1973–74 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1973–74 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Connecticut Classic Champions
1974 NIT, First Round
Conference	Independent
1973–74 record	20–7
Head coach	Lou Carnesecca
Assistant coach	John Kresse
Assistant coach	Brian Mahoney
Captain	Ed Searcy
Home arena	Alumni Hall Madison Square Garden

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	Home town
1.5 !G	-	McCormack, TerryTerry McCormack	—	—	3.5 !RS Jr	Hofstra	N/A
3.5 !F	-	McIntyre, DennisDennis McIntyre	—	—	4.5 !RS Sr	Monsignor McClancy/Nassau	Queens, NY
1.5 !G	-	Raftery, KevinKevin Raftery	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	4.0 !Sr	N/A	N/A
1.5 !G	10	Alagia, FrankFrank Alagia	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	—	2.0 !So	St. Agnes	Rockville Centre, NY
2.5 !G/F	22	Smith, BeaverBeaver Smith	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	2.0 !So	South Side	Rockille Centre, NY
1.5 !G	30	Utley, MelMel Utley	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Far Rockaway	Far Rockaway, NY
2.5 !G/F	32	Williams, GlennGlenn Williams	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	1.0 !Fr	Laurinburg Prep	St. Thomas, USVI
4.5 !F/C	34	Searcy, EdEd Searcy (C)	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	4.5 !RS Sr	Power Memorial/Duquesne	New York, NY
1.5 !G	35	Cluess, KevinKevin Cluess	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Archbishop Molloy	West Hempstead, NY
3.5 !F	42	Farmer, JohnJohn Farmer	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	3.0 !Jr	Hofstra	N/A
5.0 !C	52	Weadock, TomTom Weadock	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	2.0 !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	Gallagher 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

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

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

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