1961–62 St. John's Redmen basketball team

The 1961–62 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1961–62 college basketball season. The team was coached by Joe Lapchick his seventeenth year at the school. This was St. John's first season playing their home games in Alumni Hall on the new Queens campus in Hillside, NY along with a few of their major games being played in Madison Square Garden in New York, NY.

They finished with a 21–5 record and a second-place finish in the 1962 National Invitation Tournament losing Dayton in the finals.

Roster

#NameHeightPositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)10Donnie Burks5'11"GJr.New York, NY, U.S.Archbishop Molloy HS11Bill O'Sullivan6'7"F/CJr.N/AN/A20Willie Hall6'4"G/FSr.New York, NY, U.S.Archbishop Molloy HS23Kevin Loughery (C)6'3"GRS Sr.Bronx, NY, U.S.Cardinal Hayes HS/Boston College25LeRoy Ellis6'11"CSr.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.Thomas Jefferson HS30Fred Edelman (DNP)6'4"G/FSr.Queens, NY, U.S.Forest Hills HS33Ivan Kovac5"11"GSr.Queens, NY, U.S.Bayside HS34Walt CarrollN/AFJr.N/AN/A35Frank O'Hara5'9"GJr.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.Most Holy Trinity HSDan Waddleton5'11"GSo.Jersey City, NJ, U.S.St. Michael's HSRalph Passante6'3"G/FSo.North Bergen, NJ, U.S.West New York Memorial HS

Schedule and results 2015-16 St. John's men's basketball media guide . Retrieved 2016-Jul-31.College Basketball @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-Jul-31.

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!colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NIT

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