1961–62 St. John's Redmen basketball team

The 1961–62 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1961–62 college basketball season. The team was coached by Joe Lapchick his seventeenth year at the school. This was St. John's first season playing their home games in Alumni Hall on the new Queens campus in Hillside, NY along with a few of their major games being played in Madison Square Garden in New York, NY.

1961–62 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
NIT Second Place
NIT Championship vs. Dayton, L, 67-75
ConferenceMetropolitan New York Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
Record21–5 (5–0 Metro NY)
Head coach
Assistant coachLou Carnesecca (4th season)
CaptainKevin Loughery
Home arenaAlumni Hall
Madison Square Garden
Seasons
1961–62 Metropolitan New York Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
St. John's 5 0   1.000 21 5   .808
CCNY 2 1   .667 9 9   .500
NYU 3 2   .600 20 5   .800
St. Francis (NY) 2 3   .400 8 15   .348
Manhattan 1 3   .250 12 10   .545
Fordham 1 3   .250 10 14   .417
Brooklyn 0 2   .000 4 13   .235
Rankings from AP Poll

They finished with a 21–5 record and a second-place finish in the 1962 National Invitation Tournament losing Dayton in the finals.

Roster

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# Name Height Position Class Hometown Previous Team(s)
10 Donnie Burks 5'11" G Jr. New York, NY, U.S. Archbishop Molloy HS
11 Bill O'Sullivan 6'7" F/C Jr. N/A N/A
20 Willie Hall 6'4" G/F Sr. New York, NY, U.S. Archbishop Molloy HS
23 Kevin Loughery (C) 6'3" G RS Sr. Bronx, NY, U.S. Cardinal Hayes HS/Boston College
25 LeRoy Ellis 6'11" C Sr. Brooklyn, NY, U.S. Thomas Jefferson HS
30 Fred Edelman (DNP) 6'4" G/F Sr. Queens, NY, U.S. Forest Hills HS
33 Ivan Kovac 5"11" G Sr. Queens, NY, U.S. Bayside HS
34 Walt Carroll N/A F Jr. N/A N/A
35 Frank O'Hara 5'9" G Jr. Brooklyn, NY, U.S. Most Holy Trinity HS
Dan Waddleton 5'11" G So. Jersey City, NJ, U.S. St. Michael's HS
Ralph Passante 6'3" G/F So. North Bergen, NJ, U.S. West New York Memorial HS

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular Season
December 6, 1961*
No. 9 George Washington
First Game at Alumni Hall
W 79–65  1–0
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
December 12, 1961*
No. 9 Oklahoma W 68–49  2–0
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
December 15, 1961*
No. 9 at Kansas
Sunflower Doubleheader
W 64–59  3–0
Allen Fieldhouse 
Lawrence, KS
December 16, 1961*
No. 9 at No. 8 Kansas State
Sunflower Doubleheader
L 50–63  3–1
Ahearn Field House 
Manhattan, KS
December 20, 1961*
Saint Joseph's W 92–64  4–1
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
December 26, 1961*
vs. No. 2 Cincinnati
ECAC Holiday Festival
L 68–97  4–2
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
December 28, 1961*
vs. Dartmouth
ECAC Holiday Festival
W 71–40  5–2
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
December 30, 1961*
vs. NYU
ECAC Holiday Festival
W 77–58  6–2 (1–0)
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
January 4, 1962*
at Temple L 51–52  6–3
The Palestra 
Philadelphia, PA
January 6, 1962*
Syracuse W 84–55  7–3
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
January 8, 1962*
at Bridgeport W 108–84  8–3
Harvey Hubbell Gymnasium 
Bridgeport, CT
January 13, 1962*
Creighton W 72–52  9–3
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
January 20, 1962
St. Francis (NY) W 92–54  10–3 (2–0)
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
January 23, 1962*
Canisius W 81–68  11–3
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
January 27, 1962*
at Loyola (IL) L 82–92  11–4
Chicago Stadium 
Chicago, IL
January 29, 1962*
at Notre Dame W 78–72 2OT 12–4
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN
February 3, 1962*
at Army W 57–51  13–4
USMA Fieldhouse 
West Point, NY
February 8, 1962*
Villanova W 79–66  14–4
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
February 10, 1962*
at Niagara W 67–66 2OT 15–4
NU Student Center 
Lewiston, NY
February 24, 1962
Fordham W 76–60  16–4 (3–0)
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
March 3, 1962*
Marquette W 71–69  17–4
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
March 8, 1962
vs. Manhattan W 88–64  18–4 (4–0)
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
March 10, 1962
NYU W 70–58  19–4 (5–0)
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
NIT
March 20, 1962*
vs. Holy Cross
NIT Quarterfinal
W 80-74  20-4
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
March 22, 1962*
vs. Duquesne
NIT Semifinal
W 75-65  21-4
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
March 24, 1962*
vs. Dayton
NIT Championship
L 67-75  21-5
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

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