| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 1943 - 44 |
| Team: | St. John's Redmen |
| Conference: | Metropolitan New York Conference |
| Record: | 18 - 5 |
| Champion: | NIT Champions |
| Bowl: | NIT Championship vs. DePaul, W, 47-39 |
The 1943 - 44 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's College of Brooklyn during the 1943–44 NCAA Division I college basketball season. The team was coached by Joseph Lapchick in his eighth year at the school. St. John's home games were played at DeGray Gymnasium in Brooklyn and the old Madison Square Garden in Manhattan.[1]
| Name | Height | Position | Class | Hometown | Previous School(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Bill Kotsores | 6'2" | F | Jr. | Long Island City, NY, U.S. | Andrew Jackson HS | |
| 4 | Ray Wertis | 5"11" | G | So. | Far Rockaway, NY, U.S. | Far Rockaway HS | |
| 5 | Don Wehr | 6'2" | G | Fr. | Brooklyn, NY, U.S. | Alexander Hamilton HS | |
| 6 | Dick McGuire | 6'0" | G | Fr. | Bronx, NY, U.S. | La Salle Academy | |
| 11 | Ivy Summer | 6'5" | C | Fr. | Brooklyn, NY, U.S. | James Madison HS | |
| 12 | Hy Gotkin (C) | 5'8" | G | Jr. | Brooklyn, NY, U.S. | Thomas Jefferson HS | |
| 14 | Wade Duym | 6'2" | F | Fr. | Cliffside Park, NJ, U.S. | ||
| Tom Larkin | 6'3" | F | So. | Cambria Heights, NY, U.S. | Andrew Jackson HS/Seton Hall | ||
| Vincent Hurley | 6'0" | G | So. | Brooklyn, NY, U.S. | St. Augustine HS | ||
| Murray Robinson | 6'0" | G | So. | Brooklyn, NY, U.S. | Lafayette HS | ||
| 10 | Anthony Agoglia | 6'2" | R | Fr. | Brooklyn, NY, U.S. | Manual Training HS |
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