1970–71 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1970–71 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Vanderbilt Invitational Champions
1971 NIT, First Round
Conference	Independent
1970–71 record	18–9
Head coach	Frank Mulzoff
Captain	John DeVasto Pete LaMantia
Home arena	Alumni Hall Madison Square Garden

The 1970–71 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1970–71 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Frank Mulzoff in his first year at the school after Lou Carnesecca left to become the head coach of the New York Nets in the American Basketball Association. St. John's home games are played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden.

Roster

1970–71 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	-	DeVasto, JohnJohn DeVasto (C)	—	—	4.0 !Sr	N/A	N/A
1.5 !G	-	Keilty, MikeMike Keilty	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	N/A	N/A
2.5 !G/F	-	Rutledge, RonRon Rutledge	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	2.0 !So	N/A	N/A
1.5 !G	5	Lyons, RichardRichard Lyons	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	N/A	N/A
1.5 !G	10	Jenkins, LarryLarry Jenkins	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—	2.0 !So	N/A	N/A
2.5 !G/F	15	Schaeffer, BillyBilly Schaeffer	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	2.0 !So	Holy Cross	Queens, NY
5.0 !C	24	Phillips, BillBill Phillips	84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	N/A	N/A
1.5 !G	25	LaMantia, PetePete LaMantia (C)	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	N/A	N/A
3.5 !F	33	Davis, MelMel Davis	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	2.0 !So	Boys	Brooklyn, NY
4.5 !F/C	34	Searcy, EdEd Searcy	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	2.0 !So	Power Memorial/Duquesne	New York, NY
4.5 !F/C	44	Cluess, GregGreg Cluess	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	St. Agnes	West Hempstead, NY
3.5 !F	55	Prince, TonyTony Prince	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	2.0 !So	Bishop Loughlin	Brooklyn, NY

Head coach

Frank Mulzoff(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	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Regular Season
12/05/70*		vs. American	W 83-75	1-0	McDonough Gymnasium Washington, D.C.
12/09/70*		at St. Joseph's	W 66-53	2-0	The Palestra Philadelphia, PA
12/12/70*		Georgetown	W 80-74	3-0	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/15/70*		Rhode Island	W 77-71	4-0	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/18/70*		vs. Southern Methodist Vanderbilt Invitational Semifinal	W 95-80	5-0	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
12/19/70*		at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Invitational Championship	W 85-81	6-0	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
12/22/70*	No. 19	Boston College	L 66-69	6-1	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
12/26/70*	No. 19	vs. Holy Cross ECAC Holiday Festival Quarterfinal	W 75-74 ^OT	7-1	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
12/28/70*	No. 19	vs. No. 10 Western Kentucky ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal	L 67-86	7-2	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
12/30/70*		vs. Providence ECAC Holiday Festival Consolation	L 80-94	7-3	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
01/09/71*		Hawaii	W 82-76	8-3	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/16/71*		West Virginia	W 110-86	9-3	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/20/71*		at Seton Hall	W 88-70	10-3	Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ
01/23/71*		St. Francis (NY)	W 98-57	11-3	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
01/26/71*		at Davidson	L 54-56	11-4	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
01/30/71*		Dartmouth	W 66-56	12-4	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/02/71*		at No. 17 Villanova	L 82-99	12-5	Villanova Field House Villanova, PA
02/06/71*		at Army	W 63-55	13-5	USMA Fieldhouse West Point, NY
02/11/71*		Niagara	W 82-71	14-5	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/13/71*		No. 20 Fordham	L 72-76	14-6	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
02/17/71*		at Syracuse	L 73-78	14-7	Manley Field House Syracuse, NY
02/20/71*		Temple	W 74-67	15-7	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
02/27/71*		No. 19 Notre Dame	L 79-92	15-8	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
03/02/71*		at Holy Cross	W 89-74	16-8	Worcester Auditorium Worcester, MA
03/06/71*		Providence	W 79-65	17-8	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
03/11/71*		NYU	W 85-74	18-8	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
NIT Tournament
03/20/71*		vs. No. 17 Tennessee NIT First Round	L 83-84 ^OT	18-9	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

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)

Culture & lore	Johnny Thunderbird

People	Head coaches

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 1999–00 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

Helms national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

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