1943–44 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1943–44 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
1943–44 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
NIT Champions
NIT Championship vs. DePaul, W, 47-39
Conference	Metropolitan New York Conference
Record	18–5 ( Metropolitan New York Conference)
Head coach	Joseph Lapchick;
Captain	Hy Gotkin
Home arena	DeGray Gymnasium; Madison Square Garden
	Seasons ← 1942–43 1944–45 →

The 1943–44 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's College of Brooklyn during the 1943–44 NCAA Division I college basketball season. The team was coached by 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)
3	Bill Kotsores	6'2"	F	Jr.	Long Island City, NY, U.S.	Andrew Jackson HS
4	Ray Wertis	5"11"	G	So.	Far Rockaway, NY, U.S.	Far Rockaway HS
5	Don Wehr	6'2"	G	Fr.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	Alexander Hamilton HS
6	Dick McGuire	6'0"	G	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	Jr.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	Thomas Jefferson HS
14	Wade Duym	6'2"	F	Fr.	Cliffside Park, NJ, U.S.
	Tom Larkin	6'3"	F	So.	Cambria Heights, NY, U.S.	Andrew Jackson HS/Seton Hall
	Vincent Hurley	6'0"	G	So.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	St. Augustine HS
	Murray Robinson	6'0"	G	So.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	Lafayette HS
10	Anthony Agoglia	6'2"	R	Fr.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	Manual Training HS

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/03/43*	Alumni	W 57-32	1-0	DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY
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	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
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	Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA
01/19/44*	at Army	L 36-49	8-2	USMA Fieldhouse West Point, NY
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 Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY
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.

[1] "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.

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