1975–76 St. John's Redmen basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 December 2025 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.1975-76 St. John's (NY) Red Storm Men's Roster and Stats https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/st-johns-ny/men/1976.html 2025-12-17 College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com en St. John's home games are played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden. 1975–76 St. John's Redmen Basketball Independent 18 23–6 Lou Carnesecca John Kresse Brian Mahoney Frank Alagia William Smith Alumni HallMadison Square Garden Lapchick Memorial Champions ECAC Holiday Festival, Second Place Cougar Classic Champions 1976 NCAA tournament First round 1975 St. John's Red Storm n y y Gordon Thomas - G/F 6 4 FR Bay Shore, NY Bay Shore I Bill Clarke - G 6 2 SO Rosedale, NY Archbishop Molloy Kevelin Winfree - G/F 6 5 SO Brooklyn, NY Alexander Hamilton Tom Calabrese 4 G 6 0 FR Cliffside Park, NJ Cliffside Park Frank Alagia 10 G 5 9 SR Rockville Centre, NY St. Agnes CBeaver Smith 22 G/F 6 4 SR Rockille Centre, NY South Side C George Johnson 24 y George L. Johnson F 6 7 SO Brooklyn, NY New Utrecht Glen Williams basketball y 32 G/F 6 4 JR St. Thomas, USVI Laurinburg Prep Paul Berwanger 33 C 6 10 JR Cornwall, NY Cornwall Central/Boston College yesCecil Rellford 35 F 6 6 JR y Riviera Beach, FL Suncoast/Kentucky State John Farmer 42 F 6 5 SR y Brentwood, NY St. John the Baptist/Hofstra Rudy Wright 44 F 6 7 FR Queens, NY Long Island City I Tom Weadock 52 C 6 11 y JR New York, NY Power Memorial/San Jacinto Lou Carnesecca (St. John's University, '50) John Kresse (St. John's University, '64) Brian Mahoney (Manhattan College, '71) Schedule and results no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season 11/28/75 yes Colgate Alumni Hall Queens, NY Lapchick Tournament Opening Round 74-51 1-0 11/29/75 yes Manhattan Alumni Hall Queens, NY Lapchick tournament championship 79-72 2-0 12/06/75 yes Davidson Alumni Hall Queens, NY 91-79 3-0 12/09/75 yes Tennessee 7 Alumni Hall Queens, NY 79-70 4-0 12/12/75 yes yes Tulsa Marriott Center Provo, UT Cougar Classic Semifinal 78-62 5-0 12/13/75 yes yes Brigham Young Marriott Center Provo, UT Cougar Classic Championship 78-65 6-0 12/20/75 yes 18 American Alumni Hall Queens, NY 78-66 7-0 12/27/75 yes yes 17 Temple Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival Quarterfinal 67-59 8-0 12/29/75 yes yes 17 South Carolina Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal 71-59 9-0 12/30/75 yes yes 15 Indiana 1 Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival Championship 69-76 9-1 01/03/76 yes 15 St. Joseph's Alumni Hall Queens, NY 75-62 10-1 01/10/76 yes 14 Temple The Palestra Philadelphia, PA 70-63 11-1 01/12/76 yes 15 Hawaii Alumni Hall Queens, NY 74-71 OT 12-1 01/17/76 yes 12 Villanova Alumni Hall Queens, NY 57-53 13-1 01/21/76 yes yes 9 Boston College Roberts Center Chestnut Hill, MA 53-51 14-1 01/24/76 yes yes 9 Princeton Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 55-58 OT 14-2 01/26/76 yes 9 Manhattan Alumni Hall Queens, NY 78-72 15-2 02/01/76 yes 14 Army Alumni Hall Queens, NY 87-75 OT 16-2 02/04/76 yes yes 12 Georgetown McDonough Gymnasium Washington, D.C. 73-74 OT 16-3 02/07/76 yes 12 Fordham Madison Square Garden New York, NY 77-67 17-3 02/10/76 yes yes 17 Rhode Island Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI 56-47 18-3 02/16/76 yes 17 Seton Hall Alumni Hall Queens, NY 68-63 19-3 02/21/76 yes 16 Syracuse Alumni Hall Queens, NY 100-78 20-3 02/23/76 yes 16 Holy Cross Alumni Hall Queens, NY 71-60 21-3 02/28/76 yes yes 14 Providence Providence Civic Center Providence, RI 53-67 21-4 03/01/76 yes yes 14 Niagara NU Student Center Lewiston, NY 65-64 22-4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| ECAC Metro tournament 03/04/76 yes 16 St. Peter's Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NY ECAC Metro Semifinal 75-67 23-4 03/06/76 yes 16 Rutgers 3 Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Metro Final 67-70 23-5 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA tournament 03/13/76 yes yes 17 Indiana 1 Athletic & Convocation Center South Bend, IN NCAA Regional Quarterfinal 70-90 23-6 Team players drafted into the NBA Round Pick Player NBA club 5 76 Beaver Smith New York Knicks References Category:St. John's Red Storm men's basketball seasons St. John's St. John's St John St John