1978–79 St. John's Redmen basketball team

The 1978–79 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his eleventh year at the school. St. John's home games were (and to this day still are) played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden.

Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season

!colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| ECAC Metro tournament

!colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA tournament