We all ask ourselves the same question.February 2, 1987
It was a dh, my cousin played for some small catholic school, he was a bench player, but because this was at msg, the coach started him. He wound up with like 20pnts and was the game mvp beating nyu
Then came G-Town - ST. John's. It was packed including the 400s.
The REDMEN won 67-65, what a great game and damn was it real loud.
I always find myself asking, will we ever have that again or is that just a thing of the past?
My first game was against Holy Cross, in 1972, a loss.
Vividly remember going to all 4 NIT games at The Garden that year. Sat behind the basket. Student tickets were ridiculously cheap when the earth was cooling.
We lost in the semi's to Niagara and were upended by Jacksonville in the consolation game.
Had beaten Mizzou and Oral Roberts in the first 2 NIT games..
Ive been to 7 SJU games. Im 0-7
Can anyone top that?
February 26, 1983
The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pinone v Mullin
Pinckney v Russell
Massimino v Carnesecca
118.4 registered decibels
My first game was against Holy Cross, in 1972, a loss.
Vividly remember going to all 4 NIT games at The Garden that year. Sat behind the basket. Student tickets were ridiculously cheap when the earth was cooling.
We lost in the semi's to Niagara and were upended by Jacksonville in the consolation game.
Had beaten Mizzou and Oral Roberts in the first 2 NIT games..
Typical St John's...even then. We could have won that NIT but Mel Davis blew out his knee against Oral Roberts and couldn't play for us again...
The cool part is Oral Roberts himself went into the St John's locker room and put his hand on Mel's knee repeatedly calling out "heal, heal". So much for faith healing.
Feb 1960 doubleheader at the old MSG-W. Va. vs Manhattan Jerry West played for the Mountaineers and Larry Lembo for the Jaspers Second game- SJU vs NYU The Redmen were led by Tony Jackson & Leroy Ellis, Satch Sanders played for the Purple. The place was packed and the atmosphere electric.West Virginia and the Redmen won. Have been a Redmen fan ever since.
Feb 1960 doubleheader at the old MSG-W. Va. vs Manhattan Jerry West played for the Mountaineers and Larry Lembo for the Jaspers Second game- SJU vs NYU The Redmen were led by Tony Jackson & Leroy Ellis, Satch Sanders played for the Purple. The place was packed and the atmosphere electric.West Virginia and the Redmen won. Have been a Redmen fan ever since.
Not Larry Lembo. He came after. Jack Powers was Bronx guy, former Manhattan Coach & NIT director who led the Jaspers to victory over WV years ago. I know because I was at Manhattan Prep when Larry played for the College with Tim Leary, Lenny S of Loughlin & that was after Jerry West era.
Feb 1960 doubleheader at the old MSG-W. Va. vs Manhattan Jerry West played for the Mountaineers and Larry Lembo for the Jaspers Second game- SJU vs NYU The Redmen were led by Tony Jackson & Leroy Ellis, Satch Sanders played for the Purple. The place was packed and the atmosphere electric.West Virginia and the Redmen won. Have been a Redmen fan ever since.
Not Larry Lembo. He came after. Jack Powers was Bronx guy, former Manhattan Coach & NIT director who led the Jaspers to victory over WV years ago. I know because I was at Manhattan Prep when Larry played for the College with Tim Leary, Lenny S of Loughlin & that was after Jerry West era.
Feb 1960 doubleheader at the old MSG-W. Va. vs Manhattan Jerry West played for the Mountaineers and Larry Lembo for the Jaspers Second game- SJU vs NYU The Redmen were led by Tony Jackson & Leroy Ellis, Satch Sanders played for the Purple. The place was packed and the atmosphere electric.West Virginia and the Redmen won. Have been a Redmen fan ever since.
Not Larry Lembo. He came after. Jack Powers was Bronx guy, former Manhattan Coach & NIT director who led the Jaspers to victory over WV years ago. I know because I was at Manhattan Prep when Larry played for the College with Tim Leary, Lenny S of Loughlin & that was after Jerry West era.
Right on, Paultzman. Larry Lembo played for Manhattan '62-'63, '63-64, '64-'65. He was a fourth-round pick (#31 overall) of the Knicks in 1965 NBA draft.
Feb 1960 doubleheader at the old MSG-W. Va. vs Manhattan Jerry West played for the Mountaineers and Larry Lembo for the Jaspers Second game- SJU vs NYU The Redmen were led by Tony Jackson & Leroy Ellis, Satch Sanders played for the Purple. The place was packed and the atmosphere electric.West Virginia and the Redmen won. Have been a Redmen fan ever since.
Not Larry Lembo. He came after. Jack Powers was Bronx guy, former Manhattan Coach & NIT director who led the Jaspers to victory over WV years ago. I know because I was at Manhattan Prep when Larry played for the College with Tim Leary, Lenny S of Loughlin & that was after Jerry West era.
Right on, Paultzman. Larry Lembo played for Manhattan '62-'63, '63-64, '64-'65. He was a fourth-round pick (#31 overall) of the Knicks in 1965 NBA draft.
