1960–61 St. John's Redmen basketball team

The 1960–61 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1960–61 college basketball season.

1960–61 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference	Metropolitan New York Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
Record	20–5 (4–0 Metropolitan New York)
Head coach	Joe Lapchick (16th season)
Assistant coach	Lou Carnesecca (3rd season)
Captain	Tony Jackson
Home arena	Madison Square Garden

1960–61 Metropolitan New York Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
St. John's	4	–	0		1.000			20	–	5		.800
NYU	2	–	1		.667			12	–	11		.522
St. Francis (NY)	2	–	1		.667			10	–	10		.500
CCNY	1	–	1		.500			7	–	10		.412
Manhattan	1	–	2		.333			8	–	11		.421
Brooklyn	0	–	2		.000			4	–	14		.222
Fordham	0	–	3		.000			7	–	16		.304
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

#	Name	Height	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
10	Bob Larranaga	6'2"	G	Jr.	Bronx, NY, U.S.	St. Helena's HS
11	Bill O'Sullivan	6'7"	F/C	So.	N/A	N/A
15	Bill Goldy	N/A	G	Jr.	Blackwood, NJ, U.S.	Gloucester Catholic HS
20	Willie Hall	6'4"	G/F	Jr.	New York, NY, U.S.	Archbishop Molloy HS
22	Gary Marozas	6'6"	F/C	Sr.	Queens, NY, U.S.	Forest Hills HS
23	Kevin Loughery	6'3"	G	RS Jr.	Bronx, NY, U.S.	Cardinal Hayes HS/Boston College
24	Tony Jackson (C)	6"4"	G/F	Sr.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	Thomas Jefferson HS
25	LeRoy Ellis	6'11"	C	Jr.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	Thomas Jefferson HS
30	Fred Edelman	6'4"	G/F	Jr.	Queens, NY, U.S.	Forest Hills HS
33	Ivan Kovac	5"11"	G	Jr.	Queens, NY, U.S.	Bayside HS
34	Walt Carroll	N/A	F	So.	N/A	N/A
	Donnie Burks	5'10"	G	So.	New York, NY, U.S.	Archbishop Molloy HS

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
December 3, 1960*		Army	W 69–49	1–0	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
December 7, 1960*		Bridgeport	W 109–59	2–0	Martin Van Buren High School  Queens, NY
December 9, 1960*		Kansas	W 66–54	3–0	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
December 16, 1960*	No. 7	Ohio	W 78–50	4–0	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
December 20, 1960*	No. 6	at Pittsburgh	W 87–56	5–0	Fitzgerald Field House  Pittsburgh, PA
December 22, 1960*	No. 6	vs. Gonzaga	W 97–69	6–0	Rose Hill Gymnasium  Bronx, NY
December 27, 1960*	No. 7	vs. No. 15 Providence ECAC Holiday Festival	W 76–54	7–0	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
December 29, 1960*	No. 7	vs. No. 1 Ohio State ECAC Holiday Festival	L 65–70	7–1	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
December 31, 1960*	No. 7	vs. Utah ECAC Holiday Festival	W 73–65	8–1	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
January 6, 1961*	No. 5	Temple	W 81–60	9–1	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
January 11, 1961*	No. 5	at St. Joseph's	L 71–74	9–2	The Palestra  Philadelphia, PA
January 14, 1961	No. 5	vs. St. Francis (NY)	W 67–51	10–2 (1–0)	Queens College  Flushing, NY
January 27, 1961*	No. 7	at St. Louis	L 57–60 10–3		Kiel Auditorium  St. Louis, MO
January 30, 1961*	No. 7	vs. Creighton	W 84–75	11–3	Rose Hill Gymnasium  Bronx, NY
February 2, 1961*	No. 7	at Notre Dame	L 63–64	11–4	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  Notre Dame, IN
February 7, 1961*		vs. Loyola (IL)	W 98–74	12–4	Rose Hill Gymnasium  Bronx, NY
February 11, 1961*		at Syracuse	W 95–60	13–4	Onondaga County War Memorial  Syracuse, NY
February 14, 1961*		at George Washington	W 98–80	14–4	Fort Myer Ceremonial Hall  Washington, D.C.
February 18, 1961*		vs. Niagara	W 84–64	15–4	Queens College  Queens, NY
February 23, 1961*		Marquette	W 85–69	16–4	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
February 25, 1961		at Fordham	W 80–66	17–4 (2–0)	Rose Hill Gymnasium  Bronx, NY
March 2, 1961*		at Rhode Island	W 86–74	18–4	Keaney Gymnasium  Kingston, RI
March 4, 1961		vs. Manhattan	W 87–68	19–4 (3–0)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
March 9, 1961		vs. NYU	W 76–64	20–4 (4–0)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
NCAA Tournament
March 14, 1961*		vs. Wake Forest NCAA Tournament • First Round	L 74–97	20–5	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.