1965–66 St. John's Redmen basketball team

The 1965–66 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1965–66 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his first year at the school after Joe Lapchick's retirement. St. John's home games were played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden.

1965–66 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
ConferenceIndependent
Record18–8
Head coach
Assistant coachJohn Kresse
CaptainBob McIntyre
Home arenaAlumni Hall
Madison Square Garden
Seasons
1965–66 NCAA University Division men's basketball independents standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Texas Western 281 .966
No. 6 Loyola Chicago 223 .880
Oklahoma City 245 .828
Providence 225 .815
Boston College 215 .808
Dayton 236 .793
Houston 236 .793
Fairfield 195 .792
VPI 195 .792
Syracuse 226 .786
Hardin–Simmons 206 .769
Penn State 186 .750
Rutgers 177 .708
St. Bonaventure 167 .696
Army 188 .692
DePaul 188 .692
St. John's 188 .692
Detroit 178 .680
Georgetown 168 .667
Colorado State 148 .636
Villanova 1811 .621
Butler 1610 .615
Seattle 1610 .615
Duquesne 149 .609
Miami (FL) 1511 .577
Denver 1411 .560
Florida State 1411 .560
Air Force 1412 .538
Crieghton 1412 .538
Marquette 1412 .538
Georgia Tech 1313 .500
Xavier 1313 .500
Loyola (LA) 1212 .500
Centenary 1214 .462
Utah State 1214 .462
Niagara 1113 .458
Holy Cross 1013 .435
Fordham 1015 .400
Memphis State 1015 .400
Navy 712 .368
Colgate 814 .364
Canisius 715 .318
Saint Francis (PA) 818 .308
West Texas State 617 .261
Portland 619 .240
Pittsburgh 517 .227
Notre Dame 521 .192
Boston University 419 .174
New Mexico State 422 .154
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

#NameHeightPositionClassHometownPrevious School(s)
4Al Swartz5'10"GJRUniondale, NYChaminade HS
10Brian Hill5'11"GJRRidgewood, NYSt. Francis Prep
11Kit Frey6'9"F/CSOBarryville, NYEldred Central HS
12Jack Brunner6'4"G/FJRGuttenberg, NJMemorial HS
14Rudy Bogad6'7"FSONew York, NYArchbishop Molloy HS
15William Jones6'4"GJRBronx, NYManhattan Prep
21Bob Duerr6'2"GSRCanton, OHN/A
24Jack Bettridge6'2"GSONorth Bergen, NJPower Memorial HS
25Daniel Mascia6'4"G/FSRBrooklyn, NYThomas Jefferson HS
35Hank Cluess6'6"FSRQueens, NYArchbishop Molloy HS
44Bob McIntyre6'6"FSRQueens, NYHoly Cross HS
55Lloyd "Sonny" Dove6'8"FJRBrooklyn, NYSt. Francis Prep
Mike Rowland6'4"GSOOzone Park, NYBishop Loughlin HS

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite
city, state
Regular Season
12/04/65*
at GeorgetownW 64-62 OT1-0
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, D.C.
12/07/65*
George WashingtonW 100-62 2-0
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
12/10/65*
vs. Kansas State
Sunflower Doubleheader
W 72-65 3-0
Allen Fieldhouse 
Lawrence, KS
12/11/65*
vs. No. 7 Kansas
Sunflower Doubleheader
L 55-61 3-1
Ahearn Fieldhouse 
Manhattan, KS
12/15/65*
CanisiusW 85-65 4-1
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
12/18/65*
Seton HallW 75-64 5-1
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
12/27/65*
vs. Purdue
L.A. Classic
L 75-77 5-2
LA Sports Arena 
Los Angeles, CA
12/29/65*
vs. Louisiana State
L.A. Classic
W 102-60 6-2
LA Sports Arena 
Los Angeles, CA
12/30/65*
vs. Syracuse
L.A. Classic
L 97-113 6-3
LA Sports Arena 
Los Angeles, CA
01/08/66*
VillanovaW 68-63 OT7-3
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
01/12/66*
SyracuseW 66-65 8-3
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
01/15/66*
St. Francis (NY)W 92-66 9-3
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
01/19/66*
No. 3 St. Joseph'sW 82-72 10-3
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
01/29/66*
at PittsburghW 74-51 11-3
Fitzgerald Field House 
Pittsburgh, PA
01/31/66*
at West VirginiaL 72-73 11-4
Stansbury Hall 
Morgantown, WV
02/05/66*
at NiagaraW 85-69 12-4
NU Student Center 
Lewiston, NY
02/09/66*
at TempleW 75-72 13-4
The Palestra 
Philadelphia, PA
02/12/66*
ArmyW 53-51 14-4
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
02/14/66*
at CreightonL 67-86 14-5
Omaha Civic Auditorium 
Omaha, NE
02/15/66*
at Notre DameW 77-59 15-5
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
Notre Dame, IN
02/19/66*
FordhamW 74-72 16-5
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
02/22/66*
at MassachusettsW 80-73 17-5
Curry Hicks Cage 
Amherst, MA
02/26/66*
MarquetteW 70-68 18-5
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
03/01/66*
Holy CrossL 60-63 18-6
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
03/05/66*
NYUL 58-67 18-7
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
NIT
03/12/66*
vs. Villanova
NIT First Round
L 61-63 18-8
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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