NCAA Tournament History for St. John's

+ indicates wins over a higher seeded team.
- indicates losses to a lower seeded team.

Overall Record: 27-32, 0.458

YearConferenceRegionSeed
Results
2019West22
  • lost to W 11 Arizona St 65-74
  • 2015South9
  • lost to S 8 San Diego St 64-76
  • 2011Big EastSoutheast6
  • -lost to SE 11 Gonzaga 71-86
  • 2002Big EastEast9
  • lost to E 8 Wisconsin 70-80
  • 2000Big EastWest2
  • beat W 15 Northern Ariz 61-56
  • -lost to W 10 Gonzaga 76-82
  • 1999Big EastSouth3
  • beat S 14 Samford 69-43
  • beat S 6 Indiana 86-61
  • +beat S 2 Maryland 76-62
  • -lost to S 4 Ohio State 74-77
  • 1998Big EastMidwest7
  • -lost to M 10 Detroit 64-66
  • 1993Big EastEast5
  • beat E 12 Texas Tech 85-67
  • lost to E 4 Arkansas 74-80
  • 1992Big EastSoutheast7
  • -lost to SE 10 Tulane 57-61
  • 1991Big EastMidwest4
  • beat M 13 Northern Ill 75-68
  • beat M 5 Texas 84-76
  • +beat M 1 Ohio State 91-74
  • lost to M 2 Duke 61-78
  • 1990Big EastEast6
  • beat E 11 Temple 81-65
  • lost to E 3 Duke 72-76
  • 1988Big EastWest11
  • lost to W 6 Florida 59-62
  • 1987Big EastMidwest6
  • beat M 11 Wichita St 57-55
  • lost to M 3 DePaul 75-83, OT
  • 1986Big EastWest1
  • beat W 16 Montana St 83-74
  • -lost to W 8 Auburn 65-81
  • 1985Big EastWest1
  • beat W 16 Southern U 83-59
  • beat W 9 Arkansas 68-65
  • beat W 12 Kentucky 86-70
  • beat W 3 North Carolina St 69-60
  • lost to E 1 Georgetown 59-77
  • 1984Big EastEast9
  • lost to E 8 Temple 63-65
  • 1983Big EastEast1
  • beat E 9 Rutgers 66-55
  • -lost to E 4 Georgia 57-70
  • 1982Big EastEast5
  • beat E 12 Pennsylvania 66-56
  • lost to E 4 Alabama 68-69
  • 1980Big EastMideast3
  • -lost to ME 6 Purdue 72-87
  • 1979IndependentEast10
  • +beat E 7 Temple 75-70
  • +beat E 2 Duke 80-78
  • +beat E 6 Rutgers 67-65
  • lost to E 9 Pennsylvania 62-64
  • 1978IndependentMidwest
  • lost to Louisville 68-76
  • 1977IndependentWest
  • lost to Utah 68-72
  • 1976IndependentMideast
  • lost to Indiana 70-90
  • 1973IndependentEast
  • lost to Pennsylvania 61-62
  • 1969IndependentEast
  • beat Princeton 72-63
  • lost to Davidson 69-79
  • lost to Duquesne 72-75
  • 1968IndependentEast
  • lost to Davidson 70-79
  • 1967IndependentEast
  • beat Temple 57-53
  • lost to Boston College 62-63
  • lost to Princeton 58-78
  • 1961IndependentEast
  • lost to Wake Forest 74-97
  • 1952IndependentEast
  • beat North Carolina St 60-49
  • beat Kentucky 64-57
  • beat Illinois 61-59
  • lost to Kansas 63-80
  • 1951IndependentEast
  • beat Connecticut 63-52
  • lost to Kentucky 43-59
  • beat North Carolina St 71-59