1943–44 St. John's Redmen basketball team
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The 1943–44 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented
Joseph Lapchick in his eighth year at the school. St. John's home games were played at DeGray Gymnasium in Brooklyn and the old Madison Square Garden in Manhattan.[1]
Roster
# | Name | Height | Position | Class | Hometown | Previous School(s) |
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3 | Bill Kotsores | 6'2" | F
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Jr. | Long Island City, NY, U.S.
|
Andrew Jackson HS |
4 | Ray Wertis | 5"11" | G
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So. | Far Rockaway, NY, U.S.
|
Far Rockaway HS |
5 | Don Wehr | 6'2" | G
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Fr. | Brooklyn, NY, U.S.
|
Alexander Hamilton HS |
6 | Dick McGuire | 6'0" | G
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Fr. | Bronx, NY, U.S.
|
La Salle Academy |
11 | Ivy Summer | 6'5" | C | Fr. | Brooklyn, NY, U.S.
|
James Madison HS |
12 | Hy Gotkin (C) | 5'8" | G
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Jr. | Brooklyn, NY, U.S.
|
Thomas Jefferson HS |
14 | Wade Duym | 6'2" | F
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Fr. | Cliffside Park, NJ, U.S.
|
|
Tom Larkin | 6'3" | F
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So. | Cambria Heights, NY, U.S. | Andrew Jackson HS/Seton Hall | |
Vincent Hurley | 6'0" | G
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So. | Brooklyn, NY, U.S.
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St. Augustine HS | |
Murray Robinson | 6'0" | G
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So. | Brooklyn, NY, U.S.
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Lafayette HS | |
10 | Anthony Agoglia | 6'2" | R | Fr. | Brooklyn, NY, U.S.
|
Manual Training HS |
Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
12/03/43* |
Alumni | W 57-32 | 1-0 |
DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY
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12/09/43* |
West Point Field Artillery | W 69-47 | 2-0 |
DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
12/15/43* |
Montclair State | W 57-34 | 3-0 |
DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
12/18/43* |
Detroit
|
W 44-31 | 4-0 |
New York, NY
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12/22/43* |
Webb Institute | W 80-32 | 5-0 |
DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
12/30/43* |
Kentucky | L 38-44 | 5-1 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
01/05/44 |
vs. CCNY | W 45-38 | 6-1 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
01/08/44* |
Rhode Island State | W 58-48 | 7-1 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
01/15/44* |
at Temple | W 36-32 | 8-1 |
Philadelphia, PA
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01/19/44* |
at Army
|
L 36-49 | 8-2 |
West Point, NY
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01/29/44* |
Cathedral | W 68-43 | 9-2 |
DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
02/02/44 |
St. Francis (NY)
|
W 60-55 | 10-2 |
DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
02/05/44 |
Brooklyn Army Base | W 59-50 OT | 11-2 |
DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
02/12/44* |
at St. Joseph's
|
W 41-36 | 12-2 |
Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
02/17/44* |
Temple | L 44-47 | 12-3 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
02/19/44* |
at Canisius | L 43-48 2OT | 12-4 |
Buffalo, NY
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02/23/44 |
vs. NYU | W 50-40 | 13-4 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
03/03/44* |
Yeshiva | W 61-36 | 14-4 |
DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
03/08/44 |
vs. Brooklyn
|
W 55-42 | 15-4 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
NIT | |||||||||||
03/16/44* |
vs. Bowling Green NIT Quarterfinal |
W 44-40 | 16-4 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
03/22/44* |
vs. Kentucky NIT Semifinal |
W 48-45 | 17-4 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
03/24/44* |
vs. DePaul NIT Championship |
W 47-39 | 18-4 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
Red Cross Benefit Game | |||||||||||
03/30/44* |
vs. Utah Red Cross Benefit Game |
L 36-44 | 18-5 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |
References
- ^ "2017-18 St. John's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). St. John's University. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 20, 2019. Retrieved April 16, 2022.