1969–70 St. John's Redmen basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 September 2016 1969–70 St. John's Redmen Basketball Independent 21–8 Lou Carnesecca John Kresse Joe DePre Alumni HallMadison Square Garden 1970 NIT Second Place The 1969–70 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1969–70 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his fifth year at the school before he left to become the head coach of the New York Nets in the American Basketball Association. St. John's home games were played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden. The Redmen reached the championship game of the National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Marquette.https://www.newspapers.com/article/anderson-herald/148980693/ Marquette Wins NIT Tourney Anderson Herald March 22, 1970 June 8, 2024 24 Newspapers.com Roster #NameHeightPositionClassHometownPrevious School(s)GPPPGRPG5 Richie Lyons 6'0" G SO New Hyde Park, NY Holy Cross HS 29 5.5 1.110 Jim Smyth 6'5" G/F SR Brooklyn, NY St. John's Prep 29 10.9 2.311 Billy Paultz 6'11" C JR River Edge, NJ Cameron Junior College 29 15.8 14.415 Ralph Abraham 6'5" F SR Brooklyn, NY St. John's Prep 29 10.3 7.320 Mike Keilty 6'4" G SO Woodside, NY Holy Trinity HS 16 1.4 1.422 Neil Levane 6'2" G JR Great Neck, NY Great Neck South HS 8 2.0 0.524 Bill Phillips 7'0" C SO Hollis, NY Jamaica HS 10 1.0 2.025 Pete LaMantia (I) 6'3" G/F JR Bayside, NY Bishop Reilly HS 2 4.5 1.534 Richard Gilkes 6'6" G/F JR Westbury, NY Westbury HS 28 2.5 2.335 John DeVasto 6'0" G JR Bronx, NY Loyola School 20 1.9 0.544 Greg Cluess 6'8" F/C SO West Hempstead, NY St. Agnes HS 27 2.7 2.155 Joe DePre (C) 6'3" G SR Westbury, NY Westbury HS 29 16.5 5.8 Schedule and results no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular Season 12/02/69 yes yes 14 Temple McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, PA 59-60 0-1 12/04/69 yes 14 Harvard Alumni Hall Queens, NY 73-62 1-1 12/09/69 yes yes West Virginia Stansbury Hall Morgantown, WV 76-60 2-1 12/13/69 yes Seton Hall Alumni Hall Queens, NY 83-64 3-1 12/15/69 yes yes Georgetown McDonough Gymnasium Washington, D.C. 71-64 4-1 12/19/69 yes Davidson 4 Alumni Hall Queens, NY 74-62 5-1 12/22/69 yes yes Stanford Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 63-59 6-1 12/23/69 yes yes Southern California 12 LA Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA 59-95 6-2 12/26/69 yes yes Iowa Neil S. Blaisdell Arena Honolulu, HI Rainbow Classic 57-55 7-2 12/29/69 yes yes Louisiana State Neil S. Blaisdell Arena Honolulu, HI Rainbow Classic 70-78 7-3 12/30/69 yes yes San Francisco Neil S. Blaisdell Arena Honolulu, HI Rainbow Classic 60-67 7-4 01/10/70 yes Syracuse Alumni Hall Queens, NY 86-72 8-4 01/17/70 yes St. Francis Alumni Hall Queens, NY 89-65 9-4 01/24/70 yes Villanova Alumni Hall Queens, NY 60-57 10-4 01/28/70 yes yes Providence Alumni Hall Providence, RI 57-58 OT 10-5 01/31/70 yes Pittsburgh Alumni Hall Queens, NY 67-58 11-5 02/03/70 & 02/04/70 yes yes Rhode Island Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI 85-67 12-5 02/07/70 yes Army Alumni Hall Queens, NY 54-44 13-5 02/10/70 yes yes Notre Dame 16 Athletic & Convocation Center Notre Dame, IN 76-90 13-6 02/14/70 yes Fordham Alumni Hall Queens, NY 80-53 14-6 02/18/70 yes St. Joseph's Alumni Hall Queens, NY 47-46 15-6 02/21/70 yes yes Niagara NU Student Center Lewiston, NY 70-72 15-7 02/24/70 yes Holy Cross Alumni Hall Queens, NY 75-62 16-7 02/28/70 yes NYU Alumni Hall Queens, NY 64-53 17-7 03/02/70 yes yes Boston College Roberts Center Chestnut Hill, MA 71-64 18-7 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NIT Tournament 03/13/70 yes yes Miami (OH) Madison Square Garden New York, NY NIT First Round 70-57 19-7 03/16/70 yes yes Georgia Tech Madison Square Garden New York, NY NIT Quarterfinal 56-55 20-7 03/19/70 yes yes Army Madison Square Garden New York, NY NIT Semifinal 60-59 21-7 03/21/70 yes yes Marquette 8 Madison Square Garden New York, NY NIT Championship 53-65 21-8 Team players drafted into the NBA Round Pick Player NBA club 2 29 Joe DePre Phoenix Suns 7 103 Billy Paultz San Diego Rockets References Category:St. John's Red Storm men's basketball seasons St. John's St. John's St John St John