I played for Tim Leary, old school
My first game was against Holy Cross, in 1972, a loss.
Vividly remember going to all 4 NIT games at The Garden that year. Sat behind the basket. Student tickets were ridiculously cheap when the earth was cooling.
We lost in the semi's to Niagara and were upended by Jacksonville in the consolation game.
Had beaten Mizzou and Oral Roberts in the first 2 NIT games..
Typical St John's...even then. We could have won that NIT but Mel Davis blew out his knee against Oral Roberts and couldn't play for us again...
The cool part is Oral Roberts himself went into the St John's locker room and put his hand on Mel's knee repeatedly calling out "heal, heal". So much for faith healing.
In Larry's senior year I saw Loughlin beat Molloy at Fordham in CHSAA playoffs in sudden death. Yes, for some crazy reason after two tied OT periods the game was decided by whoever made the first basket. Willie Wolters, a big sub for Loughlin, tapped in winning basket. Matty Link, future Jasper, played for Molloy & Peter Vescey was a sub. Billy Lawrence of course was the star & future Johnny. Great times.Feb 1960 doubleheader at the old MSG-W. Va. vs Manhattan Jerry West played for the Mountaineers and Larry Lembo for the Jaspers Second game- SJU vs NYU The Redmen were led by Tony Jackson & Leroy Ellis, Satch Sanders played for the Purple. The place was packed and the atmosphere electric.West Virginia and the Redmen won. Have been a Redmen fan ever since.
Not Larry Lembo. He came after. Jack Powers was Bronx guy, former Manhattan Coach & NIT director who led the Jaspers to victory over WV years ago. I know because I was at Manhattan Prep when Larry played for the College with Tim Leary, Lenny S of Loughlin & that was after Jerry West era.
That's right. In 1960 I was scouting Lembo for Looie. After having dinner with his family Larry told us he would attend St.John's. After the Christian Brothers talked or twisted his arm he chose Manhatten. Very good baseball player as well. And a real nice kid.
YFeb 1960 doubleheader at the old MSG-W. Va. vs Manhattan Jerry West played for the Mountaineers and Larry Lembo for the Jaspers Second game- SJU vs NYU The Redmen were led by Tony Jackson & Leroy Ellis, Satch Sanders played for the Purple. The place was packed and the atmosphere electric.West Virginia and the Redmen won. Have been a Redmen fan ever since.
Not Larry Lembo. He came after. Jack Powers was Bronx guy, former Manhattan Coach & NIT director who led the Jaspers to victory over WV years ago. I know because I was at Manhattan Prep when Larry played for the College with Tim Leary, Lenny S of Loughlin & that was after Jerry West era.
Right on, Paultzman. Larry Lembo played for Manhattan '62-'63, '63-64, '64-'65. He was a fourth-round pick (#31 overall) of the Knicks in 1965 NBA draft.
I played for Tim Leary, old school
I played for Manhattan Prep and we used the same practice facilities as the College. Tim was one of few MC guys who was friendly to us. He was a down to earth, funny guy.
He played with the late, great Sonny Dove at SF Prep.YFeb 1960 doubleheader at the old MSG-W. Va. vs Manhattan Jerry West played for the Mountaineers and Larry Lembo for the Jaspers Second game- SJU vs NYU The Redmen were led by Tony Jackson & Leroy Ellis, Satch Sanders played for the Purple. The place was packed and the atmosphere electric.West Virginia and the Redmen won. Have been a Redmen fan ever since.
Not Larry Lembo. He came after. Jack Powers was Bronx guy, former Manhattan Coach & NIT director who led the Jaspers to victory over WV years ago. I know because I was at Manhattan Prep when Larry played for the College with Tim Leary, Lenny S of Loughlin & that was after Jerry West era.
Right on, Paultzman. Larry Lembo played for Manhattan '62-'63, '63-64, '64-'65. He was a fourth-round pick (#31 overall) of the Knicks in 1965 NBA draft.
I played for Tim Leary, old school
I played for Manhattan Prep and we used the same practice facilities as the College. Tim was one of few MC guys who was friendly to us. He was a down to earth, funny guy.
Great guy. Except when you're playing for him. B)
I remember it like it was yesterday. December 9th, 1932 and the great Buck Freeman was our coach.
It was my first game in the “new” DeGray Gym. St. John’s beat
St. John’s of Maryland 34-10. The battle of the Saints. The players were Matty Begovich, Mac Kinsbrunner, Max Posnack, and Al Schuckman. Rip Gerson played the year before and back then those Jewish kids from the playgrounds of Brooklyn were the kings of New York. Sure, CCNY had more Jews but ours were from Brooklyn. Buck wasn't much older than his players and celebrated every victory with whiskey and beer chasers at a bar off Willoughby. We had a great NYC conference with NYU, St. Francis, Fordham, Manhattan and CCNY. The triple headers at the old smoke filled Madison Square Garden were all sell outs and we wore suit jackets and ties to the games per the Vincentions orders. It was the depression era and we were young and the only thing that mattered was redmen basketball.