1950–51 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team

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1950–51
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Seasons
1950–51 Metropolitan New York Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
St. John's (NY) 6 0   1.000 26 5   .839
Fordham 3 3   .500 19 8   .704
NYU 3 2   .600 12 4   .750
Manhattan 3 2   .600 16 6   .727
CCNY
2 2   .500 12 7   .632
St. Francis (NY) 1 5   .167 19 11   .633
Brooklyn
0 5   .000 9 7   .563
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950–1951 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represented

Park Slope, Brooklyn
.

In the NCIT championship game Ray Rudzinski scored 26 points, Vernon Stokes scored 22 and Roy Reardon scored 21 points en route to victory in Albany, New York.[1]

Roster

1950–51 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F
Roy Reardon (C) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Sr
G
James Luisi (C) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Sr Benjamin Franklin High School East Harlem, New York
G
Steve Ellsworth 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Sr St. Michael's High School
Martin Conway 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Jr
G
Ray Rudzinski 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Jr
F
Vern Stokes 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
So
Frank Sainato 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
So
G
George Searing 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
Fr
C Hank Daubenschmidt 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Fr
Bronx, NY
F
Jack Walsh 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Fr
C
Jack Prenderville
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
G
Marty Donohue 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
F
Tom Coogan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Dick Joyce 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Gerard Lenze 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Marty O'Donnell


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Opponent Result Record Site
city, state
Regular Season
November 14, 1950*
Fort Monmouth W 96–56[2]  1–0
Butler Campus Gymnasium 
Brooklyn, NY
November 17, 1950*
Pratt Institute
W 77–42[3]  2–0
Butler Campus Gymnasium 
Brooklyn, NY
November 21, 1950*
at 
Yeshiva
W 82–59[4]  3–0
 
Queens, NY
November 25, 1950
vs. 
CCNY
L 62–81[5]  3–1 (0–1)
New York, NY
December 2, 1950*
at 
Adelphi
W 86–67[6]  4–1
 
Garden City, NY
December 8, 1950
at Brooklyn College L 54–60[7]  4–2 (0–2)
Brooklyn, NY
December 13, 1950
8:30 pm
Manhattan L 58–72[8]  4–3 (0–3)
Brooklyn, NY
December 16, 1950
Saint Peter's W 64–56  5–3 (0–3)
Brooklyn, NY
December 20, 1950*
at Loyola (Baltimore) W 80–68[9]  6–3
Evergreen Gymnasium 
Baltimore, MD
December 21, 1950*
at Quantico Marines L 73–83[10]  6–4
 
Quantico, VA
January 5, 1951*
Saint Francis (PA) L 71–74[11]  6–5
Brooklyn, NY
January 6, 1951*
vs. 
Kings College
W 67–61[12]  7–5
White Plains, NY
January 10, 1951
at Fordham W 65–63[13]  8–5 (1–3)
Bronx, NY
January 12, 1951*
Muhlenberg College
W 88–74[14]  9–5
Brooklyn, NY
January 20, 1951*
at Niagara L 59–64[15]  9–6
Memorial Auditorium 
Buffalo, NY
January 26, 1951*
Texas Wesleyan
W 76–62[16]  10–6
Brooklyn, NY
January 30, 1951
at NYU L 58–69[17]  10–7 (1–4)
Alumni Memorial Gymnasium (1,000)
New York, NY
February 2, 1951
No. 9 St. John's L 38–44[18]  10–8 (1–5)
Brooklyn, NY
February 7, 1951*
at 
New York State Maritime College
W 75–48[19]  11–8
Fort Schuyler Court 
Throggs Neck, NY
February 10, 1951*
at Iona W 75–48[20]  12–8
White Plains, NY
February 12, 1951*
at Boston College L 58–63[21]  12–9
Boston, MA
February 16, 1951*
Seton Hall L 69–70[22]  12–10
Brooklyn, NY
February 23, 1951*
Siena W 63–61[23]  13–10
Brooklyn, NY
February 24, 1951*
New Britain State Teachers College
W 70–66  14–10
Brooklyn, NY
March 2, 1951*
at Kent State L 71–73[24]  14–11
Cleveland Arena 
Cleveland, OH
March 3, 1951*
at 
Baldwin Wallace
W 60–59[25]  15–11
Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium 
Berea, OH
National Catholic Invitation Tournament
March 13, 1951*
vs. 
Spring Hill

First Round
W 74–65[26]  16–11
Albany, NY
March 15, 1951*
vs. 
Loras

Quarterfinals
W 65–63[27]  17–11
Albany, NY
March 16, 1951*
vs. Le Moyne
Semifinals
W 84–66[28]  18–11
Albany, NY
March 17, 1951*
vs. Seattle
Finals
W 93–79[29]  19–11
Albany, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time
.

National Catholic Invitation Tournament

The tournament took place at the

Albany, NY from March 13 to March 17.[30]

First round[31] Quarter-finals[32][33] Semi-finals[34] Final[35]
Loras
63
St. Francis (NY) 74 St. Francis (NY) 65
Spring Hill
65 St. Francis (NY) 84
Le Moyne 66
Siena 53
Le Moyne 95 Le Moyne 57
Saint Michael's 57 St. Francis (NY) 93
Seattle 79
Seattle 69
Iona 54 Iona 67
St. Mary's (MN)
52 Seattle 102 Third place
Mount St. Mary's 85
Saint Francis (PA) 74 Le Moyne 63
Mount St. Mary's 91 Mount St. Mary's 83 Mount St. Mary's 61
St. Norbert 59

NBA draft

At the end of the season two Terriers were drafted by the NBA. Jim Luisi was selected 56th overall by the Boston Celtics. Roy Reardon was selected with the 64th overall pick by the Syracuse Nationals.

References

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