1943–44 St. John's Redmen basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 December 2017 1943–44 St. John's Redmen Basketball Metropolitan New York Conference 18–5 Joseph Lapchick Hy Gotkin DeGray Gymnasium Madison Square Garden NIT Champions NIT Championship vs. DePaul, W, 47-39 The 1943–44 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's College of Brooklyn during the 1943–44 NCAA Division I college basketball season. The team was coached by Joseph Lapchick in his eighth year at the school. St. John's home games were played at DeGray Gymnasium in Brooklyn and the old Madison Square Garden in Manhattan.http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stjo/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2017-18/misc_non_event/2017-18-media-guide.pdf 2017-18 St. John's Basketball Media Guide St. John's University April 16, 2022 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20190220122540/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stjo/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2017-18/misc_non_event/2017-18-media-guide.pdf February 20, 2019 Roster #NameHeightPositionClassHometownPrevious School(s)3Bill Kotsores6'2"FJr.Long Island City, NY, U.S.Andrew Jackson HS4Ray Wertis5"11"GSo.Far Rockaway, NY, U.S.Far Rockaway HS5Don Wehr6'2"GFr.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.Alexander Hamilton HS6Dick McGuire6'0"GFr.Bronx, NY, U.S.La Salle Academy11Ivy Summer6'5"CFr.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.James Madison HS12Hy Gotkin (C)5'8"GJr.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.Thomas Jefferson HS14Wade Duym6'2"FFr.Cliffside Park, NJ, U.S.Tom Larkin6'3"FSo.Cambria Heights, NY, U.S.Andrew Jackson HS/Seton HallVincent Hurley6'0"GSo.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.St. Augustine HSMurray Robinson6'0"GSo.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.Lafayette HS10Anthony Agoglia6'2"RFr.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.Manual Training HS Schedule and results no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular Season 12/03/43 yes Alumni DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY 57-32 1-0 12/09/43 yes West Point Field Artillery DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY 69-47 2-0 12/15/43 yes Montclair State DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY 57-34 3-0 12/18/43 yes Detroit Madison Square Garden New York, NY 44-31 4-0 12/22/43 yes Webb Institute DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY 80-32 5-0 12/30/43 yes Kentucky Madison Square Garden New York, NY 38-44 5-1 01/05/44 yes CCNY Madison Square Garden New York, NY 45-38 6-1 01/08/44 yes Rhode Island State Madison Square Garden New York, NY 58-48 7-1 01/15/44 yes yes Temple Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA 36-32 8-1 01/19/44 yes yes Army USMA Fieldhouse West Point, NY 36-49 8-2 01/29/44 yes Cathedral DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY 68-43 9-2 02/02/44 St. Francis (NY) DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY 60-55 10-2 02/05/44 Brooklyn Army Base DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY 59-50 OT 11-2 02/12/44 yes yes St. Joseph's Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA 41-36 12-2 02/17/44 yes Temple Madison Square Garden New York, NY 44-47 12-3 02/19/44 yes yes Canisius Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY 43-48 2OT 12-4 02/23/44 yes NYU Madison Square Garden New York, NY 50-40 13-4 03/03/44 yes Yeshiva DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY 61-36 14-4 03/08/44 yes Brooklyn Madison Square Garden New York, NY 55-42 15-4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NIT 03/16/44 yes yes Bowling Green Madison Square Garden New York, NY NIT Quarterfinal 44-40 16-4 03/22/44 yes yes Kentucky Madison Square Garden New York, NY NIT Semifinal 48-45 17-4 03/24/44 yes yes DePaul Madison Square Garden New York, NY NIT Championship 47-39 18-4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Red Cross Benefit Game 03/30/44 yes yes Utah Madison Square Garden New York, NY Red Cross Benefit Game 36-44 18-5 References Category:St. John's Red Storm men's basketball seasons St. John's St. John's Category:National Invitation Tournament championship seasons St Johns St Johns