1951–52 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1951–52 Metropolitan New York Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

St. John's Redmen men's basketball
1951–52 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Metro New York Regular Season Champions; NCAA Tournament Runner-Up
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Metropolitan New York Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 10
1951–52 record	25–6 (6–0 )
Head coach	Frank McGuire
Assistant coach	Al DeStefano
Home arena	DeGray Gymnasium; Madison Square Garden

The 1951–52 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1951–52 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Frank McGuire in his fifth year at the school. St. John's home games are played at DeGray Gymnasium in Brooklyn, New York and Madison Square Garden and the team is a member of the Metropolitan New York Conference.

NCAA basketball tournament

East
- St. John's 60, NC State 49
- St. John's 64, Kentucky 57
Final Four
- St. John's 61, Illinois 59
- Kansas 80, St. John's 63

Team players drafted into the NBA

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1952	2	14	Bob Zawoluk	Indianapolis Olympians
1952	4	38	Ronnie MacGilvray	Rochester Royals
1952	6	58	Jack McMahon	Rochester Royals
1954	6	52	Red Davis	Rochester Royals
1954	7	62	Solly Walker	New York Knicks
1957	2	9	Dick Duckett	Cincinnati Royals

References

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1951–52 Metropolitan New York Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
St. John's	6	–	0	1.000	25	–	6	.806
St. Francis (NY)	4	–	2	.667	20	–	8	.714
Manhattan	4	–	2	.667	12	–	9	.571
Fordham	3	–	3	.500	20	–	8	.714
NYU	2	–	3	.400	17	–	8	.680
CCNY	1	–	5	.167	8	–	11	.421
Brooklyn	0	–	5	.000	9	–	7	.563


Rankings from AP Poll

St. John's Red Storm men's basketball
Venues	Old Madison Square Garden (193?–1969) Madison Square Garden (1969–present) Carnesecca Arena (alternate; 1961–present)
Rivalries	Fordham
Culture & lore	Johnny Thunderbird
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Helms national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

1951–52 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Metro New York Regular Season Champions NCAA Tournament Runner-Up
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Metropolitan New York Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 10
1951–52 record	25–6 (6–0 )
Head coach	Frank McGuire
Assistant coach	Al DeStefano
Home arena	DeGray Gymnasium Madison Square Garden