Men
1933
Annual Unemployment Benefit Carnival, at Madison Square Garden
2/22 St. Francis 19 - Long Island University 10 (aft.) 5,000 (4th game of afternoon session)
[Not truly a post-season game. (Other games: Manhattan 38 - Villanova 22; Columbia 21 - Williams 15; Brooklyn 41 - Cathedral 18)]
1936
Olympic Trials
District 1 Eliminations, at Madison Square Garden
Semi-Final (First Round):
3/18 St. Francis 44 - Springfield College 36 7,000 (Other game: Niagara 28-22 Manhattan College)
Final:
3/20 Niagara 30 - St. Francis 25 4,000 (1st g., Bronx P.A.L. 140lb. championship- St. Phillip Neri 20 - Rams 19)
[Niagara heads to Semi-finals in Philadelphia.]
1948
European Student Relief Post-Season Doubleheader, at Fordham University Gymnasium
3/6 Manhattan College 54 - St. Francis 50 2,000 (2nd game: St. John's 57 - 55 Iona O.T. )
1949
National Catholic Invitation Tournament, at Denver, Colorado
First Round:
3/22 St. Francis 61 - St. Norbert's (Wisc.) 53
Second Round:
3/24 St. Francis 59 - St. Thomas (St. Paul) 41
Semi-Final:
3/25 St. Francis 69 - St. Benedict's (Kans.) 40 (Other semi: Regis (Denver) 67 - Loyola (Md.) 60)
Championship:
3/26 Regis College (Denver) 51 - St. Francis 47 (3rd place: Loyola (Md.) 71 - St. Benedict's 70)
1950
National Catholic Invitation Tournament, at Albany, N.Y. (Siena College)
[Moved from Baltimore due to Hotel segregation. St. Francis insisted their "Negro" players receive equal accomodations or they wouldn't play in tournament.]
First Round:
3/29 St. Francis 67 - Creighton 66 (Other game: Iona 71 - St. Michael's (Vt.) 55
Semi-Final:
3/30 St. Francis 62 - Iona (N.Y.) 61 (Other semi: Siena 75 - Loras 55)
Championship:
4/1 Siena 57 - St. Francis 50 (3rd place: Loras 55 - Iona 52)
1951
National Catholic Invitation Tournament, at Albany, N.Y. (Siena College)
First Round:
3/13 St. Francis 74 - Spring Hill (Ala.) 65 (aft.)
Quarter-Final:
3/15 St. Francis 65 - Loras 63 [Note: Jack Rohan a player on Loras] (other game: Mt. St. Mary's (Md.) 83 - St. Francis (Pa.) 74)
Semi-Final:
3/16 St. Francis 84 - LeMoyne (Syracuse) 66 (Other Semi: Seattle 102 - Mt. St. Mary's 85)
Championship:
3/17 St. Francis 93 - Seattle Univ. 79 (3rd place: LeMoyne 63 - Mt. St. Mary's 61)
Champions!
1952
National Catholic Invitation Tournament, at Troy, N.Y.
First Round:
St. Francis bye
Quarter-Final:
3/18 St. Francis 75 - LeMoyne 61 4,000 (2nd game: Siena 79 - Scranton 57)
Semi-Final:
3/21 Marquette 79 - St. Francis 57 4,000 (Other semi: St. Francis (Pa.) 54 - Siena 51)
Consolation game:
3/22 Siena 64 - St. Francis 50 5,000 (Championship: Marquette 76 - St. Francis (Pa.) 54)
1954
National Invitation Tournament, Madison Square Garden
First Round:
3/6 St. Francis 60 - Louisville 55 16,259 (2nd game: Dayton 90 - Manhattan 79)
Quarter-Final:
3/9 Holy Cross 93 - St. Francis 69 14,237 (1st game: Duquesne 69 - St. Francis (Pa.) 63)
1955
N.A.I.A. District 31 Playoffs, at Dickinson HS Gymnasium, Jersey City
Semi-Final (First Round):
2/28 St. Francis 63 - St. Peter's (Jersey City) 55 (other game: Panzer 72-64 Iona)
Championship:
3/3 St. Francis 80 - Panzer College 70
N.A.I.A. Tournament, at Kansas City Kemper Arena
First Round:
3/8 Quincy College 84 - St. Francis 82
1956
National Invitation Tournament, Madison Square Garden
First Round:
3/17 St. Francis 85 - Lafayette 74 (aft.) 10,058 (2nd game: Duquesne 69 - Oklahoma A & M 61)
Quarter-Final:
3/19 St. Francis 74 - Niagara 72 O.T. 6,000 (2nd game: Louisville 84 - Duquesne 72)
Semi-Final:
3/22 Dayton 89 - St. Francis 58 16,125 (1st Semi: Louisville 89 - St. Joseph's (Pa.) 79)
Consolation game:
3/24 St. Joseph's (Pa.) 93 - St. Francis 82 16,793 (Championship: Louisville 93 - Dayton 80)
1963
National Invitation Tournament, Madison Square Garden
First Round:
3/16 Miami (Fla.) 71 - St. Francis 70 (aft.) 10,237 (1st game: St. Louis 62 - La Salle 61)
2015
National Invitation Tournament
First Round at Robins Center, Richmond, Va.:
3/18 Richmond 84 - St. Francis 74
2019
CollegeInsider.com Tournament (C.I.T.)
First Round at Convocation Center, Hampton, Va.:
3/21 Hampton 81 - St. Francis 72
1977
A.I.A.W. Northeast Regional
First Round:
3/10 Towson State 71 - St. Francis 67
Losers Bracket:
3/11 Lehigh 66 - St. Francis 62
2015
N.C.A.A. Division I
Albany Regional First Round at Storrs, Connecticut:
3/21 Connecticut 89 - St. Francis 33
Notes:
•St. Francis Academy (Brooklyn) founded 1858
•St. Francis College (Brooklyn) 1883
•St. Francis (New York) 1957
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