WE ARE ST. JOHN’S - AP Ranked #3 1984-85 St. John’s Redmen Honored Tonight at Halftime as St. John’s Hosts Louisville Cardinals at Madison Square Garden

Twenty-five years ago it was impossible to get a ticket to a St. John’s game on campus at Alumni Hall (renamed Carnesecca Arena) and equally impossible at Madison Square Garden. The Redmen (now called Red Storm) were ranked #1 during that year and ended up ranked #3. The Redmen were led by the following starters: shooting guard Chris Mullin, center Bill Wennington, power forward Walter ("The Truth") Berry, small forward Willie Glass and point guard Mike Moses. Mark Jackson came off the bench and was the starting point guard the next two seasons. Back then the Redmen owned the city. Chris Mullin played the final couple of years at Xaverian High School in Brooklyn, my alma mater. He used to play against Mark Jackson when Jackson played for Bishop Loughlin, also in Brooklyn. I was glued to the TV every time the Redmen were on. It was great watching the battles against Patrick Ewing and the Georgetown Hoyas & Pearl Washington and the Syracuse Orangemen. Chris Mullin was perfection, Walter Berry was smooth and Willie Glass was slick. St. John’s went to the 1985 NCAA Final Four and lost to Georgetown in the semi-finals. They were quite a team in the infancy of the Big East Conference. WE ARE ST. JOHN’S!