1951–52 St. John's Redmen basketball team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 10

1951–52 Metropolitan New York Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
St. John's	6	–	0	1.000	25	–	6	.806
St. Francis (NY)	4	–	2	.667	20	–	8	.714
Manhattan	4	–	2	.667	12	–	9	.571
Fordham	3	–	3	.500	20	–	8	.714
NYU	2	–	3	.400	17	–	8	.680
CCNY	1	–	5	.167	8	–	11	.421
Brooklyn	0	–	5	.000	9	–	7	.563


Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951–52 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1951–52 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Frank McGuire in his fifth year at the school. St. John's home games are played at DeGray Gymnasium in Brooklyn, New York and Madison Square Garden and the team is a member of the Metropolitan New York Conference.

NCAA basketball tournament

East
- St. John's 60, NC State 49
- St. John's 64, Kentucky 57
Final Four
- St. John's 61, Illinois 59
- Kansas 80, St. John's 63

Team players drafted into the NBA

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1952	2	14	Bob Zawoluk	Indianapolis Olympians
1952	4	38	Ronnie MacGilvray	Rochester Royals
1952	6	58	Jack McMahon	Rochester Royals
1954	6	52	Red Davis	Rochester Royals
1954	7	62	Solly Walker	New York Knicks
1957	2	9	Dick Duckett	Cincinnati Royals

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