1944–45 St. John's Redmen basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Year:	1944 - 45
Prev Year:	1943–44
Next Year:	1945–46
Team:	St. John's Redmen
Conference:	Metropolitan New York Conference
Record:	21 - 3
Champion:	NIT Third Place
Bowl:	NIT Semifinal vs. Bowling Green, L, 44-57

The 1944 - 45 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's College of Brooklyn during the 1944–45 NCAA Division I college basketball season. The team was coached by Joseph Lapchick in his ninth 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]

Roster

	Name	Height	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous School(s)
	Ray Wertis	5"11"	G	Jr.	Far Rockaway, NY, U.S.	Far Rockaway HS
	Bill Kotsores	6'2"	F	Sr.	Long Island City, NY, U.S.	Andrew Jackson HS
	Ivy Summer	6'5"	C	So.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	James Madison HS
12	Hy Gotkin (C)	5'8"	G	Sr.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	Thomas Jefferson HS
	Tom Larkin	6'3"	F	Jr.	Cambria Heights, NY, U.S.	Andrew Jackson HS/Seton Hall
	Frank Pare	5'11"	G	So.	Jamaica, NY, U.S.	St. Ann's Academy
	Ken Pressman	6'2"	G	So.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	New Utrecht HS
	Vincent Hurley	6'0"	G	Jr.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	St. Augustine HS
	Murray Robinson	6'0"	G	Jr.	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	Lafayette HS

Schedule and results

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2017-18 St. John's Basketball Media Guide . . April 16, 2022 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190220122540/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stjo/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2017-18/misc_non_event/2017-18-media-guide.pdf . February 20, 2019.