1942–43 St. John's Redmen basketball team

St. John's Redmen men's basketball
1942–43 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
National Invitation Tournament Champions
NIT Championship, vs. Toledo, W, 48-21
Conference	Metropolitan New York Conference
1942–43 record	21–3 (5–1 )
Head coach	Joseph Lapchick;
Captain	Fuzzy Levane
Home arena	DeGray Gymnasium; Madison Square Garden

The 1942–43 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's College of Brooklyn during the 1942–43 NCAA college basketball season. The team was coached by Joseph Lapchick in his seventh year at the school. St. John's home games were played at DeGray Gymansium in Brooklyn and the old Madison Square Garden in Manhattan.[1]

Roster

#	Name	Height	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous School(s)
6	Al Moschetti	6"1"	G	Sr.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	New Utrecht HS
9	Larry Baxter	6'3"	F	Jr.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	James Madison HS
11	Harry Boykoff	6'9"	C	So.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	Thomas Jefferson HS
12	Hy Gotkin	5'8"	G	So.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	Thomas Jefferson HS
14	Fuzzy Levane (C)	6"2"	G/F	Sr.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	James Madison HS
17	Frank Plantamura	6'4"	F	So.	Union City, NJ, U.S.	Union Hill HS
	Ken Keller	6'1"	G	So.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	Bishop Loughlin HS

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/05/42*	Alumni	W 65-33	1-0	DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY
12/08/42*	Montclair State	W 56-32	2-0	DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY
12/12/42*	at Princeton	W 56-51	3-0	University Gymnasium Princeton, NJ
12/17/42*	Clarkson	W 68-34	4-0	DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY
12/19/42*	Oklahoma	W 51-34	5-0	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
12/22/42*	Niagara	L 40-46	5-1	DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY
12/26/42*	Tennessee	W 52-41	6-1	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/06/43	vs. City College of New York	W 50-42	7-1 (1-0)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/09/43*	at Canisius	W 55-45	8-1	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY
01/13/43	vs. Fordham	W 63-47	9-1 (2-0)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/28/43*	Camp Upton	W 47-39 ^OT	10-1	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
02/05/43	Hofstra	W 47-38	11-1 (3-0)	DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY
02/08/43*	St. Joseph's	W 76-46	12-1	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
02/13/43*	at Temple	W 62-40	13-1	Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA
02/15/43	vs. Manhattan	L 38-42	13-2 (3-1)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
02/19/43*	Manhattan Beach Coast Guard	W 52-45	14-2	DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY
02/22/43*	Georgetown	W 65-43	15-2	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
02/27/43*	Fort Dix	W 88-45	16-2	DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY
03/03/43	vs. NYU	W 57-53	17-2 (4-1)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
03/10/43	vs. St. Francis (NY)	W 50-34	18-2 (5-1)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
NIT
03/22/43*	vs. Rice NIT Quarterfinal	W 51-49	19-2	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
03/27/43*	vs. Fordham NIT Semifinal	W 69-43	20-2	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
03/29/43*	vs. Toledo NIT Championship	W 48-27	21-2	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
Red Cross Benefit Game
04/01/43*	vs. Wyoming Red Cross Benefit Game	L 47-52 ^OT	21-3	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

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