1944–45 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1944–45 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
1944–45 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
NIT Third Place
NIT Semifinal vs. Bowling Green, L, 44-57
Conference	Metropolitan New York Conference
Record	21–3 ( Metropolitan New York Conference)
Head coach	Joseph Lapchick;
Captain	Hy Gotkin
Home arena	DeGray Gymnasium; Madison Square Garden
	Seasons ← 1943–44 1945–46 →

The 1944–45 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's College of Brooklyn during the 1944–45 NCAA Division I college basketball season. The team was coached by Joseph Lapchick in his ninth 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)
	Ray Wertis	5"11"	G	Jr.	Far Rockaway, NY, U.S.	Far Rockaway HS
	Bill Kotsores	6'2"	F	Sr.	Long Island City, NY, U.S.	Andrew Jackson HS
	Ivy Summer	6'5"	C	So.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	James Madison HS
12	Hy Gotkin (C)	5'8"	G	Sr.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	Thomas Jefferson HS
	Tom Larkin	6'3"	F	Jr.	Cambria Heights, NY, U.S.	Andrew Jackson HS/Seton Hall
	Frank Pare	5'11"	G	So.	Jamaica, NY, U.S.	St. Ann's Academy
	Ken Pressman	6'2"	G	So.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	New Utrecht HS
	Vincent Hurley	6'0"	G	Jr.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	St. Augustine HS
	Murray Robinson	6'0"	G	Jr.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	Lafayette HS

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/02/44*	Alumni	W 47-30	1-0	DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY
12/05/44*	Montclair State	W 49-23	2-0	DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY
12/08/44*	Camp Shanks	W 53-36	3-0	DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY
12/13/44*	Utah	W 39-36	4-0	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
12/19/44*	West Point Field Artillery	W 53-45	5-0	DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY
12/23/44*	Puerto Rico	W 41-35	6-0	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
12/30/44*	Dartmouth	W 53-38	7-0	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/03/45	vs. CCNY	L 41-42	7-1	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/06/45*	Rhode Island State	W 66-58	8-1	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/13/45*	at Temple	W 43-41 ^OT	9-1	Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA
01/16/45*	Akron	W 48-42	10-1	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/20/45*	vs. Syracuse	W 58-35	11-1	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY
01/31/45	Fordham	W 71-35	12-1	DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY
02/03/45*	at St. Joseph's	W 52-36	13-1	Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA
02/09/45*	Rider	W 48-39	14-1	DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY
02/14/45*	at Army	L 39-56	14-2	USMA Fieldhouse West Point, NY
02/17/45	at Brooklyn	W 63-27	15-2	N/A Brooklyn, NY
02/21/45	vs. NYU	W 39-30	16-2	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
03/01/45*	Cathedral	W 58-34	17-2	DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY
03/03/45*	Ellis Island Coast Guard	W 51-46	18-2	DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY
03/07/45	vs. St. Francis (NY)	W 69-35	19-2	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
NIT
03/19/45*	vs. Muhlenberg NIT Quarterfinal	W 34-33	20-2	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
03/21/45*	vs. Bowling Green NIT Semifinal	L 44-57	20-3	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
03/26/45*	vs. Rhode Island State NIT third-place game	W 64-57	21-3	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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