1974–75 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1974–75 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Ocean State Classic Champions
1975 NIT, Fourth Place
Conference	Independent
1974–75 record	21–10
Head coach	Lou Carnesecca
Assistant coach	John Kresse
Assistant coach	Brian Mahoney
Captain	Mel Utley Kevin Cluess
Home arena	Alumni Hall Madison Square Garden

The 1974–75 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1974–75 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his seventh year at the school. St. John's home games are played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden.

Roster

1974–75 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
2.5 !G/F	-	Winfree, KevelinKevelin Winfree (I)	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	1.0 !Fr
3.5 !F	-	Rellford, CecilCecil Rellford	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Suncoast/Kentucky State	Riviera Beach, FL
1.5 !G	10	Alagia, FrankFrank Alagia	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	St. Agnes	Rockville Centre, NY
1.5 !G	12	Clarke, BillBill Clarke	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	1.0 !Fr	Archbishop Molloy	Queens, NY
2.5 !G/F	22	Smith, BeaverBeaver Smith	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	South Side	Rockille Centre, NY
3.5 !F	24	Johnson, GeorgeGeorge Johnson	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	1.0 !Fr	New Utrecht	Brooklyn, NY
1.5 !G	30	Utley, MelMel Utley (C)	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	Far Rockaway	Far Rockaway, NY
2.5 !G/F	32	Williams, GlennGlenn Williams	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	2.0 !So	Laurinburg Prep	St. Thomas, USVI
1.5 !G	35	Cluess, KevinKevin Cluess (C)	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	Archbishop Molloy	West Hempstead, NY
2.5 !G/F	40	McRae, FredFred McRae	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	2.0 !So
3.5 !F	42	Farmer, JohnJohn Farmer	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	3.5 !RS Jr	Hofstra	N/A
3.5 !F	44	McGugins, RonRon McGugins	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	3.0 !Jr
5.0 !C	52	Weadock, TomTom Weadock	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	2.5 !RS So	Power Memorial/San Jacinto	New York, NY

Head coach

Lou Carnesecca (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	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Regular Season
11/30/74*	Wayne State	W 109-65	1-0	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/02/74*	at Vanderbilt	L 53-63	1-1	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
12/07/74*	Temple	W 88-63	2-1	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/10/74*	at Syracuse	L 66-75	2-2	Manley Field House Syracuse, NY
12/14/74*	Rutgers	L 74-85	2-3	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
12/21/74*	Boston College	W 75-62	3-3	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/27/74*	vs. Rhode Island Ocean State Classic	W 78-56	4-3	Providence Civic Center Providence, RI
12/28/74*	vs. No. 11 South Carolina Ocean State Classic	W 78-77 ^OT	5-3	Providence Civic Center Providence, RI
12/30/74*	at No. 12 Providence Ocean State Classic	W 91-78	6-3	Providence Civic Center Providence, RI
01/04/75*	Georgetown	L 63-67	6-4	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/08/75*	at Hofstra	W 74-50	7-4	Physical Fitness Center Hempstead, NY
01/11/75*	at Davidson	L 77-81	7-5	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
01/14/75*	Rhode Island	W 100-75	8-5	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/18/75*	St. Francis (NY)	W 103-63	9-5	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/22/75*	at Seton Hall	L 67-72	9-6	Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ
01/25/75*	at American	W 74-68	10-6	Fort Myer Ceremonial Hall Washington, D.C.
01/28/75*	at Villanova	W 72-63	11-6	Villanova Field House Villanova, PA
02/01/75*	at Army	W 105-77	12-6	USMA Fieldhouse West Point, NY
02/06/75*	Niagara	W 91-57	13-6	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/08/75*	Fordham	W 56-46	14-6	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
02/13/75*	No. 16 Notre Dame	L 67-68	14-7	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
02/19/75*	at St. Joseph's	W 92-73	15-7	The Palestra Philadelphia, PA
02/22/75*	Iona	W 73-47	16-7	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/25/75*	at Holy Cross	W 72-65	17-7	Worcester Auditorium Worcester, MA
03/01/75*	Providence	W 88-70	18-7	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
ECAC Metro Tournament
03/06/75*	vs. Seton Hall ECAC Metro Semifinal	W 76-64	19-7	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
03/08/75*	vs. No. 20 Rutgers ECAC Metro Final	L 77-79 ^OT	19-8	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
NIT Tournament
03/15/75*	vs. Lafayette NIT First Round	W 94-76	20-8	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
03/18/75*	vs. Manhattan NIT Quarterfinal	W 57-56	21-8	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
03/22/75*	vs. Providence NIT Semifinal	L 72-85	21-9	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
03/23/75*	vs. Oregon NIT Third Place Game	L 76-80 ^OT	21-10	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
2	33	Mel Utley	Cleveland Cavaliers
4	67	Kevin Cluess	Kansas City Kings

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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