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This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1978 79 St John s Redmen basketball team news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message The 1978 79 St John s Redmen basketball team represented St John s University during the 1978 79 NCAA Division I men s basketball season The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his eleventh year at the school St John s home games were and to this day still are played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden 1978 79 St John s Redmen men s basketballLapchick Memorial Champions1979 NCAA tournament Elite EightConferenceIndependentRankingAPNo 17Record21 11Head coachLou Carnesecca 11th season Assistant coachesJohn Kresse 11th season Tom Abatemarco 1st season Ron Rutledge 1st season CaptainTom CalabreseHome arenaAlumni HallMadison Square GardenSeasons 1977 781979 80 Contents 1 Roster 2 Schedule and results 3 Rankings 4 Team players drafted into the NBA 5 ReferencesRoster edit1978 79 St John s Red Storm men s basketball teamPlayers CoachesPos Name Height Weight Year Previous school HometownF Ray James 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m Fr Alexander Hamilton Brooklyn NYG Ed Kennedy 5 ft 9 in 1 75 m Jr Maria Regina Merrick NYG F Curtis Redding nbsp 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m Jr Canarsie Kansas State Brooklyn NYG 4 Tom Calabrese C 6 ft 0 in 1 83 m Sr Cliffside Park Cliffside Park NJG 5 Bernard Rencher 6 ft 1 in 1 85 m RS Jr Mater Christi Notre Dame Elmhurst NYG F 22 Ron Plair 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m So William C Bryant East Elmhurst NYG F 32 Gordon Thomas 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m Sr Bay Shore Bay Shore NYG 35 Reggie Carter 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m RS Jr Long Island Lutheran Hawaii New York NYF C Rick Bollinger 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m Sr River Dell Teaneck NJF 43 Frank Gilroy 6 ft 6 in 1 98 m So Holy Cross Whitestone NYF 44 Rudy Wright 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m Sr Long Island City Queens NYG F Tim Cluess 6 ft 6 in 1 98 m Fr St Agnes West Hempstead NYC 55 Wayne McKoy 6 ft 9 in 2 06 m So Long Island Lutheran Bayside NY Head coachLou Carnesecca St John s 11th Assistant coach es John Kresse St John s 11th Tom Abatemarco Dowling 1st Ron Rutledge St John s 1st Legend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible W Walk on nbsp Injured nbsp Current redshirtSchedule and results editDatetime TV Rank Opponent Result Record Site city stateRegular season11 24 78 American Lapchick Tournament Opening Round W 72 70 1 0 Alumni Hall Queens NY11 25 78 Wagner Lapchick tournament championship W 108 91 2 0 Alumni Hall Queens NY11 28 78 Wisconsin L 68 73 2 1 Alumni Hall Queens NY12 02 78 Princeton W 71 51 3 1 Alumni Hall Queens NY12 07 78 Baylor W 83 82 4 1 Alumni Hall Queens NY12 09 78 No 20 Georgetown L 71 77 4 2 Alumni Hall Queens NY12 12 78 at Columbia L 77 90 4 3 Levien Gymnasium New York NY12 16 78 BYU W 90 83 5 3 Alumni Hall Queens NY12 22 78 Tennessee Tech W 100 56 6 3 Alumni Hall Queens NY12 29 78 vs Rutgers ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal L 61 72 6 4 Madison Square Garden New York NY12 30 78 vs No 1 Duke ECAC Holiday Festival Consolation W 69 66 7 4 Madison Square Garden New York NY01 04 79 at Seton Hall L 70 76 7 5 Walsh Gymnasium South Orange NJ01 06 79 Temple L 73 74 7 6 Alumni Hall Queens NY01 09 79 Baltimore W 75 52 8 6 Alumni Hall Queens NY01 13 79 Rutgers L 66 69 8 7 Alumni Hall Queens NY01 16 79 at Villanova W 74 54 9 7 The Palestra Philadelphia PA01 20 79 Rhode Island L 70 71 9 8 Alumni Hall Queens NY01 23 79 at Manhattan W 80 55 10 8 Alumni Gym Bronx NY01 28 79 at Saint Joseph s W 47 40 11 8 The Palestra Philadelphia PA01 31 79 at Army W 72 65 12 8 USMA Fieldhouse West Point NY02 03 79 Niagara W 80 52 13 8 Alumni Hall Queens NY02 06 79 Boston College W 85 76 14 8 Alumni Hall Queens NY02 10 79 at Fordham W 66 48 15 8 Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx NY02 13 79 Holy Cross W 82 66 16 8 Alumni Hall Queens NY02 17 79 at No 7 Syracuse L 72 79 16 9 Manley Field House Syracuse NY02 24 79 Providence W 70 65 17 9 Alumni Hall Queens NYECAC Metro tournament03 01 79 vs Wagner ECAC Metro Semifinal W 86 82 OT 18 9 Nassau Coliseum Uniondale NY03 03 79 vs Iona ECAC Metro Final L 57 63 18 10 Nassau Coliseum Uniondale NYNCAA tournament03 09 79 No 17 vs No 13 7 Temple NCAA First Round W 75 70 19 10 Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh NC03 11 79 No 17 vs No 6 2 Duke NCAA Second Round W 80 78 20 10 Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh NC03 16 79 No 17 vs No 18 6 Rutgers NCAA Sweet Sixteen W 67 65 21 10 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro NC03 18 79 No 17 vs No 14 9 Penn NCAA Elite Eight L 62 64 21 11 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro NC Non conference game Rankings from AP Poll Tournament seedings in parentheses Rankings editMain article 1978 79 NCAA Division I men s basketball rankingsTeam players drafted into the NBA editRound Pick Player NBA Club2 27 Reggie Carter New York Knicks10 189 Gordon Thomas New York KnicksReferences edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1978 79 St John 27s Redmen basketball team 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