1961–62 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1961–62 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
1961–62 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
NIT Second Place
NIT Championship vs. Dayton, L, 67-75
Conference	Metropolitan New York Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
Record	21–5 (5–0 Metro NY)
Head coach	Joe Lapchick (17th season);
Assistant coach	Lou Carnesecca (4th season)
Captain	Kevin Loughery
Home arena	Alumni Hall; Madison Square Garden
	Seasons ← 1960–61 1962–63 →

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.

1961–62 Metropolitan New York Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
St. John's	5	–	0	1.000	21	–	5	.808
CCNY	2	–	1	.667	9	–	9	.500
NYU	3	–	2	.600	20	–	5	.800
St. Francis (NY)	2	–	3	.400	8	–	15	.348
Manhattan	1	–	3	.250	12	–	10	.545
Fordham	1	–	3	.250	10	–	14	.417
Brooklyn	0	–	2	.000	4	–	13	.235


Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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