An NCAA Tournament rematch, a potential showdown with the defending national champs, a marquee matchup at MSG and a date with Arizona in San Francisco highlight the 2019-20 non-conference schedule for St. John's Men's Basketball in its first season under Head CoachFresh off a 21-win season and the program's first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2015, the Red Storm will play 13 non-conference games in November and December. Eight of those contests will take place at Carnesecca Arena, the on-campus home of the Johnnies. The Red Storm will host one non-conference tilt at Madison Square Garden and play three neutral site games, two in Connecticut and one in California.Following an exhibition matchup against Queens College on Oct. 30, the Red Storm will open the 113th season in program history with five-straight games in Queens. The Johnnies will kick off the campaign with a Nov. 6 clash against Mercer before hosting Central Connecticut State on Nov. 9 and New Hampshire on Nov. 12.After playing three times in the span of six days, the Johnnies will host a pair of campus site games in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament to wrap their season-opening homestand. The Red Storm will welcome defending America East Champion Vermont on Nov. 16 before Columbia makes the short trek from Manhattan to Queens for a Nov. 20 showdown.The Red Storm will hit the road for the first time the following weekend, playing in the semifinal and final rounds of the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament Presented by Citi at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The Johnnies will face Arizona State in the opening game on Nov. 23 before playing either reigning national champion Virginia or Massachusetts the following day. St. John's and the Sun Devils will meet for the third time in as many seasons, as the two squads clashed in December of 2017 at STAPLES Center before squaring off in the opening game of the NCAA Tournament in Dayton, Ohio, this past March.After their stay in Connecticut, the Johnnies will begin another five-game homestand with matchups against local foes Wagner and Saint Peter's on Nov. 30 and Dec. 3, respectively.On Dec. 7 or 8, the Red Storm will make its 2019-20 Madison Square Garden debut, welcoming Bob Huggins and West Virginia to "The Mecca" for the Johnnies' inaugural game of the BIG EAST/Big 12 scheduling alliance. The Red Storm and the Mountaineers will meet for the 38th time in the history of the two programs. St. John's owns a 9-6 advantage in home games against its former BIG EAST foe.After battling with the Mountaineers in Midtown, the Red Storm will then play its final non-conference home games at Carnesecca Arena, hosting Brown on Dec. 10 and Albany on Dec. 18.The Johnnies will wrap non-conference action on the West Coast, facing off with Arizona on Dec. 21 in the Al Attles Classic presented by the Basketball Hall of Fame. The event, which will feature four marquee college basketball matchups, will be held at San Francisco's Chase Center, the brand new home of the Golden State Warriors.