The St. John's Red Storm clinched the Big East regular-season conference title for the first time since 1985 on Saturday after defeating Seton Hall 71-61.

Head coach Rick Pitino became the first in Division I college basketball history to win a regular-season conference title with five different programs. His first was in 1980 with Boston University.

A lot has changed in the last 40 years since St. John's last wore the Big East crown. Ronald Reagan was president and the Cold War was waning, but here are some interesting factoids to give fans a better perspective.

In sports, the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Miami Dolphins 46-10 in Super Bowl XIX, the Los Angeles Lakers topped the Boston Celtics for the first time in nine attempts in the NBA Finals and the Edmonton Oilers won their second of five Stanley Cups in that decade.

The top movie at the box office was "Beverly Hills Cop," the top song was "Careless Whisper" by George Michael and eggs were just 80 cents per dozen. 

However, history doesn't bode well for the Red Storm. That year when it clinched the Big East regular-season title, two other conference rivals met in the national championship game.

Villanova defeated Georgetown, which topped St. John's in the Final Four, for its first title.

St. John's has not seen the national semifinals since that fateful tournament, but it will look to complete a full-circle moment and end that streak in this year's NCAA Tournament.