1967–68 St. John's Redmen basketball team

St. John's Redmen men's basketball
1967–68 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
ECAC Holiday Festival, Second Place
1968 NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference	Independent
1967–68 record	19–8
Head coach	Lou Carnesecca;
Assistant coach	John Kresse
Captain	Rudy Bogad
Home arena	Alumni Hall; Madison Square Garden

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.

Roster

#	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

Date time, TV	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

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
13	164	Rudy Bogad	Baltimore Bullets

References

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Venues	Old Madison Square Garden (193?–1969) Madison Square Garden (1969–present) Carnesecca Arena (alternate; 1961–present)
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