1950–51 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1950–51 St. Francis Terriers Basketball StFrancisBrooklynTerrierswordmark.png Metropolitan New York Conference 19–11 1–5 Daniel Lynch 3rd Marty O'Donnell Butler Street GymnasiumII Corps Artillery Armory National Catholic Invitation Tournament Champions The 1950–1951 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represented St. Francis College during the 1950–51 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Daniel Lynch, who was in his third year at the helm of the St. Francis Terriers. The Terriers played home games at the Bulter Street Gymnasium in their Cobble Hill, Brooklyn campus and at the II Corps Artillery Armory in Park Slope, Brooklyn. In the NCIT championship game Ray Rudzinski scored 26 points, Vernon Stokes scored 22 and Roy Reardon scored 21 points en route to victory in Albany, New York.This Day in New York Sports 1998 Sports Publishing LLC 77 https://books.google.com/books?id=bXJgqTXTelsC&q=St.+Francis&pg=PA54 Jordan Sprechman Bill Shannon 9781571672544 7 November 2013 Roster white white #0038A8 #CE1126 1950 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men yes Roy Reardon F 6 2 SR C James Luisi G 6 2 SR C y Benjamin Franklin High School East Harlem, New York Steve Ellsworth G 5 10 SR St. Michael's High School Martin Conway 6 3 JR Ray Rudzinski G 6 0 JR Vern Stokes F 6 2 SO Frank Sainato 5 8 SO George Searing G 5 11 FR Hank Daubenschmidt C 6 7 FR Bronx, NY Jack Walsh F 6 4 FR Jack Prenderville C 6 4 y Marty Donohue G 6 3 Tom Coogan F 6 4 Dick Joyce 6 3 Gerard Lenze 6 1 Daniel Lynch (St. Francis '38) Marty O'Donnell Schedule no no no no |- !colspan=12 style="background:#0038A8; border: 2px solid #CE1126;color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular Season November 14, 1950 yes no Fort Monmouth Butler Campus Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY 96–56St. Francis Five Victor http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/11/15/88422509.html?pageNumber=40 New York Times 9 June 2016 1–0 November 17, 1950 yes no 1950-51 Pratt Institute Pratt Cannoneers Pratt Institute Butler Campus Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY 77–42ST. FRANCIS FIVE VICTOR http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/11/18/306472032.html?pageNumber=21 New York Times 9 June 2016 2–0 November 21, 1950 yes yes no 1950-51 Yeshiva University Yeshiva Maccabees Yeshiva Queens, NY 82–59ST. FRANCIS TRIPS YESHIVA http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/11/22/94275018.html?pageNumber=42 New York Times 9 June 2016 3–0 November 25, 1950 yes no 1950-51 City College of New York CCNY Beavers CCNY Madison Square Garden New York, NY 10,000 62–81C.C.N.Y. FIVE STOPS ST. FRANCIS, 81-62 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/11/26/306696652.html?pageNumber=185 New York Times 9 June 2016 3–1 (0–1) December 2, 1950 yes yes no 1950-51 Adelphi University Adelphi Panthers Adelphi Garden City, NY 86–67CITY COLLEGE TOPS QUEENS FIVE, 61-48 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/12/03/91637352.html?pageNumber=219 New York Times 9 June 2016 4–1 December 8, 1950 yes no 1950-51 Brooklyn College Brooklyn College Bulldogs Brooklyn College II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY 54–60BROOKLYN DEFEATS ST. FRANCIS, 60-54 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/12/09/88423871.html?pageNumber=10 New York Times 9 June 2016 4–2 (0–2) December 13, 1950 8:30 pm no 1950-51 Manhattan College Manhattan Jaspers Manhattan II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY 58–72MANHATTAN TRIPS ST. FRANCIS, 72-58 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/12/14/317448142.html?pageNumber=53 New York Times 1 August 2016 4–3 (0–3) December 16, 1950 no 1950-51 Saint Peter's University Saint Peter's Peacocks Saint Peter's II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY 64–56 5–3 (0–3) December 20, 1950 yes yes no 1950-51 Loyola University Maryland Loyola Greyhounds Loyola (Baltimore) Evergreen Gymnasium Baltimore, MD 80–68St. Francis