1944–45 St. John's Redmen basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1944–45 St. John's Redmen Basketball Metropolitan New York Conference 21–3 Joseph Lapchick Hy Gotkin DeGray Gymnasium Madison Square Garden NIT Third Place NIT Semifinal vs. Bowling Green, L, 44-57 The 1944–45 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's College of Brooklyn during the 1944–45 NCAA Division I college basketball season. The team was coached by Joseph Lapchick in his ninth 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)Ray Wertis5"11"GJr.Far Rockaway, NY, U.S.Far Rockaway HSBill Kotsores6'2"FSr.Long Island City, NY, U.S.Andrew Jackson HSIvy Summer6'5"CSo.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.James Madison HS12Hy Gotkin (C)5'8"GSr.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.Thomas Jefferson HSTom Larkin6'3"FJr.Cambria Heights, NY, U.S.Andrew Jackson HS/Seton HallFrank Pare5'11"GSo.Jamaica, NY, U.S.St. Ann's AcademyKen Pressman6'2"GSo.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.New Utrecht HSVincent Hurley6'0"GJr.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.St. Augustine HSMurray Robinson6'0"GJr.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.Lafayette HS Schedule and results no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular Season 12/02/44 yes Alumni DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY 47-30 1-0 12/05/44 yes Montclair State DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY 49-23 2-0 12/08/44 yes Camp Shanks DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY 53-36 3-0 12/13/44 yes Utah Madison Square Garden New York, NY 39-36 4-0 12/19/44 yes West Point Field Artillery DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY 53-45 5-0 12/23/44 yes Puerto Rico Madison Square Garden New York, NY 41-35 6-0 12/30/44 yes Dartmouth Madison Square Garden New York, NY 53-38 7-0 01/03/45 yes CCNY Madison Square Garden New York, NY 41-42 7-1 01/06/45 yes Rhode Island State Madison Square Garden New York, NY 66-58 8-1 01/13/45 yes yes Temple Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA 43-41 OT 9-1 01/16/45 yes Akron Madison Square Garden New York, NY 48-42 10-1 01/20/45 yes yes Syracuse Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY 58-35 11-1 01/31/45 Fordham DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY 71-35 12-1 02/03/45 yes yes St. Joseph's Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA 52-36 13-1 02/09/45 yes Rider DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY 48-39 14-1 02/14/45 yes yes Army USMA Fieldhouse West Point, NY 39-56 14-2 02/17/45 yes Brooklyn N/A Brooklyn, NY 63-27 15-2 02/21/45 yes NYU Madison Square Garden New York, NY 39-30 16-2 03/01/45 yes Cathedral DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY 58-34 17-2 03/03/45 yes Ellis Island Coast Guard DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY 51-46 18-2 03/07/45 yes St. Francis (NY) Madison Square Garden New York, NY 69-35 19-2 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NIT 03/19/45 yes yes Muhlenberg Madison Square Garden New York, NY NIT Quarterfinal 34-33 20-2 03/21/45 yes yes Bowling Green Madison Square Garden New York, NY NIT Semifinal 44-57 20-3 03/26/45 yes yes Rhode Island State Madison Square Garden New York, NY NIT third-place game 64-57 21-3 References Category:St. John's Red Storm men's basketball seasons St. John's St. John's St Johns St Johns