1971–72 St. John's Redmen basketball team

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
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	Home town
3.5 !F	-	McIntyre, DennisDennis McIntyre	—	—	3.0 !Jr	Monsignor McClancy/Nassau	Queens, NY
1.5 !G	-	Keilty, MikeMike Keilty	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	N/A	N/A
1.5 !G	-	Raftery, KevinKevin Raftery	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	2.0 !So	N/A	N/A
1.5 !G	5	Lyons, RichardRichard Lyons	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	N/A	N/A
1.5 !G	10	Jenkins, LarryLarry Jenkins	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	N/A	N/A
2.5 !G/F	15	Schaeffer, BillyBilly Schaeffer	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Holy Cross	Queens, NY
5.0 !C	24	Phillips, BillBill Phillips	84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	N/A	N/A
3.5 !F	33	Davis, MelMel Davis	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Boys	Brooklyn, NY
4.5 !F/C	34	Searcy, EdEd Searcy	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	2.5 !RS So	Power Memorial/Duquesne	New York, NY
4.5 !F/C	44	Cluess, GregGreg Cluess (C)	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	St. Agnes	West Hempstead, NY
3.5 !F	55	Prince, TonyTony Prince	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Bishop Loughlin	Brooklyn, NY

Head coach

Frank Mulzoff(St. John's University)

Assistant coach(es)

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	Gallagher 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

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)

Culture & lore	Johnny Thunderbird

People	Head coaches

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 1999–00 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

Helms national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

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