1951–52 St. John's Redmen basketball team

The 1951–52 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1951–52 NCAA 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.

1951–52 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Metro New York Regular Season Champions
NCAA tournament, Runner-Up
Conference	Metropolitan New York Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 10
Record	25–6 (6–0 Metropolitan New York Conference)
Head coach	Frank McGuire
Assistant coach	Al DeStefano
Home arena	DeGray Gymnasium Madison Square Garden
Seasons ← 1950–51 1952–53 →

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

Roster

#	Name	Height	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous School(s)
	Dick Duckett	6'0"	G	So.	Brooklyn, NY, United States	St. Francis Prep
	Frank Giancontieri	5'10"	G	Jr.	Brooklyn, NY, United States	Bishop Loughlin HS
	Phil Sagona	6'0"	G	So.	Brooklyn, NY, United States	St. John's Prep
	Jim McMorrow	6'2"	G	So.	Brooklyn, NY, United States	St. Michael HS
	Jim Walsh	6'5"	F	So.	Brooklyn, NY, United States	St. John's Prep
	Carl Peterson	6'6"	F/C	So.	Bridgeport, CT, United States	Bullard-Havens Tech
	Jack McMahon	6'1"	G	Sr.	Brooklyn, NY, United States	St. Michael HS
	Jim "Red" Davis	6'7"	C	So.	Bronx, NY, United States	Manhattan Prep
20	Solly Walker	6'4"	G/F	So.	Brooklyn, NY, United States	Boys HS
21	Ronnie MacGilvray	6'1"	G	Sr.	Floral Park, NY, United States	Sewanhaka HS
30	Bob "Zeke" Zawoluk	6'6"	F/C	Sr.	Brooklyn, NY, United States	St. Francis Prep

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

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
11/08/51*		Arnold College	W 93-33	1-0	DeGray Gymnasium  Brooklyn, NY
12/06/51*		Brigham Young	W 66-52	2-0	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
12/08/51*		Washington & Jefferson	W 69-52	3-0	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
12/12/51*	No. 2	Wagner	W 63-47	4-0	Sutter Gymnasium  Staten Island, NY
12/15/51*	No. 2	Rhode Island	W 82-62	5-0	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
12/17/51*	No. 1	at No. 2 Kentucky	L 40-81	5-1	Memorial Coliseum  Lexington, KY
12/22/51*	No. 1	Vanderbilt	W 69-54	6-1	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
12/27/51*	No. 7	No. 12 Utah	W 69-57	7-1	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
12/29/51*	No. 7	Dayton	W 62-60	8-1	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
01/05/52*	No. 8	Saint Joseph's	W 59-57	9-1	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
01/10/52*	No. 12	Loyola (IL)	L 64-68	9-2	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
01/12/52	No. 12	vs. CCNY	W 71-46	10-2 (1-0)	69th Regiment Armory  New York, NY
01/15/52		Manhattan	W 63-53	11-2 (2-0)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
01/19/52		vs. St. Francis (NY)	W 54-36	12-2 (3-0)	69th Regiment Armory  New York, NY
01/26/52*	No. 15	at Temple	W 54-44	13-2	Convention Hall  Philadelphia, PA
01/30/52	No. 15	vs. No. 20 Fordham	W 69-56	14-2 (4-0)	69th Regiment Armory  New York, NY
02/02/52*	No. 12	at No. 13 Indiana	W 65-55	15-2	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
02/04/52*	No. 12	at Purdue	W 64-53	16-2	Lambert Fieldhouse  West Lafayette, IN
02/09/52*	No. 10	at Niagara	W 59-55	17-2	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium  Buffalo, NY
02/14/52*	No. 10	No. 4 St. Bonaventure	W 59-56	18-2	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
02/19/52*	No. 8	at U.S.M.M.A.	W 87-45	19-2	U.S.M.M.A. Gymnasium  Kings Point, NY
02/21/52*	No. 8	Cincinnati	W 76-64	20-2	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
02/25/52*	No. 8	No. 17 Holy Cross	L 70-75	20-3	Boston Garden  Boston, MA
02/28/52	No. 9	NYU	W 78-75	21-3 (5-0)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
03/04/52	No. 9	Brooklyn College	W 64-51	22-3 (6-0)	DeGray Gymnasium  Brooklyn, NY
National Invitation Tournament
03/10/52*	No. 10	vs. La Salle NIT Quarterfinal	L 45-51	22-4	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
NCAA tournament
03/21/52*	No. 10	vs. NC State East Regional First Round	W 60-49	23-4	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
03/22/52*	No. 10	vs. No. 1 Kentucky East Regional Second Round	W 64-57	24-4	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
03/25/52^[1]*	No. 10	vs. No. 2 Illinois National Semifinal	W 61-59	25-4	Edmundson Pavilion  Seattle, WA
03/26/52*	No. 10	vs. No. 8 Kansas National Championship	L 63-80	25-5	Edmundson Pavilion  Seattle, WA
Olympics
03/29/52*	No. 10	vs. La Salle Olympic Tryouts	L 62-71	25-6	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

NBA draft

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

1. Busby, Bob (March 25, 1952). "Tough Foe For Illinois". The Kansas City Times. p. 18.