1975–76 St. John's Redmen basketball team

The 1975–76 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University in the 1976 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his eighth year at the school. St. John's home games are played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden.

1975–76 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Lapchick Memorial Champions
ECAC Holiday Festival, Second Place
Cougar Classic Champions
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
Record23–6
Head coach
Assistant coaches
CaptainFrank Alagia
William Smith
Home arenaAlumni Hall
Madison Square Garden
Seasons
1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Rutgers   31 2   .939
No. 3 UNLV   29 2   .935
No. 2 Marquette   27 2   .931
North Texas State   22 4   .846
No. 19 Centenary   22 5   .815
UNC Charlotte   24 6   .800
Pan American   20 5   .800
No. 7 Notre Dame   23 6   .793
St. John's   23 6   .793
Florida State   21 6   .778
Oral Roberts   20 6   .769
Georgetown   21 7   .750
Virginia Tech   21 7   .750
George Washington   20 7   .741
Illinois State   20 7   .741
Creighton   19 7   .731
Northeast Louisiana   18 7   .720
Detroit   19 8   .704
South Florida   19 8   .704
New Orleans   18 8   .692
No. 17 DePaul   20 9   .690
Syracuse   20 9   .690
Holy Cross   22 10   .688
Seton Hall   18 9   .667
South Alabama   18 9   .667
South Carolina   18 9   .667
Providence   21 11   .656
Stetson   17 9   .654
UC Santa Barbara   17 9   .654
Air Force   16 9   .640
VCU   16 9   .640
St. Peter's   19 11   .633
Portland State   17 10   .630
St. Bonaventure   17 10   .630
Mercer   15 10   .600
Villanova   16 11   .593
Niagara   17 12   .586
Long Island   15 12   .556
Colgate   13 11   .542
Xavier   14 12   .538
West Virginia   15 13   .536
Georgia State   12 11   .522
Indiana State   13 12   .520
Dayton   14 13   .519
Hardin–Simmons   14 13   .519
Jacksonville   13 13   .500
Manhattan   14 14   .500
St. Francis (PA)   14 14   .500
St. Francis (NY)   13 13   .500
Marshall   13 14   .481
Duquesne   12 13   .480
Northeastern   12 13   .480
Fairfield   12 14   .462
Utah State   12 14   .462
Butler   12 15   .444
Denver   12 15   .444
Pittsburgh   12 15   .444
Army   11 14   .440
Iona   11 15   .423
Milwaukee   11 15   .423
Southern Miss   11 15   .423
Navy   10 14   .417
Fairleigh Dickinson   9 13   .409
Georgia Southern   11 16   .407
Hawaii   11 16   .407
Penn State   10 15   .400
Buffalo   10 16   .385
Loyola (IL)   10 16   .385
Canisius   10 17   .370
Boston College   9 17   .346
Oklahoma City   9 18   .333
Portland   9 18   .333
Fordham   7 19   .269
Cleveland State   6 19   .240
Houston Baptist   5 21   .192
Baptist   3 23   .115
Samford   3 23   .115
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

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1975–76 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G/F - Gordon Thomas (I) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Fr Bay Shore Bay Shore, NY
G - Bill Clarke 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
So Archbishop Molloy Rosedale, NY
G/F - Kevelin Winfree 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
So Alexander Hamilton Brooklyn, NY
G 4 Tom Calabrese 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Fr Cliffside Park Cliffside Park, NJ
G 10 Frank Alagia (C) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sr St. Agnes Rockville Centre, NY
G/F 22 Beaver Smith (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Sr South Side Rockille Centre, NY
F 24 George Johnson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
So New Utrecht Brooklyn, NY
G/F 32 Glen Williams 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Jr Laurinburg Prep St. Thomas, USVI
C 33 Paul Berwanger   6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Jr Cornwall Central/Boston College Cornwall, NY
F 35 Cecil Rellford 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
RS Jr Suncoast/Kentucky State Riviera Beach, FL
F 42 John Farmer 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
RS Sr St. John the Baptist/Hofstra Brentwood, NY
F 44 Rudy Wright (I) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Fr Long Island City Queens, NY
C 52 Tom Weadock 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
RS Jr Power Memorial/San Jacinto New York, NY
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular season
11/28/75*
Colgate
Lapchick Tournament Opening Round
W 74-51  1-0
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
11/29/75*
Manhattan
Lapchick tournament championship
W 79-72  2-0
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
12/06/75*
Davidson W 91-79  3-0
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
12/09/75*
No. 7 Tennessee W 79-70  4-0
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
12/12/75*
vs. Tulsa
Cougar Classic Semifinal
W 78-62  5-0
Marriott Center 
Provo, UT
12/13/75*
at Brigham Young
Cougar Classic Championship
W 78-65  6-0
Marriott Center 
Provo, UT
12/20/75*
No. 18 American W 78-66  7-0
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
12/27/75*
No. 17 vs. Temple
ECAC Holiday Festival Quarterfinal
W 67-59  8-0
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
12/29/75*
No. 17 vs. South Carolina
ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal
W 71-59  9-0
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
12/30/75*
No. 15 vs. No. 1 Indiana
ECAC Holiday Festival Championship
L 69-76  9-1
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
01/03/76*
No. 15 St. Joseph's W 75-62  10-1
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
01/10/76*
No. 14 Temple W 70-63  11-1
The Palestra 
Philadelphia, PA
01/12/76*
No. 15 Hawaii W 74-71 OT 12-1
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
01/17/76*
No. 12 Villanova W 57-53  13-1
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
01/21/76*
No. 9 at Boston College W 53-51  14-1
Roberts Center 
Chestnut Hill, MA
01/24/76*
No. 9 at Princeton L 55-58 OT 14-2
Jadwin Gymnasium 
Princeton, NJ
01/26/76*
No. 9 Manhattan W 78-72  15-2
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
02/01/76*
No. 14 Army W 87-75 OT 16-2
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
02/04/76*
No. 12 at Georgetown L 73-74 OT 16-3
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, D.C.
02/07/76*
No. 12 Fordham W 77-67  17-3
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
02/10/76*
No. 17 at Rhode Island W 56-47  18-3
Keaney Gymnasium 
Kingston, RI
02/16/76*
No. 17 Seton Hall W 68-63  19-3
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
02/21/76*
No. 16 Syracuse W 100-78  20-3
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
02/23/76*
No. 16 Holy Cross W 71-60  21-3
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
02/28/76*
No. 14 at Providence L 53-67  21-4
Providence Civic Center 
Providence, RI
03/01/76*
No. 14 at Niagara W 65-64  22-4
NU Student Center 
Lewiston, NY
ECAC Metro tournament
03/04/76
No. 16 vs. St. Peter's
ECAC Metro Semifinal
W 75-67  23-4
Jadwin Gymnasium 
Princeton, NY
03/06/76
No. 16 vs. No. 3 Rutgers
ECAC Metro Final
L 67-70  23-5
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
NCAA tournament
03/13/76*
No. 17 vs. No. 1 Indiana
NCAA Regional Quarterfinal
L 70-90  23-6
Athletic & Convocation Center 
South Bend, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Team players drafted into the NBA

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Round Pick Player NBA Club
5 76 Beaver Smith New York Knicks

References

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