1966–67 St. John's Redmen basketball team

The 1966–67 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1966–67 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his second year at the school. St. John's home games were played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden.

1966–67 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
1967 NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
Record	23–5
Head coach	Lou Carnesecca
Assistant coach	John Kresse
Captain	Lloyd Dove
Home arena	Alumni Hall Madison Square Garden

1966–67 NCAA University Division men's basketball independents standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 9 Boston College		–			–			21	–	3		.875
No. 7 Houston		–			–			27	–	4		.871
St. John's		–			–			23	–	5		.821
Dayton		–			–			25	–	6		.806
No. 10 Texas Western		–			–			22	–	6		.786
St. Francis (PA)		–			–			20	–	6		.769
Syracuse		–			–			20	–	6		.769
Utah State		–			–			20	–	6		.769
Rutgers		–			–			22	–	7		.759
Providence		–			–			21	–	7		.750
VPI		–			–			20	–	7		.741
Marquette		–			–			21	–	9		.700
Seattle		–			–			18	–	8		.692
DePaul		–			–			17	–	8		.680
Georgia Tech		–			–			17	–	9		.654
Hardin–Simmons		–			–			17	–	9		.654
Memphis State		–			–			17	–	9		.654
Villanova		–			–			17	–	9		.654
Holy Cross		–			–			16	–	9		.640
Army		–			–			13	–	8		.619
Oklahoma City		–			–			16	–	10		.615
Loyola Chicago		–			–			13	–	9		.591
St. Bonaventure		–			–			13	–	9		.591
Canisius		–			–			14	–	10		.583
Tulane		–			–			14	–	10		.583
Miami (FL)		–			–			15	–	11		.577
New Mexico State		–			–			15	–	11		.577
Fairfield		–			–			12	–	9		.571
Colorado State		–			–			13	–	10		.565
Fordham		–			–			14	–	11		.560
Georgetown		–			–			12	–	11		.522
Notre Dame		–			–			14	–	14		.500
Xavier		–			–			13	–	13		.500
Loyola (LA)		–			–			11	–	11		.500
Creighton		–			–			12	–	13		.480
Niagara		–			–			12	–	13		.480
Navy		–			–			8	–	10		.444
Colgate		–			–			10	–	13		.435
Florida State		–			–			11	–	15		.423
Penn State		–			–			10	–	14		.417
Detroit		–			–			10	–	15		.400
Portland		–			–			10	–	16		.385
Butler		–			–			9	–	17		.346
Centenary		–			–			9	–	17		.346
Jacksonville		–			–			8	–	17		.320
Duquesne		–			–			7	–	15		.318
Air Force		–			–			6	–	18		.250
Pittsburgh		–			–			6	–	19		.240
Boston University		–			–			4	–	18		.182
West Texas State		–			–			1	–	18		.053
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

#	Name	Height	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous School(s)
4	Al Swartz	5'10"	G	SR	Uniondale, NY	Chaminade HS
5	Carmine Calzonetti	6'1"	G	SO	Audubon, NJ	Gloucester Catholic HS
10	Brian Hill	5'11"	G	SR	Ridgewood, NY	St. Francis Prep
11	Kit Frey	6'9"	F/C	JR	Barryville, NY	Eldred Central HS
12	Jack Brunner	6'4"	G/F	SR	Guttenberg, NJ	Memorial HS
14	Rudy Bogad	6'7"	F	JR	New York, NY	Archbishop Molloy HS
15	William Jones	6'4"	G	SR	Bronx, NY	Manhattan Prep
21	Richie Jackson	6'2"	G	SO	Lynbrook, NY	St. Agnes HS
24	Jack Bettridge	6'2"	G	JR	North Bergen, NJ	Power Memorial HS
30	John Warren	6'3"	G/F	SO	Far Rockaway, NY	Far Rockaway HS
44	Dan Cornelius	6'9"	F/C	SO	Wyandanch, NY	Wyandanch Memorial HS
55	Lloyd "Sonny" Dove	6'8"	F	SR	Brooklyn, NY	St. Francis Prep
	Mike Rowland	6'4"	G	JR	Ozone Park, NY	Bishop Loughlin HS
	James Plate	6'2"	G	SO	Patchogue, NY	Seton Hall HS

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/03/66*		Georgetown	W 70-62	1-0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/08/66*		at Holy Cross	W 77-60	2-0	Worcester Auditorium  Worcester, MA
12/14/66*		at Seton Hall	W 91-58	3-0	Walsh Gymnasium  South Orange, NJ
12/17/66*		Notre Dame	W 65-62	4-0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/19/66*		Kansas	W 68-44	5-0	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
12/26/66*		vs. Northwestern ECAC Holiday Festival	L 60-62	5-1	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
12/28/66*	No. 8	vs. Duquesne ECAC Holiday Festival	W 91-60	6-1	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
12/30/66*	No. 8	vs. Brigham Young ECAC Holiday Festival	W 76-73	7-1	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
01/04/67*		at George Washington	W 74-58	8-1	Fort Myer Ceremonial Hall  Fort Myer, VA
01/07/67*		Rhode Island	W 57-55	9-1	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
01/11/67*		at St. Joseph's	W 98-85	10-1	The Palestra  Philadelphia, PA
01/14/67*		St. Francis (NY)	W 95-71	11-1	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
01/21/67*		Pittsburgh	W 95-66	12-1	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
01/28/67*		at Canisius	L 73-75	12-2	Buffalo Auditorium  Buffalo, NY
02/01/67*		at Marquette	L 54-71	12-3	Milwaukee Arena  Milwaukee, WI
02/04/67*		Temple	W 65-63	13-3	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
02/07/67*		at Villanova	W 59-52	14-3	Villanova Field House  Villanova, PA
02/09/67*		West Virginia	W 83-71	15-3	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
02/11/67*		at Army	W 51-45	16-3	USMA Fieldhouse  West Point, NY
02/16/67*		Niagara	W 66-48	17-3	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
02/18/67*		at Fordham	W 54-52	18-3	Rose Hill Gymnasium  Bronx, NY
02/21/67*		at No. 8 Syracuse	W 71-64	19-3	Manley Field House  Syracuse, NY
02/25/67*		Miami (FL)	W 97-70	20-3	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
03/02/67*		vs. NYU	W 55-51	21-3	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
03/04/67*		Massachusetts	W 76-64	22-3	Alumni Hall  Queens, NY
NCAA Tournament
03/11/67*		vs. Temple NCAA regional quarterfinal	W 57-53	23-3	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, VA
03/17/67*		vs. No. 9 Boston College NCAA regional semifinal	L 62-63	23-4	Cole Field House  College Park, MD
03/18/67*		vs. No. 5 Princeton NCAA regional third-place game	L 58-78	23-5	Cole Field House  College Park, MD
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.