1968–69 St. John's Redmen basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 October 2016 1968–69 St. John's Redmen Basketball Independent 8 8 23–6 Lou Carnesecca John Kresse John Warren Carmine Calzonetti Alumni HallMadison Square Garden ECAC Holiday Festival, Second Place 1969 NCAA Sweet Sixteen The 1968–69 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1968–69 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his fourth year at the school. St. John's home games were played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden. Roster #NameHeightPositionClassHometownPrevious School(s)5 Carmine Calzonetti 6'1" G SR Audubon, NJ Gloucester Catholic HS10 Jim Smyth 6'5" G/F JR Brooklyn, NY St. John's Prep11 Billy Paultz 6'11" C SO River Edge, NJ Cameron Junior College15 Ralph Abraham 6'5" F JR Brooklyn, NY St. John's Prep21 Richie Jackson 6'2" G SR Lynbrook, NY St. Agnes HS24 Bill Phillips (DNP) 7'0" C SO Hollis, NY Jamaica HS25 Pete LaMantia 6'3" G SO Bayside, NY Bishop Reilly HS34 Richard Gilkes 6'6" G/F SO Westbury, NY Westbury HS30 John Warren 6'3" G SR Far Rockaway, NY Far Rockaway HS35 John DeVasto 6'0" G SO Bronx, NY Loyola School44 Dan Cornelius 6'9" F/C SR Wyandanch, NY Wyandanch Memorial HS55 Joe DePre 6'3" G JR Westbury, NY Westbury HS Schedule and results no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular Season 12/03/68 yes Roanoke Alumni Hall Queens, NY 91-65 1-0 12/06/68 yes yes Duquesne Civic Arena Pittsburgh, PA Steel Bowl tournament 62-72 1-1 12/07/68 yes yes Westminster Civic Arena Pittsburgh, PA Steel Bowl tournament 96-65 2-1 12/10/68 yes yes St. Joseph's The Palestra Philadelphia, PA 64-61 3-1 12/14/68 yes Georgetown Alumni Hall Queens, NY 74-61 4-1 12/18/68 yes Providence Alumni Hall Queens, NY 73-53 5-1 12/21/68 yes Boston College Alumni Hall Queens, NY 85-71 6-1 12/27/68 yes Michigan State Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival 61-51 7-1 12/28/68 yes North Carolina 2 Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival 72-70 8-1 12/30/68 yes UCLA 1 Madison Square Garden New York, NY ECAC Holiday Festival 56-74 8-2 01/04/69 yes yes 17 Davidson 2 Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC 75-74 9-2 01/08/69 yes yes 8 Seton Hall Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ 66-45 10-2 01/13/69 yes yes 8 Virginia University Hall Charlottesville, VA 77-61 11-2 01/18/69 yes 6 West Virginia Alumni Hall Queens, NY 91-62 12-2 01/25/69 yes 6 St. Francis (NY) Alumni Hall Queens, NY 71-55 13-2 02/01/69 yes 6 Temple Alumni Hall Queens, NY 65-48 14-2 02/04/69 yes yes 5 Villanova 8 Villanova Field House Villanova, PA 78-83 OT 14-3 02/06/69 yes 5 Rhode Island Alumni Hall Queens, NY 73-46 15-3 02/08/69 yes yes 5 Army USMA Fieldhouse West Point, NY 64-43 16-3 02/13/69 yes 9 Niagara Alumni Hall Queens, NY 97-60 17-3 02/15/69 yes yes 9 Fordham Madison Square Garden New York, NY 51-46 18-3 02/19/69 yes yes 7 Syracuse Manley Field House Syracuse, NY 71-63 19-3 02/22/69 yes 7 Colgate Alumni Hall Queens, NY 77-62 20-3 02/25/69 yes yes 7 Holy Cross Worcester Auditorium Worcester, MA 71-57 21-3 02/27/69 yes yes 7 NYU Madison Square Garden New York, NY 75-64 22-3 03/01/69 yes 7 Notre Dame Alumni Hall Queens, NY 67-71 OT 22-4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA Tournament 03/08/69 yes yes 8 Princeton Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC NCAA regional quarterfinal 72-63 23-4 03/13/69 yes yes 8 Davidson 5 Cole Field House College Park, MD NCAA regional semifinal 69-79 23-5 03/15/69 yes yes 8 Duquesne 9 Cole Field House College Park, MD NCAA regional third-place game 72-74 23-6 Team players drafted into the NBA Round Pick Player NBA club 1 11 John Warren New York Knicks References Category:St. John's Red Storm men's basketball seasons St. John's St. John's Redmen basketball St. John's Redmen basketball St. John's