Fairfield Stags 1963-64 Season (DII)Results (14-11 overall)11/30 at University of Pittsburgh L, 62-82
12/6 at Boston College W, 69-6312/10 at Providence College L, 58-77
12/12 at Adelphi College* L, 66-73
12/18 Long Island University* W, 75-72
12/27- at Wagner College W, 105-89
12/28 vs. Univ. of Massachusetts L, 88-89
1/2 Fairleigh Dickinson* L, 61-82
1/8 at Seton Hall University L, 81-95
1/11 at University of Bridgeport* W, 82-69
1/30 at City College of N.Y.* W, 74-69
2/5 St. Anselm’s College W, 93-82
2/8 Hunter College* W, 95-52
2/10 at Stonehill College W, 104-72
2/12 at Brooklyn College* W, 66-65
2/15 at Rider College* W, 79-64
2/17 at Georgetown University L, 73-79
2/20 at Southern Conn. State W, 83-69
2/22 Assumption College L, 70-76
2/24 Yeshiva University* W, 89-69
2/26 St. Peter’s College (MSG) L, 86-90
2/27 Fordham University W, 69-58
2/29 University of Bridgeport W, 100-80
Iona College (Make up) L, 59-60
3/7 at College of Holy Cross L, 82-93
* - Tri-State Conference Game
Varsity Roster
Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. HometownJohn Benedict So. F 6-3 210 Th omaston, Conn.
Patrick Burke So. C 6-4 205 Hartford, Conn.
Michael Branch So. F 6-4 185 New Haven, Conn.Walter Donnelly Sr. F 6-3 180 Garden City, N.Y.
William Hegarty Jr. G 5-10 155 West Hempstead, N.Y.
Kury Kilty Jr. C 6-4 200 East Hartford, Conn.
David Lingua So. F 6-1 180 Windsor Locks, Conn.
Kevin Lyall So. G 5-11 165 Lynbrook, N.Y.
John McGovern So. G 5-11 185 Brooklyn, N.Y.
Joel Pascale Jr. G 6-0 175 North Bergen, N.J.
Stanley Poole So. F 6-3 193 Hartford, Conn.
Lawrence Rafferty Sr. G 6-3 190 Sayville, N.Y.
Kenneth Wagner Jr. G 6-0 180 Bronx, N.Y.
Head Coach: George Bisacca
Assistant Coach: Lou Saccone
Final Statistics
Player Games FGs-Att Pct. FTs-Att Pct. Rebs=Avg Pts-AvgMike Branch 25 205-486 .421 119-165 .721 404/16.2 529-21.2Pat Burke 25 193-422 .457 93-141 .652 272-10.9 479-19.2
Stan Poole 25 109-288 .348 50-88 .567 186/7.4 268-10.7
Larry Rafferty 20 82-201 .407 39-52 .750 87/4.4 203/10.2
Kurt Kilty 24 70-142 .492 55-72 .763 116/4.8 195/8.1
Ken Wagner 20 46-116 .345 11-21 .524 23/1.2 103/5.2
Walt Donnolly 12 16-47 .340 17-28 .607 66-5.0 49-4.1
Dave Lingua 6 8-23 .347 8-14 .571 10/1.7 24/4.0
Joel Pascale 17 23-60 .366 11-18 .611 16/1.0 57/3.4
Jack McGovern 12 16-36 .444 1-2 .500 10/0.8 33/2.8
John Benedict 7 6-16 .372 2-6 .333 14/2.0 14/2.0
Kevin Lyall 6 3-14 .214 1-2 .500 7/1.2 7/1.2
Bill Hegan 4 2-5 .400 4-5 .800 2-0.5 8-2.0
Fairfileld Totals 25 779-1850 .421 411-614 .668 1296-51.8 1969-78.8
Opponent Totals 25 734-1656 .443 498-615 .647 1117-44.7 1688-74.6
fairfieldstags.com/documents/2021/6/24/MBB_All_Time_Roster_Results_Stats_Revised_2021.pdfThrough the efforts of
Rev. Victor Leeber, S.J., Fairfield University introduced men's basketball in 1948 and has played continuously since then. Fairfield played its first-ever game against Brooklyn College in Brooklyn, New York, losing 78–46, and won its first-ever game that season against Hillyer College (now the University of Hartford), 47–37, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, at the Bridgeport Armory, Fairfield's original home court. During the 1950–51 season, under new
Head Coach James Hanrahan, the program experienced its first winning season with a (16–11) record and received the school's first postseason berth in the 1951 NAIA National Men's Basketball Championship Tournament.
During the 1958–59 season
Head Coach George Bisacca took over the program and proceeded to elevate the Stags to a higher level of success, experiencing only one losing season in 10 years. The Stags received three straight postseason berths to the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship Tournament between 1960 and 1962 and advanced to the second round in 1960 and 1961. On the heels of this postseason success, Fairfield upgraded the program to NCAA Division I beginning with the 1964–65 season. The 1965–66 team went (19–5) and became the first Fairfield team to be ranked in one of the national polls.
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