▁World ' s ▁Most ▁Fam ous ▁Arena ", ▁while ▁their ▁early ▁non - con ference ▁games ▁are ▁held ▁at ▁Car n ese cca ▁Arena ▁on ▁the ▁St . ▁John ' s ▁campus ▁in ▁Queens . ▁St . ▁John ' s ▁University ▁holds ▁the ▁second ▁best ▁winning ▁percentage ▁for ▁a ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁school ▁in ▁the ▁NCAA ▁basketball ▁tournament ▁( second ▁to ▁City ▁College ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁- ▁which ▁won ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁NCAA ▁Division ▁I ▁Championship ). ▁St . ▁John ' s ▁has ▁the ▁most ▁N IT ▁appearances ▁with ▁ 2 7 , ▁the ▁most ▁championship ▁wins ▁with ▁ 6 , ▁although ▁they ▁were ▁stri pped ▁of ▁one ▁due ▁to ▁an ▁NCAA ▁inf raction . ▁The ▁ 1 9 1 0 – 1 1 ▁St . ▁John ' s ▁team ▁finished ▁the ▁season ▁with ▁a ▁ 1 4 – 0 ▁record ▁and ▁was ▁retro act ively ▁named ▁the ▁national ▁champion ▁by ▁the ▁Hel ms ▁Athlet ic ▁Foundation ▁and ▁the ▁Prem o - P or rett a ▁Power ▁Pol l . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁St . ▁John ' s ▁celebrated ▁its ▁ 1 0 0 th ▁year ▁of ▁college ▁basketball . ▁ ▁On ▁February ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁the ▁men ' s ▁basketball ▁team ▁was ▁voted ▁into ▁the ▁top ▁ 2 5 ▁in ▁the ▁AP ▁and ▁ESP N ▁Co aches ▁poll . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁the ▁team ▁had ▁been ▁ranked ▁since ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁season ▁in ▁ 2 0