1970–71 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1970–71 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
1970–71 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Vanderbilt Invitational Champions
1971 NIT, First Round
Conference	Independent
Record	18–9
Head coach	Frank Mulzoff;
Assistant coach	Chuck McAuley
Captain	John DeVasto; Pete LaMantia
Home arena	Alumni Hall; Madison Square Garden
	Seasons ← 1969–70 1971–72 →

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	Hometown
G	5	Richard Lyons	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Jr	Holy Cross	New Hyde Park, NY
G	10	Larry Jenkins	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	So	Andrew Jackson	Queens Village, NY
G/F	11	Ron Rutledge	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Rockwood Prep (MA)	Jamaica, NY
G/F	15	Billy Schaeffer	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Holy Cross	Bellerose, NY
G	20	Mike Keilty	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Holy Trinity	Woodside, NY
G	22	Frank Hoehleinn	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Sanford H. Calhoun	Merrick, NY
C	24	Bill Phillips	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Jamaica	Hollis, NY
G/F	25	Pete LaMantia (C)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Bishop Reilly	Bayside, NY
F	33	Mel Davis	6 ft 6.5 in (1.99 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	So	Boys	Brooklyn, NY
F/C	34	Ed Searcy	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Power Memorial/Duquesne	New York, NY
G	35	John DeVasto (C)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	Sr	Loyola	Bronx, NY
F/C	44	Greg Cluess	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	St. Agnes (NY)	West Hempstead, NY
F	55	Tony Prince	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Bishop Loughlin	South Ozone Park, NY

Head coach

Frank Mulzoff (St. John's '51)

Assistant coach(es)

Chuck McAuley
Joel de Angelis (freshmen coach)

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

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