Received votes. NR=Not ranked. Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Post Final AP NR NR NR NR RV 24 20 17 15 24 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR RV RV NR N/A Coaches NR NR NR NR RV RV 23 19 17 24 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR RV NR NR NR
Team players drafted into the NBA Round Pick Player NBA club 2 53 Sir'Dominic Pointer Cleveland Cavaliers
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