On Top, 80 68 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/12/21/82087216.html?pageNumber=40 New York Times 9 June 2016 6–3 December 21, 1950 yes yes no Quantico Marines Quantico, VA 73–83HOLY CROSS BEATS VANDERBILT, 64-62 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/12/22/82087999.html?pageNumber=27 New York Times 9 June 2016 6–4 January 5, 1951 yes no 1950-51 Saint Francis University Saint Francis Red Flash Saint Francis (PA) II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY 71–74TERRIERS LOSE BY 74-71 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/01/06/89775720.html?pageNumber=23 New York Times 9 June 2016 6–5 January 6, 1951 yes yes no 1950-51 King's College (Pennsylvania) King's Monarchs Kings College Westchester County Center White Plains, NY 67–61ST. FRANCIS FIVES WIN http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/01/07/87092635.html?pageNumber=134 New York Times 9 June 2016 7–5 January 10, 1951 yes no 1950-51 Fordham University Fordham Rams Fordham Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY 2,500 65–63FORDHAM TOPPLED, 65-63 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/01/11/87047557.html?pageNumber=40 New York Times 9 June 2016 8–5 (1–3) January 12, 1951 yes no 1950-51 Muhlenberg College Muhlenberg Mules Muhlenberg College II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY 88–74ST. FRANCIS WINS, 88-74 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/01/13/84672665.html?pageNumber=18 New York Times 9 June 2016 9–5 January 20, 1951 yes yes no 1950-51 Niagara University Niagara Purple Eagles Niagara Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY 59–64ST. FRANCIS SET BACK BY NIAGARA, 64 TO 59 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/01/21/90737193.html?pageNumber=136 New York Times 9 June 2016 9–6 January 26, 1951 yes no 1950-51 Texas Wesleyan University Texas Wesleyan Rams Texas Wesleyan II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY 76–62ST. FRANCIS WINS, 76-62 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/01/27/88429891.html?pageNumber=17 New York Times 9 June 2016 10–6 January 30, 1951 yes no 1950-51 New York University NYU Violets NYU Alumni Memorial Gymnasium New York, NY 1,000 58–69N.Y.U. FIVE BEATS ST. FRANCIS, 69-58 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/01/31/88433870.html?pageNumber=28 New York Times 9 June 2016 10–7 (1–4) February 2, 1951 no 1950-51 St. John's University (New York City) St. John's Red Storm St. John's 9 II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY 4,000 38–44ST. JOHN'S DOWNS ST. FRANCIS, 44-38 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/02/03/86965542.html?pageNumber=21 New York Times 9 June 2016 10–8 (1–5) February 7, 1951 yes yes no 1950-51 State University of New York Maritime College SUNY Maritime Privateers New York State Maritime College Fort Schuyler Court Throggs Neck, NY 75–48St. Francis in Front, 75-48 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/02/08/305877732.html?pageNumber=29 New York Times 9 June 2016 11–8 February 10, 1951 yes yes no 1950-51 Iona College (New York) Iona Gaels Iona Westchester County Center White Plains, NY 75–48St. Francis Routs Iona http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/02/11/105211665.html?pageNumber=145 New York Times 9 June 2016 12–8 February 12, 1951 yes yes no 1950-51 Boston College Boston College Eagles Boston College Boston Garden Boston, MA 2,000 58–63L.I.U. TURNS BACK MURRAY FIVE, 90-67 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/02/13/89779830.html?pageNumber=48 New York Times 9 June 2016 12–9 February 16, 1951 yes no 1950-51 Seton Hall University Seton Hall Pirates Seton Hall II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY 1,500 69–70FORDHAM DEFEATS GEORGETOWN, 61-56 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/02/17/96218363.html?pageNumber=22 New York Times 9 June 2016 12–10 February 23, 1951 yes no 1950-51 Siena College Siena Saints Siena II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY 63–61St. Francis Rally Wins, 63--61 