1961–62 St. John's Redmen basketball team
American college basketball season
The 1961–62 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1961–62 college basketball season. The team was coached by Joe Lapchick his seventeenth year at the school. This was St. John's first season playing their home games in Alumni Hall on the new Queens campus in Hillside, NY along with a few of their major games being played in Madison Square Garden in New York, NY .
They finished with a 21–5 record and a second-place finish in the 1962 National Invitation Tournament losing Dayton in the finals.
Roster
#
Name
Height
Position
Class
Hometown
Previous Team(s)
10
Donnie Burks
5'11"
G
Jr.
New York, NY , U.S.
Archbishop Molloy HS
11
Bill O'Sullivan
6'7"
F /C
Jr.
N/A
N/A
20
Willie Hall
6'4"
G /F
Sr.
New York, NY , U.S.
Archbishop Molloy HS
23
Kevin Loughery (C)
6'3"
G
RS Sr.
Bronx, NY , U.S.
Cardinal Hayes HS /Boston College
25
LeRoy Ellis
6'11"
C
Sr.
Brooklyn, NY , U.S.
Thomas Jefferson HS
30
Fred Edelman (DNP)
6'4"
G /F
Sr.
Queens, NY , U.S.
Forest Hills HS
33
Ivan Kovac
5"11"
G
Sr.
Queens, NY , U.S.
Bayside HS
34
Walt Carroll
N/A
F
Jr.
N/A
N/A
35
Frank O'Hara
5'9"
G
Jr.
Brooklyn, NY , U.S.
Most Holy Trinity HS
Dan Waddleton
5'11"
G
So.
Jersey City, NJ , U.S.
St. Michael's HS
Ralph Passante
6'3"
G /F
So.
North Bergen, NJ , U.S.
West New York Memorial HS
Schedule and results
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Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site city, state
Regular Season
December 6, 1961 *
No. 9
George Washington First Game at Alumni Hall
W 79–65
1–0
Alumni Hall Queens, NY
December 12, 1961 *
No. 9
Oklahoma
W 68–49
2–0
Alumni Hall Queens, NY
December 15, 1961 *
No. 9
at Kansas Sunflower Doubleheader
W 64–59
3–0
Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 16, 1961 *
No. 9
at No. 8 Kansas State Sunflower Doubleheader
L 50–63
3–1
Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
December 20, 1961 *
Saint Joseph's
W 92–64
4–1
Alumni Hall Queens, NY
December 26, 1961 *
vs. No. 2 Cincinnati ECAC Holiday Festival
L 68–97
4–2
Madison Square Garden New York, NY
December 28, 1961 *
vs. Dartmouth ECAC Holiday Festival
W 71–40
5–2
Madison Square Garden New York, NY
December 30, 1961 *
vs. NYU ECAC Holiday Festival
W 77–58
6–2 (1–0)
Madison Square Garden New York, NY
January 4, 1962 *
at Temple
L 51–52
6–3
The Palestra Philadelphia, PA
January 6, 1962 *
Syracuse
W 84–55
7–3
Alumni Hall Queens, NY
January 8, 1962 *
at Bridgeport
W 108–84
8–3
Harvey Hubbell Gymnasium Bridgeport, CT
January 13, 1962 *
Creighton
W 72–52
9–3
Alumni Hall Queens, NY
January 20, 1962
St. Francis (NY)
W 92–54
10–3 (2–0)
Alumni Hall Queens, NY
January 23, 1962 *
Canisius
W 81–68
11–3
Alumni Hall Queens, NY
January 27, 1962 *
at Loyola (IL)
L 82–92
11–4
Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL
January 29, 1962 *
at Notre Dame
W 78–72 2OT
12–4
Notre Dame Fieldhouse South Bend, IN
February 3, 1962 *
at Army
W 57–51
13–4
USMA Fieldhouse West Point, NY
February 8, 1962 *
Villanova
W 79–66
14–4
Madison Square Garden New York, NY
February 10, 1962 *
at Niagara
W 67–66 2OT
15–4
NU Student Center Lewiston, NY
February 24, 1962
Fordham
W 76–60
16–4 (3–0)
Alumni Hall Queens, NY
March 3, 1962 *
Marquette
W 71–69
17–4
Alumni Hall Queens, NY
March 8, 1962
vs. Manhattan
W 88–64
18–4 (4–0)
Madison Square Garden New York, NY
March 10, 1962
NYU
W 70–58
19–4 (5–0)
Alumni Hall Queens, NY
NIT
March 20, 1962 *
vs. Holy Cross NIT Quarterfinal
W 80-74
20-4
Madison Square Garden New York, NY
March 22, 1962 *
vs. Duquesne NIT Semifinal
W 75-65
21-4
Madison Square Garden New York, NY
March 24, 1962 *
vs. Dayton NIT Championship
L 67-75
21-5
Madison Square Garden New York, NY
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
References
Venues Rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons Helms national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics