1969–70 St. John's Redmen basketball team

St. John's Redmen men's basketball
1969–70 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
1970 NIT, Second Place
Conference	Independent
1969–70 record	21–8
Head coach	Lou Carnesecca
Assistant coach	John Kresse
Captain	Joe DePre
Home arena	Alumni Hall; Madison Square Garden

The 1969–70 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1969–70 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his fifth year at the school before he left to become the head coach of the New York Nets in the American Basketball Association. St. John's home games were played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden.

Roster

#	Name	Height	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous School(s)	GP	PPG	RPG
5	Richie Lyons	6'0"	G	SO	New Hyde Park, NY	Holy Cross HS	29	5.5	1.1
10	Jim Smyth	6'5"	G/F	SR	Brooklyn, NY	St. John's Prep	29	10.9	2.3
11	Billy Paultz	6'11"	C	JR	River Edge, NJ	Cameron Junior College	29	15.8	14.4
15	Ralph Abraham	6'5"	F	SR	Brooklyn, NY	St. John's Prep	29	10.3	7.3
20	Mike Keilty	6'4"	G	SO	Woodside, NY	Holy Trinity HS	16	1.4	1.4
22	Neil Levane	6'2"	G	JR	Great Neck, NY	Great Neck South HS	8	2.0	0.5
24	Bill Phillips	7'0"	C	SO	Hollis, NY	Jamaica HS	10	1.0	2.0
25	Pete LaMantia (I)	6'3"	G/F	JR	Bayside, NY	Bishop Reilly HS	2	4.5	1.5
34	Richard Gilkes	6'6"	G/F	JR	Westbury, NY	Westbury HS	28	2.5	2.3
35	John DeVasto	6'0"	G	JR	Bronx, NY	Loyola School	20	1.9	0.5
44	Greg Cluess	6'8"	F/C	SO	West Hempstead, NY	St. Agnes HS	27	2.7	2.1
55	Joe DePre (C)	6'3"	G	SR	Westbury, NY	Westbury HS	29	16.5	5.8

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/02/69*	No. 14	at Temple	L 59-60	0-1	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, PA
12/04/69*	No. 14	Harvard	W 73-62	1-1	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/09/69*		at West Virginia	W 76-60	2-1	Stansbury Hall Morgantown, WV
12/13/69*		Seton Hall	W 83-64	3-1	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/15/69*		at Georgetown	W 71-64	4-1	McDonough Gymnasium Washington, D.C.
12/19/69*		No. 4 Davidson	W 74-62	5-1	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/22/69*		at Stanford	W 63-59	6-1	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
12/23/69*		at No. 12 Southern California	L 59-95	6-2	LA Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA
12/26/69*		vs. Iowa Rainbow Classic	W 57-55	7-2	Neil S. Blaisdell Arena Honolulu, HI
12/29/69*		vs. Louisiana State Rainbow Classic	L 70-78	7-3	Neil S. Blaisdell Arena Honolulu, HI
12/30/69*		vs. San Francisco Rainbow Classic	L 60-67	7-4	Neil S. Blaisdell Arena Honolulu, HI
01/10/70*		Syracuse	W 86-72	8-4	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/17/70*		St. Francis	W 89-65	9-4	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/24/70*		Villanova	W 60-57	10-4	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/28/70*		at Providence	L 57-58 ^OT	10-5	Alumni Hall Providence, RI
01/31/70*		Pittsburgh	W 67-58	11-5	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/03/70 & 02/04/70*		at Rhode Island	W 85-67	12-5	Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI
02/07/70*		Army	W 54-44	13-5	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/10/70*		at No. 16 Notre Dame	L 76-90	13-6	Athletic & Convocation Center Notre Dame, IN
02/14/70*		Fordham	W 80-53	14-6	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/18/70*		St. Joseph's	W 47-46	15-6	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/21/70*		at Niagara	L 70-72	15-7	NU Student Center Lewiston, NY
02/24/70*		Holy Cross	W 75-62	16-7	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/28/70*		NYU	W 64-53	17-7	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
03/02/70*		at Boston College	W 71-64	18-7	Roberts Center Chestnut Hill, MA
NIT Tournament
03/13/70*		vs. Miami (OH) NIT First Round	W 70-57	19-7	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
03/16/70*		vs. Georgia Tech NIT Quarterfinal	W 56-55	20-7	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
03/19/70*		vs. Army NIT Semifinal	W 60-59	21-7	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
03/21/70*		vs. No. 8 Marquette NIT Championship	L 53-65	21-8	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	29	Joe DePre	Phoenix Suns
7	103	Billy Paultz	San Diego Rockets

References

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