1942–43 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1942–43 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
National Invitation Tournament Champions
NIT Championship, vs. Toledo, W, 48-21
Conference	Metropolitan New York Conference
Record	21–3 (5–1 Metropolitan New York Conference)
Head coach	Joseph Lapchick
Captain	Fuzzy Levane
Home arena	DeGray Gymnasium Madison Square Garden

The 1942–43 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's College of Brooklyn during the 1942–43 NCAA college basketball season. The team was coached by Joseph Lapchick in his seventh year at the school. St. John's home games were played at DeGray Gymnasium in Brooklyn and the old Madison Square Garden in Manhattan.^[1]

Roster

#	Name	Height	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous School(s)
6	Al Moschetti	6"1"	G	Sr.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	New Utrecht HS
9	Larry Baxter	6'3"	F	Jr.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	James Madison HS
11	Harry Boykoff	6'9"	C	So.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	Thomas Jefferson HS
12	Hy Gotkin	5'8"	G	So.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	Thomas Jefferson HS
14	Fuzzy Levane (C)	6"2"	G/F	Sr.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	James Madison HS
17	Frank Plantamura	6'4"	F	So.	Union City, NJ, U.S.	Union Hill HS
	Ken Keller	6'1"	G	So.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	Bishop Loughlin HS

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/05/42*		Alumni	W 65-33	1-0	DeGray Gymnasium  Brooklyn, NY
12/08/42*		Montclair State	W 56-32	2-0	DeGray Gymnasium  Brooklyn, NY
12/12/42*		at Princeton	W 56-51	3-0	University Gymnasium  Princeton, NJ
12/17/42*		Clarkson	W 68-34	4-0	DeGray Gymnasium  Brooklyn, NY
12/19/42*		Oklahoma	W 51-34	5-0	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
12/22/42*		Niagara	L 40-46	5-1	DeGray Gymnasium  Brooklyn, NY
12/26/42*		Tennessee	W 52-41	6-1	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
01/06/43		vs. City College of New York	W 50-42	7-1 (1-0)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
01/09/43*		at Canisius	W 55-45	8-1	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium  Buffalo, NY
01/13/43		vs. Fordham	W 63-47	9-1 (2-0)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
01/28/43*		Camp Upton	W 47-39 ^OT	10-1	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
02/05/43		Hofstra	W 47-38	11-1 (3-0)	DeGray Gymnasium  Brooklyn, NY
02/08/43*		St. Joseph's	W 76-46	12-1	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
02/13/43*		at Temple	W 62-40	13-1	Convention Hall  Philadelphia, PA
02/15/43		vs. Manhattan	L 38-42	13-2 (3-1)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
02/19/43*		Manhattan Beach Coast Guard	W 52-45	14-2	DeGray Gymnasium  Brooklyn, NY
02/22/43*		Georgetown	W 65-43	15-2	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
02/27/43*		Fort Dix	W 88-45	16-2	DeGray Gymnasium  Brooklyn, NY
03/03/43		vs. NYU	W 57-53	17-2 (4-1)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
03/10/43		vs. St. Francis (NY)	W 50-34	18-2 (5-1)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
NIT
03/22/43*		vs. Rice NIT Quarterfinal	W 51-49	19-2	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
03/27/43*		vs. Fordham NIT Semifinal	W 69-43	20-2	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
03/29/43*		vs. Toledo NIT Championship	W 48-27	21-2	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
Red Cross Benefit Game
04/01/43*		vs. Wyoming Red Cross Benefit Game	L 47-52 ^OT	21-3	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

1. "2017-18 St. John's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). St. John's University. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 20, 2019. Retrieved April 16, 2022.