1958–59 St. John's Redmen basketball team

The 1958–59 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1958–59 NCAA Division I college basketball season. The team was coached by Joseph Lapchick in his fourteenth year at the school and also was the first season Lou Carnesecca joined the basketball program as an assistant coach. The team was a member of the Metropolitan New York Conference. During this time the university was transitioning from Brooklyn to Queens, so the basketball team played their home games at Martin Van Buren High School in Queens, NY and Madison Square Garden in Manhattan while their new on campus arena, Alumni Hall, was being built.

Roster #NameHeightPositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)11Gus Alfieri6'2"GSr.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.St. Francis Prep14Gary Marozas6'6"F/CSo.Queens, NY, U.S.Forest Hills HS21Mike Pedone6'0"GJr.Jersey City, NJ, U.S.St. Peter's Prep24Tony Jackson6"4"G/FSo.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.Thomas Jefferson HS25Bernie Pascal (DNP)6'5"FSr.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.St. Francis Prep27Dick Engert6"5"FSr.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.Xavier HS33Alan Seiden5"10"GSr.Queens, NY, U.S.Jamaica HS34Lou Roethel6"6"F/CSr.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.St. Francis PrepJohn Ryan6'6"F/CJr.Long Beach, NY, U.S.Long Beach HSButch Dellacave5'9"GSo.Brooklyn, NY, U.S.St. John's Prep

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular Season

!colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NIT

Team players drafted into the NBA Year Round Pick Player NBA club 1959 2 12 Al Seiden St. Louis Hawks 1961 2 24 Tony Jackson New York Knicks

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