1971–72 St. John's Redmen basketball team

St. John's Redmen men's basketball
1971–72 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Lobo Classic Champions
1972 NIT, Fourth Place
Conference	Independent
1971–72 record	19–11
Head coach	Frank Mulzoff;
Assistant coach	Chuck McAuley
Captain	Greg Cluess
Home arena	Alumni Hall; Madison Square Garden

The 1971–72 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1971–72 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Frank Mulzoff in his second year at the school. St. John's home games are played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden.

Roster

1971–72 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	-	Dennis McIntyre	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Jr	Monsignor McClancy/Nassau	Bayside, NY
G	5	Richard Lyons	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Sr	Holy Cross	New Hyde Park, NY
G	10	Larry Jenkins	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jr	Andrew Jackson	Queens Village, NY
G	12	Kevin Raftery	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Sr	Archbishop Molloy	Briarwood, NJ
G/F	15	Billy Schaeffer	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Holy Cross	Queens, NY
G	20	Mike Keilty	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Holy Trinity	Woodside, NY
G	22	Frank Hoehleinn	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Sanford H. Calhoun	Merrick, NY
C	24	Bill Phillips	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Jamaica	Hollis, NY
F	33	Mel Davis	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Boys	Brooklyn, NY
F/C	34	Ed Searcy	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS So	Power Memorial/Duquesne	New York, NY
F/C	44	Greg Cluess (C)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	St. Agnes (NY)	West Hempstead, NY
F	55	Tony Prince	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Bishop Loughlin	South Ozone Park, NY

Head coach

Frank Mulzoff (St. John's '51)

Assistant coach(es)

Chuck McAuley
Joel de Angelis (freshmen coach)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/04/71*	No. 17	Vanderbilt	W 98-81	1-0	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/07/71*	No. 14	at Georgetown	W 107-67	2-0	McDonough Gymnasium Washington, D.C.
12/11/71*	No. 14	Seton Hall	W 103-84	3-0	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/14/71*	No. 8	American	W 83-76 ^OT	4-0	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/17/71*	No. 8	vs. Rhode Island Marshall Invitational Semifinal	W 85-75	5-0	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse Huntington, WV
12/18/71*	No. 8	at Marshall Marshall Invitational Championship	L 107-110 ^OT	5-1	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse Huntington, WV
12/22/71*	No. 10	vs. Creighton Lobo Classic Semifinal	W 94-73	6-1	University Arena Albuquerque, NM
12/23/71*	No. 10	at New Mexico Lobo Classic Championship	W 95-92	7-1	University Arena Albuquerque, NM
12/29/71*	No. 9	vs. Harvard Maryland Invitational Semifinal	W 94-88	8-1	Cole Field House College Park, MD
12/30/71*	No. 9	at No. 16 Maryland Maryland Invitational Championship	L 69-90	8-2	Cole Field House College Park, MD
01/04/72*	No. 17	Davidson	L 84-88	8-3	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/08/72*	No. 17	Syracuse	L 83-86	8-4	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/15/72*		St. Francis (NY)	W 112-55	9-4	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/20/72*		at Temple	L 65-79	9-5	The Palestra Philadelphia, PA
01/22/72*		No. 15 Villanova	W 71-69	10-5	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/25/72*		Hofstra	W 72-64	11-5	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/29/72*		at Dartmouth	W 100-66	12-5	Alumni Gymnasium Hanover, NH
01/31/72*		at Rhode Island	W 86-73	13-5	Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI
02/05/72*		Army	L 70-73	13-6	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/08/72*		at Notre Dame	W 86-75	14-6	Athletic & Convocation Center Notre Dame, IN
02/12/72*		Fordham	W 78-60	15-6	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/15/72*		at Boston College	L 66-70	15-7	Roberts Center Chestnut Hill, MA
02/19/72*		at Niagara	W 93-90	16-7	NU Student Center Lewiston, NY
02/22/72*		Holy Cross	L 73-76	16-8	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/26/72*		St. Joseph's	W 77-70	17-8	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
03/02/72*		at Providence	L 65-73	17-9	Alumni Hall Providence, RI
NIT Tournament
03/18/72*		vs. Missouri NIT First Round	W 82-81 ^OT	18-9	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
03/21/72*		vs. No. 16 Oral Roberts NIT Quarterfinal	W 94-78	19-9	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
03/23/72*		vs. Niagara NIT Semifinal	L 67-69	19-10	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
03/25/72*		vs. Jacksonville NIT Third Place Game	L 80-83	19-11	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
6	91	Greg Cluess	New York Knicks

References

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