1967–68 St. John's Redmen basketball team

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.

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

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

Roster

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# 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

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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

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Round Pick Player NBA Club
13 164 Rudy Bogad Baltimore Bullets

References

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  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.