1961–62 St. John's Redmen basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1961–62 St. John's Redmen basketball Metropolitan New York Conference Metro NY 12 21–5 5–0 Joe Lapchick 17th Lou Carnesecca 4th Kevin Loughery Alumni HallMadison Square Garden NIT Second Place NIT Championship vs. Dayton, L, 67-75 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. They finished with a 21–5 record and a second-place finish in the 1962 National Invitation Tournament losing Dayton in the finals. Roster #NameHeightPositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)10Donnie Burks5'11"GJr.New York, NY, U.S.Archbishop Molloy HS11Bill O'Sullivan6'7"F/CJr.N/AN/A20Willie Hall6'4"G/FSr.New York, NY, U.S.Archbishop Molloy HS23Kevin Loughery (C)6'3"GRS Sr.Bronx, NY, U.S.Cardinal Hayes HS/Boston College25LeRoy Ellis6'11"CSr.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.Thomas Jefferson HS30Fred Edelman (DNP)6'4"G/FSr.Queens, NY, U.S.Forest Hills HS33Ivan Kovac5"11"GSr.Queens, NY, U.S.Bayside HS34Walt CarrollN/AFJr.N/AN/A35Frank O'Hara5'9"GJr.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.Most Holy Trinity HSDan Waddleton5'11"GSo.Jersey City, NJ, U.S.St. Michael's HSRalph Passante6'3"G/FSo.North Bergen, NJ, U.S.West New York Memorial HS Schedule and results 2015-16 St. John's men's basketball media guide https://web.archive.org/web/20160528202906/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stjo/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/media-guide.pdf 2016-05-28 . Retrieved 2016-Jul-31.College Basketball @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-Jul-31. no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:white;"| Regular Season December 6, 1961 yes 9 George Washington First Game at Alumni Hall 79–65 1–0 Alumni Hall Queens, NY December 12, 1961 yes 9 Oklahoma 68–49 2–0 Alumni Hall Queens, NY December 15, 1961 yes 9 yes Kansas Sunflower Doubleheader 64–59 3–0 Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS December 16, 1961 yes 9 yes 8 Kansas State Sunflower Doubleheader 50–63 3–1 Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS December 20, 1961 yes Saint Joseph's 92–64 4–1 Alumni Hall Queens, NY December 26, 1961 yes yes 2 Cincinnati ECAC Holiday Festival 68–97 4–2 Madison Square Garden New York, NY December 28, 1961 yes yes Dartmouth ECAC Holiday Festival 71–40 5–2 Madison Square Garden New York, NY December 30, 1961 yes yes NYU ECAC Holiday Festival 77–58 6–2 (1–0) Madison Square Garden New York, NY January 4, 1962 yes yes Temple 51–52 6–3 The Palestra Philadelphia, PA January 6, 1962 yes Syracuse 84–55 7–3 Alumni Hall Queens, NY January 8, 1962 yes yes Bridgeport 108–84 8–3 Harvey Hubbell Gymnasium Bridgeport, CT January 13, 1962 yes Creighton 72–52 9–3 Alumni Hall Queens, NY January 20, 1962 St. Francis (NY) 92–54 10–3 (2–0) Alumni Hall Queens, NY January 23, 1962 yes Canisius 81–68 11–3 Alumni Hall Queens, NY January 27, 1962 yes yes Loyola (IL) 82–92 11–4 Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL January 29, 1962 yes yes Notre Dame 78–72 2OT 12–4 Notre Dame Fieldhouse South Bend, IN February 3, 1962 yes yes Army 57–51 13–4 USMA Fieldhouse West Point, NY February 8, 1962 yes Villanova 79–66 14–4 Madison Square Garden New York, NY February 10, 1962 yes yes Niagara 67–66 2OT 15–4 NU Student Center Lewiston, NY February 24, 1962 Fordham 76–60 16–4 (3–0) Alumni Hall Queens, NY March 3, 1962 yes Marquette 71–69 17–4 Alumni Hall Queens, NY March 8, 1962 yes Manhattan 88–64 18–4 (4–0) Madison Square Garden New York, NY March 10, 1962 NYU 70–58 19–4 (5–0) Alumni Hall Queens, NY |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NIT March 20, 1962 yes yes Holy Cross Madison Square Garden New York, NY NIT Quarterfinal 80-74 20-4 March 22, 1962 yes yes Duquesne Madison Square Garden New York, NY NIT Semifinal 75-65 21-4 March 24, 1962 yes yes Dayton Madison Square Garden New York, NY NIT Championship 67-75 21-5 References Category:St. John's Red Storm men's basketball seasons St. John's St. John's St. John's Redmen basketball team 1961-62 St. John's Redmen basketball team 1961-62