1959–60 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1959–60 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
NIT, Quarterfinal
Conference	Metropolitan New York Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 20
Record	17–8 (5–1 Metropolitan New York)
Head coach	Joe Lapchick (15th season)
Assistant coach	Lou Carnesecca (2nd season)
Captain	Tony Jackson
Home arena	Madison Square Garden
Seasons ← 1958–59 1960–61 →

1959–60 Metropolitan New York Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 12 NYU	4	–	0	1.000	22	–	5	.815
No. 20 St. John's	5	–	1	.833	17	–	8	.680
St. Francis (NY)	2	–	1	.667	13	–	8	.619
Manhattan	2	–	2	.500	13	–	11	.542
Fordham	1	–	3	.250	8	–	18	.308
CCNY	1	–	5	.167	4	–	14	.222
Brooklyn	0	–	3	.000	5	–	13	.278


Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959–60 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1959–60 college basketball season.

Roster

#	Name	Height	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
10	Bob Larranaga	6'2"	G	So.	Bronx, NY, U.S.	St. Helena's HS
14	Gary Marozas	6'6"	F/C	Jr.	Queens, NY, U.S.	Forest Hills HS
15	Bill Goldy	N/A	G	So.	Blackwood, NJ, U.S.	Gloucester Catholic HS
20	Willie Hall	6'4"	G/F	So.	New York, NY, U.S.	Archbishop Molloy HS
21	Mike Pedone	6'0"	G	Sr.	Jersey City, NJ, U.S.	St. Peter's Prep
23	Kevin Loughery (DNP)	6'3"	G	Jr.	Bronx, NY, U.S.	Cardinal Hayes HS/Boston College
24	Tony Jackson	6"4"	G/F	Jr.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	Thomas Jefferson HS
25	Bernie Pascal	6'5"	F	Sr.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	St. Francis Prep
	Leroy Ellis	6"11"	C	So.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	Thomas Jefferson HS
30	Fred Edelman	6"4"	G/F	So.	Queens, NY, U.S.	Forest Hills HS
33	Ivan Kovac	5"11"	G	So.	Queens, NY, U.S.	Bayside HS
	Butch Dellacave	5'9"	G	Jr.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	St. John's Prep
	Frank O'Hara	N/A	G	So.	N/A	N/A

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
December 1, 1959*		at Bridgeport	W 90–66	1–0	Harvey Hubball Gymnasium Bridgeport, CT
December 3, 1959*		Saint Louis	L 67–76	1–1	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
December 7, 1959*		Fairleigh Dickinson	W 101–80	2–1	Martin Van Buren High School Queens, NY
December 11, 1959*		at Pittsburgh Steel Bowl Tourney	L 73–74	1–2	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA
December 12, 1959*		vs. William & Mary Steel Bowl Tourney	W 77–65	3–2	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA
December 15, 1959		Brooklyn College	W 88–49	4–2	Martin Van Buren High School Queens, NY
December 19, 1959*		Providence	W 67–64 ^OT	5–2	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
December 26, 1959*		vs. No. 19 Iowa ECAC Holiday Festival	L 84–91	5–3	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
December 28, 1959*		vs. Dartmouth ECAC Holiday Festival	W 73–66	6–3	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
December 30, 1959*		vs. St. Bonaventure ECAC Holiday Festival	L 78–95	6–4	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
January 7, 1960*		St. Joseph's	L 77–82	6–5	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
January 15, 1960*		vs. George Washington	W 87–78	7–5	69th Regiment Armory New York, NY
January 23, 1960*		at Army	W 78–64	8–5	USMA Fieldhouse West Point, NY
January 28, 1960*		at Marquette	W 69–63	9–5	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
January 30, 1960*		at Loyola (IL)	W 74–59	10–5	Alumni Gym Chicago, IL
February 4, 1960*		Syracuse	W 85–68	11–5	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
February 6, 1960*		at Niagara	W 79–71	12–5	NU Student Center Lewiston, NY
February 11, 1960*		No. 5 West Virginia	W 79–73	13–5	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
February 13, 1960		vs. Fordham	W 83–64	14–5	69th Regiment Armory New York, NY
February 15, 1960		at CCNY	W 93–67	15–5	Nate Holman Gymnasium New York, NY
February 20, 1960	No. 15	vs. St. Francis (NY)	W 86–61	16–5	69th Regiment Armory New York, NY
February 25, 1960	No. 11	vs. Manhattan	W 80–63	17–5	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
February 27, 1960*		at Temple	L 63–68 ^OT	17–6	The Palestra Philadelphia, PA
March 3, 1960	No. 19	vs. No. 14 NYU	L 67–74	17–7	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
NIT
March 15, 1960*	No. 20	vs. No. 9 St. Bonaventure NIT Quarterfinal	L 71-106	17-8	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

v t e St. John's Red Storm men's basketball
Venues	Old Madison Square Garden (193?–1969) Madison Square Garden (1969–present) Carnesecca Arena (alternate; 1961–present)
Rivalries	Fordham Georgetown
Culture & lore	Johnny Thunderbird
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Helms national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

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Roster

Schedule and results

References