1958–59 St. John's Redmen basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 February 2019 1958–59 St. John's Redmen Basketball Metropolitan New York Conference 17 20–6 4–2 Joseph Lapchick Lou Carnesecca Al Seiden Martin Van Buren High SchoolMadison Square Garden ECAC Holiday Festival Champions NIT Champions NIT Championship vs. Bradley, W, 76-71 2OT The 1958–59 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1958–59 NCAA Division I college basketball season. The team was coached by Joseph Lapchick in his fourteenth year at the school and also was the first season Lou Carnesecca joined the basketball program as an assistant coach. The team was a member of the Metropolitan New York Conference. During this time the university was transitioning from Brooklyn to Queens, so the basketball team played their home games at Martin Van Buren High School in Queens, NY and Madison Square Garden in Manhattan while their new on campus arena, Alumni Hall, was being built. Roster #NameHeightPositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)11Gus Alfieri6'2"GSr.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.St. Francis Prep14Gary Marozas6'6"F/CSo.Queens, NY, U.S.Forest Hills HS21Mike Pedone6'0"GJr.Jersey City, NJ, U.S.St. Peter's Prep24Tony Jackson6"4"G/FSo.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.Thomas Jefferson HS25Bernie Pascal (DNP)6'5"FSr.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.St. Francis Prep27Dick Engert6"5"FSr.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.Xavier HS33Alan Seiden5"10"GSr.Queens, NY, U.S.Jamaica HS34Lou Roethel6"6"F/CSr.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.St. Francis PrepJohn Ryan6'6"F/CJr.Long Beach, NY, U.S.Long Beach HSButch Dellacave5'9"GSo.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.St. John's Prep Schedule and results no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular Season 12/04/58 yes Providence Madison Square Garden New York, NY 73-55 1-0 12/08/58 yes Bridgeport Martin Van Buren High School Queens, NY 98-56 2-0 12/10/58 yes 20 Brooklyn Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY 93-68 3-0 (1-0) 12/13/58 yes 20 Bradley Madison Square Garden New York, NY 66-71 3-1 12/15/58 yes 20 Hunter Martin Van Buren High School Queens, NY 91-52 4-1 12/20/58 yes Virginia Madison Square Garden New York, NY 90-71 5-1 12/26/58 yes yes Holy Cross Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival Quarterfinal 77-63 6-1 12/27/58 yes yes Dayton 20 Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal 76-63 7-1 12/29/58 yes yes St. Joseph's Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival Championship 90-79 8-1 01/03/59 yes 13 Temple Madison Square Garden New York, NY 81-76 9-1 01/10/59 yes yes 10 George Washington Uline Arena Washington, D.C. 86-85 10-1 01/17/59 yes yes 9 St. Joseph's The Palestra Philadelphia, PA 97-72 11-1 01/24/59 yes 7 St. Francis (NY) 69th Regiment Armory New York, NY 91-44 12-1 (2-0) 01/29/59 yes yes 7 St. Louis 15 Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, MO 68-72 12-2 01/31/59 yes yes 7 Loyola (IL) Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL 85-95 2OT 12-3 02/02/59 yes yes 7 Notre Dame Notre Dame Fieldhouse Notre Dame, IN 70-72 12-4 02/05/59 yes 15 Richmond Madison Square Garden New York, NY 85-76 13-4 02/14/59 yes 19 Fordham Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY 77-79 OT 13-5 (2-1) 02/19/59 yes Niagara Madison Square Garden New York, NY 87-78 14-5 02/26/59 17 Manhattan Madison Square Garden New York, NY 65-70 14-6 (2-2) 02/28/59 17 CCNY Martin Van Buren High School Queens, NY 82-64 15-6 (3-2) 03/05/59 18 NYU Madison Square Garden New York, NY 57-55 16-6 (4-2) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NIT 03/12/59 yes yes Villanova Madison Square Garden New York, NY NIT First Round 75-67 17-6 03/14/59 yes yes St. Bonaventure 19 Madison Square Garden New York, NY NIT Quarterfinal 82-74 18-6 03/19/59 yes yes Providence Madison Square Garden New York, NY NIT Semifinal 76-55 19-6 03/21/59 yes yes Bradley 4 Madison Square Garden New York, NY NIT Championship 76-71 2OT 20-6 Team players drafted into the NBA Year Round Pick Player NBA club 1959 2 12 Al Seiden St. Louis Hawks 1961 2 24 Tony Jackson New York Knicks References Category:St. John's Red Storm men's basketball seasons St. John's St. John's Category:National Invitation Tournament championship seasons St. John's Redmen bask St. John's Redmen bask