John "Jack" Ramsay

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Philadelphia, PA

Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992
Reached Final Four in 1961 NCAA Tournament (3rd)
Reached NIT semifinals in 1956 (3rd)
Compiled an 864-783 record (.525) in 21 seasons as an NBA coach, including an NBA title with Portland in 1977
General Manager of NBA's Philadelphia 76ers for three seasons from 1966-67 through 1968-69
Three-year letterman under coach Bill Ferguson (second-leading scorer as sophomore with 8.2 ppg, second-leading scorer as junior with 11.2 ppg and fourth-leading scorer as senior with 8.8 ppg). Ranked 13th in the nation in free-throw shooting (78.8%) as a senior
Final Top 20 Rankings (five: AP/UPI)--1959 (14/20), 1961 (17/16), 1963 (NR/16), 1965 (3/3) and 1966 (5/6)
All-Americans (one): Matt Guokas (1966).

Record:

Season	School	Overall	League	Finish	Conference (Division)	Postseason (Record)
1955-56	St. Joseph's	23-6				NIT (2-1)
1956-57	St. Joseph's	17-7				DNP
1957-58	St. Joseph's	18-9	4-2	2nd	Middle Atlantic	NIT (1-1)
1958-59	St. Joseph's	22-5	7-0	1st	Middle Atlantic	NCAA (0-2)
1959-60	St. Joseph's	20-7	7-1	1st	Middle Atlantic	NCAA (0-2)
1960-61	St. Joseph's*	25-5	8-0	1st	Middle Atlantic	NCAA (3-1)
1961-62	St. Joseph's	18-10	9-1	1st	Middle Atlantic	NCAA (0-2)
1962-63	St. Joseph's	23-5	8-0	1st	Middle Atlantic	NCAA (2-1)
1963-64	St. Joseph's	18-10	5-1	T-2nd	Middle Atlantic	NIT (1-1)
1964-65	St. Joseph's	26-3	6-0	1st	Middle Atlantic	NCAA (1-2)
1965-66	St. Joseph's	24-5	4-0	1st	Middle Atlantic	NCAA (2-1)

* Vacated four NCAA Tournament games.

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