The 1958–59 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1958–59

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season. The team was coached by Joseph Lapchick in his fourteenth year at the school and also was the first season

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joined the basketball program as an assistant coach. The team was a member of the

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. During this time the university was transitioning from Brooklyn to Queens, so the basketball team played their home games at

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and Madison Square Garden in

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while their new on campus arena, Alumni Hall, was being built.

Roster

Schedule and results

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Team players drafted into the NBA

References

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