The 1969–70 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1969–70 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his fifth year at the school before he left to become the head coach of the New York Nets in the American Basketball Association. St. John's home games were played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden.
The Redmen reached the championship game of the National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Marquette.
Roster #NameHeightPositionClassHometownPrevious School(s)GPPPGRPG5 Richie Lyons 6'0" G SO New Hyde Park, NY Holy Cross HS 29 5.5 1.110 Jim Smyth 6'5" G/F SR Brooklyn, NY St. John's Prep 29 10.9 2.311 Billy Paultz 6'11" C JR River Edge, NJ Cameron Junior College 29 15.8 14.415 Ralph Abraham 6'5" F SR Brooklyn, NY St. John's Prep 29 10.3 7.320 Mike Keilty 6'4" G SO Woodside, NY Holy Trinity HS 16 1.4 1.422 Neil Levane 6'2" G JR Great Neck, NY Great Neck South HS 8 2.0 0.524 Bill Phillips 7'0" C SO Hollis, NY Jamaica HS 10 1.0 2.025 Pete LaMantia (I) 6'3" G/F JR Bayside, NY Bishop Reilly HS 2 4.5 1.534 Richard Gilkes 6'6" G/F JR Westbury, NY Westbury HS 28 2.5 2.335 John DeVasto 6'0" G JR Bronx, NY Loyola School 20 1.9 0.544 Greg Cluess 6'8" F/C SO West Hempstead, NY St. Agnes HS 27 2.7 2.155 Joe DePre (C) 6'3" G SR Westbury, NY Westbury HS 29 16.5 5.8
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular Season
!colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NIT Tournament
Team players drafted into the NBA Round Pick Player NBA club 2 29 Joe DePre Phoenix Suns 7 103 Billy Paultz San Diego Rockets
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