1967–68 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1967–68 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
ECAC Holiday Festival, Second Place
ConferenceIndependent
Record19–8
Head coach
Assistant coachJohn Kresse
CaptainRudy Bogad
Home arenaAlumni Hall
Madison Square Garden
Seasons
1967–68 NCAA University Division men's basketball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Houston –   – 31 – 2   .939
No. 3 St. Bonaventure –   – 23 – 2   .920
Army –   – 20 – 5   .800
Marquette –   – 23 – 6   .793
New Mexico State –   – 23 – 6   .793
St. Francis (PA) –   – 19 – 6   .760
Oklahoma City –   – 20 – 7   .741
Duquesne –   – 18 – 7   .720
Florida State –   – 19 – 8   .704
Fordham –   – 19 – 8   .704
St. John's –   – 19 – 8   .704
Dayton –   – 21 – 9   .700
Notre Dame –   – 21 – 9   .700
Boston College –   – 17 – 8   .680
Villanova –   – 19 – 9   .679
Holy Cross –   – 15 – 8   .652
Loyola Chicago –   – 15 – 9   .625
Fairfield –   – 16 – 10   .615
Texas Western –   – 14 – 9   .609
Miami (FL) –   – 17 – 11   .607
Rutgers –   – 14 – 10   .583
Utah State –   – 14 – 11   .560
VPI –   – 14 – 11   .560
Southern Illinois –   – 13 – 11   .542
DePaul –   – 13 – 12   .520
Detroit –   – 13 – 12   .520
Seattle –   – 14 – 13   .519
Jacksonville –   – 13 – 13   .500
Niagara –   – 12 – 12   .500
Tulane –   – 12 – 12   .500
Penn State –   – 10 – 10   .500
Georgia Tech –   – 12 – 13   .480
Georgetown –   – 11 – 12   .478
West Texas State –   – 10 – 11   .476
Colorado State –   – 11 – 13   .458
Navy –   – 9 – 11   .450
Butler –   – 11 – 14   .440
Denver –   – 11 – 14   .440
Loyola (LA) –   – 11 – 14   .440
Providence –   – 11 – 14   .440
Syracuse –   – 11 – 14   .440
Boston University –   – 10 – 14   .417
Northern Illinois –   – 10 – 14   .417
Colgate –   – 10 – 16   .385
Hardin–Simmons –   – 10 – 16   .385
Xavier –   – 10 – 16   .385
Air Force –   – 9 – 15   .375
NYU –   – 8 – 16   .333
Creighton –   – 8 – 17   .320
Pittsburgh –   – 7 – 15   .318
Canisius –   – 7 – 17   .292
Portland –   – 5 – 21   .192
Centenary –   – 3 – 23   .115
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1967–68 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1967–68 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his third year at the school. St. John's home games were played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden.

St. John's qualified for the NCAA tournament, where they lost to Davidson in the opening round of their East regional.[1]

Roster

# Name Height Position Class Hometown Previous School(s)
5 Carmine Calzonetti 6'1" G JR Audubon, NJ Gloucester Catholic HS
10 Jim Smyth 6'5" G/F SO Brooklyn, NY St. John's Prep
11 Kit Frey 6'9" F/C SR Barryville, NY Eldred Central HS
14 Rudy Bogad 6'7" F SR New York, NY Archbishop Molloy HS
15 Ralph Abraham 6'5" F SO Brooklyn, NY St. John's Prep
21 Richie Jackson 6'2" G JR Lynbrook, NY St. Agnes HS
24 Jack Bettridge 6'2" G SR North Bergen, NJ Power Memorial HS
30 John Warren 6'3" G JR Far Rockaway, NY Far Rockaway HS
44 Dan Cornelius 6'9" F/C JR Wyandanch, NY Wyandanch Memorial HS
55 Joe DePre 6'3" G SO Westbury, NY Westbury HS
Mike Rowland 6'5" G/F SR Ozone Park, NY Bishop Loughlin HS
James Plate 6'2" G JR Patchogue, NY Seton Hall HS

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular Season
12/02/67*
 Virginia W 82-63  1-0
 Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
12/06/67*
 at West Virginia L 63-65  1-1
 Stansbury Hall 
Morgantown, WV
12/09/67*
 Southern California W 63-58  2-1
 Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
12/12/67*
 at Rhode Island W 64-63  3-1
 Keaney Gymnasium 
Kingston, RI
12/15/67*
 Seton Hall W 78-49  4-1
 Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
12/17/67*
 at No. 6 Boston College W 91-90 2OT 5-1
 Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
12/21/67*
 St. Mary's W 67-50  6-1
 Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
12/26/67*
 vs. Syracuse
ECAC Holiday Festival 		W 60-55  7-1
 Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
12/28/67*
 vs. No. 10 Boston College
ECAC Holiday Festival 		W 60-57  8-1
 Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
12/30/67*
 vs. Columbia
ECAC Holiday Festival 		L 55-60  8-2
 Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
01/04/68*
 Syracuse W 79-58  9-2
 Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
01/06/68*
 Davidson L 54-70  9-3
 Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
01/10/68*
 at Georgetown W 65-61 OT 10-3
 McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC
01/13/68*
 St. Francis (NY) W 83-50  11-3
 Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
01/17/68*
 St. Joseph's W 80-72  12-3
 Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
01/27/68*
 Villanova L 57-62  12-4
 Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
02/03/68*
 at Niagara W 74-73  13-4
 NU Student Center 
Lewiston, NY
02/07/68*
 at Temple L 55-62  13-5
 The Palestra 
Philadelphia, PA
02/10/68*
 Army L 54-55  13-6
 Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
02/13/68*
 at Notre Dame W 83-81  14-6
 Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
Notre Dame, IN
02/17/68*
 Fordham W 75-71  15-6
 Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
02/20/68*
 at Massachusetts W 55-53  16-6
 Curry Hicks Cage 
Amherst, MA
02/21/68*
 at Providence W 58-56  17-6
 Alumni Hall 
Providence, RI
02/24/68*
 No. 10 Marquette L 56-57  17-7
 Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
02/27/68*
 Holy Cross W 83-67  18-7
 Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
03/02/68*
 vs. NYU W 77-58  19-7
 Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
NCAA Tournament
03/09/68*
 vs. No. 10 Davidson
NCAA Regional Quarterfinal 		L 70-79  19-8
 Cole Field House 
College Park, MD
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round Pick Player NBA Club
13 164 Rudy Bogad Baltimore Bullets

References

  1. ^ "Davidson Stages Late Rally To Topple St. John's, 79-70". Independent Tribune. March 10, 1968. p. 8. Retrieved June 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.