1972–73 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1972–73 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
ECAC Holiday Festival Champions
1973 NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference	Independent
1972–73 record	19–7
Head coach	Frank Mulzoff
Captain	Bill Schaeffer
Home arena	Alumni Hall Madison Square Garden

The 1972–73 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1972–73 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Frank Mulzoff in his third year at the school. St. John's home games are played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden.

Roster

1972–73 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	-	McCormack, TerryTerry McCormack	—	—	3.0 !Jr	Hofstra	N/A
3.5 !F	-	McIntyre, DennisDennis McIntyre	—	—	3.5 !RS Jr	Monsignor McClancy/Nassau	Queens, NY
1.5 !G	-	Raftery, KevinKevin Raftery	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	N/A	N/A
1.5 !G	5	Alagia, FrankFrank Alagia	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	—	1.0 !Fr	St. Agnes	Rockville Centre, NY
1.5 !G	10	Jenkins, LarryLarry Jenkins	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	N/A	N/A
2.5 !G/F	11	Smith, BeaverBeaver Smith	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	1.0 !Fr	South Side	Rockville Centre, NY
2.5 !G/F	15	Schaeffer, BillyBilly Schaeffer (C)	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	Holy Cross	Queens, NY
1.5 !G	30	Utley, MelMel Utley	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	2.0 !So	Far Rockaway	Far Rockaway, NY
3.5 !F	33	Davis, MelMel Davis	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	Boys	Brooklyn, NY
4.5 !F/C	34	Searcy, EdEd Searcy	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	3.5 !RS Jr	Power Memorial/Duquesne	New York, NY
1.5 !G	35	Cluess, KevinKevin Cluess	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	2.0 !So	Archbishop Molloy	West Hempstead, NY
3.5 !F	55	Prince, TonyTony Prince	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	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
12/02/72*		at Hofstra	W 93-78	1-0	Physical Fitness Center Hempstead, NY
12/09/72*		Georgetown	W 108-69	2-0	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/12/72*		Rhode Island	W 85-75	3-0	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/16/72*		at American	L 75-79	3-1	Fort Myer Ceremonial Hall Washington, D.C.
12/20/72*		Boston College	L 95-96 ^OT	3-2	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/26/72*		vs. Grambling ECAC Holiday Festival First Round	W 112-86	4-2	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/27/72*		vs. Tennessee ECAC Holiday Festival Quarterfinal	W 56-85	5-2	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
12/28/72*		vs. Michigan ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal	W 85-83	6-2	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
12/30/72*		vs. South Carolina ECAC Holiday Festival Championship	W 86-79	7-2	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/06/73*		at Davidson	W 78-77	8-2	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
01/13/73*	No. 18	St. Francis (NY)	W 93-72	9-2	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/17/73*	No. 17	Clemson	W 87-59	10-2	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/20/73*	No. 17	Temple	W 93-84	11-2	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/24/73*	No. 15	at Seton Hall	W 107-77	12-2	Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ
01/27/73*	No. 15	Dartmouth	W 106-66	13-2	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/30/73*	No. 14	at Villanova	W 87-77	14-2	Villanova Field House Villanova, PA
02/03/73*	No. 14	at Army	W 80-70	15-2	USMA Fieldhouse West Point, NY
02/08/73*	No. 14	Niagara	W 74-69	16-2	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/10/73*	No. 14	at Fordham	W 98-73	17-2	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
02/14/73*	No. 9	at Syracuse	L 70-80	17-3	Manley Field House Syracuse, NY
02/17/73*	No. 9	Dayton	W 98-83	18-3	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/21/73*	No. 11	at St. Joseph's	L 65-76	18-4	The Palestra Philadelphia, PA
02/24/73*	No. 11	Notre Dame	L 71-75	18-5	Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY
02/27/73*	No. 17	at Holy Cross	W 108-90	19-5	Worcester Auditorium Worcester, MA
03/03/73*	No. 11	No. 6 Providence	L 90-93	19-6	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
NCAA Tournament
03/10/73*		vs. Pennsylvania NCAA Regional Quarterfinal	L 61-62	19-7	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	14	Mel Davis	New York Knicks
2	23	Billy Schaeffer	Los Angeles Lakers
17	203	Tony Prince	Philadelphia 76ers

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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