1951–52 St. John's Redmen basketball team

1951–52 Metropolitan New York Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

St. John's Redmen men's basketball
1951–52 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
Metro New York Regular Season Champions; NCAA Tournament Runner-Up
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Metropolitan New York Conference
Ranking
AP	#10
1951–52 record	25–6 (6–0 )
Head coach	Frank McGuire
Assistant coach	Al DeStefano
Home arena	DeGray Gymnasium; Madison Square Garden
« 1950–51	1952–53 »

The 1951–52 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1951–52 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Frank McGuire in his fifth year at the school. St. John's home games are played at DeGray Gymnasium in Brooklyn, New York and Madison Square Garden and the team is a member of the Metropolitan New York Conference.

NCAA basketball tournament

East
- St. John's 60, NC State 49
- St. John's 64, Kentucky 57
Final Four
- St. John's 61, Illinois 59
- Kansas 80, St. John's 63

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	14	Bob Zawoluk	Indianapolis Olympians
4	38	Ronnie MacGilvray	Rochester Royals
6	58	Jack McMahon	Rochester Royals

References

1951–52 Metropolitan New York Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
St. John's	6	–	0	1.000	25	–	6	.806
St. Francis (NY)	4	–	2	.667	20	–	8	.714
Manhattan	4	–	2	.667	12	–	9	.571
Fordham	3	–	3	.500	20	–	8	.714
NYU	2	–	3	.400	17	–	8	.680
CCNY	1	–	5	.167	8	–	11	.421
Brooklyn	0	–	5	.000	9	–	7	.563


Rankings from AP Poll

v t e St. John's Red Storm men's basketball
Venues	Old Madison Square Garden (193?–1969) Madison Square Garden (1969–present) Carnesecca Arena (alternate; 1961–present)
Culture & lore	Johnny Thunderbird
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Helms national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

1951–52 St. John's Redmen basketball team

NCAA basketball tournament

Team players drafted into the NBA

References

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