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/02/24/89781240.html?pageNumber=23 New York Times 9 June 2016 13–10 February 24, 1951 yes no 1950-51 Central Connecticut State University Central Connecticut State Blue Devils New Britain State Teachers College II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY 70–66 14–10 March 2, 1951 yes yes no 1950-51 Kent State Golden University Kent State Golden Flashes Kent State Cleveland Arena Cleveland, OH 71–73Terriers Bow at Cleveland http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/03/03/82095719.html?pageNumber=9 New York Times 9 June 2016 14–11 March 3, 1951 yes yes no 1950-51 Baldwin Wallace University Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets Baldwin Wallace Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium Berea, OH 60–59ST. FRANCIS VICTOR, 60-59 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/03/04/356889082.html?pageNumber=149 New York Times 9 June 2016 15–11 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#0038A8; border: 2px solid #CE1126;color:#FFFFFF;"| National Catholic Invitation Tournament March 13, 1951 yes yes no 1950-51 Spring Hill Badgers College Spring Hill Badgers Spring Hill Washington Avenue Armory Albany, NY First Round 74–65ST. FRANCIS BEATS SPRING HILL, 74-65 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/03/14/87163988.html?pageNumber=56 New York Times 9 June 2016 16–11 March 15, 1951 yes yes no 1950-51 Loras College Loras Duhawks Loras Washington Avenue Armory Albany, NY Quarterfinals 65–63TERRIERS DEFEAT LORAS FIVE, 65-63 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/03/16/86991193.html?pageNumber=44 New York Times 9 June 2016 17–11 March 16, 1951 yes yes no 1950-51 Le Moyne College Le Moyne Dolphins Le Moyne Washington Avenue Armory Albany, NY 3,300 Semifinals 84–66ST. FRANCIS WINS, 84-66, GAINS FINAL http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/03/17/96936760.html?pageNumber=27 New York Times 9 June 2016 18–11 March 17, 1951 yes yes no 1950-51 Seattle University Seattle Redhawks Seattle Washington Avenue Armory Albany, NY Finals 93–79St. Francis Checks Seattle Five In Catholic Tourney Final, 93-79 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/03/18/121431864.html?pageNumber=171 New York Times 9 June 2016 19–11 AP Poll Eastern Time National Catholic Invitation Tournament The tournament took place at the Albany Armory in Albany, NY from March 13 to March 17.St. Norbert's Five in Tourney http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/03/10/82102412.html?pageNumber=9 New York Times 10 June 2016 First roundST. FRANCIS BEATS SPRING HILL, 74-65 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/03/14/87163988.html?pageNumber=56 New York Times 10 June 2016 Quarter-finalsTERRIERS DEFEAT LORAS FIVE, 65-63 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/03/16/86991193.html?pageNumber=44 New York Times 10 June 2016IONA FIVE SET BACK BY SEATTLE, 69-67 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/03/15/86986801.html?pageNumber=48 New York Times 10 June 2016 Semi-finalsST. FRANCIS WINS, 84-66, GAINS FINAL http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/03/17/96936760.html?pageNumber=27 New York Times 10 June 2016 FinalSt. Francis Checks Seattle Five In Catholic Tourney Final, 93-79 http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/03/18/121431864.html?pageNumber=171 New York Times 10 June 2016 Third place St. Francis (NY) 74 Spring Hill 65 Le Moyne 95 Saint Michael's 57 Iona 54 St. Mary's (MN) 52 Mount St. Mary's 91 St. Norbert 59 Loras 63 St. Francis (NY) 65 Siena 53 Le Moyne 57 Seattle 69 Iona 67 Saint Francis (PA) 74 Mount St. Mary's 83 St. Francis (NY) 84 Le Moyne 66 Seattle 102 Mount St. Mary's 85 St. Francis (NY) 93 Seattle 79 Le Moyne 63 Mount St. Mary's 61 NBA draft At the end of the season two Terriers were drafted by the NBA. Jim Luisi was selected 56th overall by the Boston Celtics. Roy Reardon was selected with the 64th overall pick by the Syracuse Nationals. 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