1973–74 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1973–74 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
1973–74 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Connecticut Classic Champions; ECAC Holiday Festival, Second Place
1974 NIT, First Round
Conference	Independent
Record	20–7
Head coach	Lou Carnesecca;
Assistant coaches	John Kresse; Brian Mahoney;
Captain	Ed Searcy
Home arena	Alumni Hall; Madison Square Garden
	Seasons ← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The 1973–74 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1973–74 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his sixth year at the school and his first since returning from coaching the New York Nets in the ABA. St. John's home games are played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden.

Roster

1973–74 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	-	Terry McCormack	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	RS Jr	St. Francis Prep/Hofstra	New Hyde Park, NY
F	-	Dennis McIntyre	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	RS Sr	Monsignor McClancy/Nassau	Bayside, NY
G	10	Frank Alagia	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	—	So	St. Agnes (NY)	Rockville Centre, NY
G	12	Kevin Raftery	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Sr	Archbishop Molloy	Briarwood, NJ
G/F	22	Beaver Smith	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	So	South Side	Rockille Centre, NY
G	30	Mel Utley	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Jr	Far Rockaway	Far Rockaway, NY
G/F	32	Glen Williams	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Fr	Laurinburg Prep	St. Thomas, USVI
F/C	34	Ed Searcy (C)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	RS Sr	Power Memorial/Duquesne	New York, NY
G	35	Kevin Cluess	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Jr	Archbishop Molloy	West Hempstead, NY
F	42	John Farmer	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Jr	St. John the Baptist/Hofstra	Brentwood, NY
C	52	Tom Weadock	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	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
11/30/73*	vs. No. 17 Jacksonville IPTAY Tournament Semifinal	W 69–64	1–0	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
12/01/73*	at Clemson IPTAY Tournament Championship	L 58–68	1–1	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
12/08/73*	at Georgetown	L 82–85 ^OT	1–2	McDonough Gymnasium Washington, D.C.
12/11/73*	Davidson	W 94–78	2–2	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/15/73*	American	W 92–61	3–2	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/21/73*	vs. No. 10 Alabama Connecticut Classic Semifinal	W 72–67	4–2	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT
12/22/73*	vs. No. 19 Jacksonville Connecticut Classic Final	W 68–60	5–2	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT
12/26/73*	vs. Illinois ECAC Holiday Festival Quarterfinal	W 76–60	6–2	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
12/27/73*	vs. Princeton ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal	W 64–51	7–2	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
12/29/73*	vs. Manhattan ECAC Holiday Festival Championship	L 65–74	7–3	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/05/74*	at Dayton	L 58–84	7–4	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, OH
01/08/74*	Hofstra	W 89–68	8–4	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/12/74*	Syracuse	L 71–72	8–5	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/19/74*	Villanova	W 92–71	9–5	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/23/74*	Temple	W 64–49	10–5	The Palestra Philadelphia, PA
01/26/74*	at Dartmouth	W 76–62	11–5	Alumni Gymnasium Hanover, NH
01/31/74*	at Rhode Island	W 77–59	12–5	Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI
02/02/74*	Army	W 74–50	13–5	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/09/74*	Fordham	W 65–59	14–5	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
02/13/74*	St. Joseph's	W 61–59 ^OT	15–5	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/16/74*	at Niagara	W 94–75	16–5	NU Student Center Niagara Falls, NY
02/19/74*	at Boston College	W 80–72	17–5	Roberts Center Chestnut Hill, MA
02/23/74*	Seton Hall	W 68–53	18–5	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/26/74*	Holy Cross	W 98–72	19–5	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
03/02/74*	at No. 12 Providence	L 67–85	19–6	Providence Civic Center Providence, RI
03/05/74*	St. Francis (NY)	W 82–66	20–6	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
NIT Tournament
03/17/74*	vs. Connecticut NIT First Round	L 70–84	20–7	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
5	82	Ed Searcy	New Orleans Jazz

References

v t e 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)
Rivalries	Fordham Georgetown
Culture & lore	Gambling scandal Johnny Thunderbird
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of 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 1999–2000 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 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics