Elnardo Webster, led Saint Peter's to NIT semis in '68, dies

FILE - Elnardo Webster (30) of St. Peter's grabs rebound after scoring attempt by Kansas during a National Invitation Tournament college basketball game against Kansas at New York's Madison Square Garden on March 21, 1968. Webster, who put Saint Peter's basketball on the map more than a half century ago in leading the Peacocks to the NIT semifinals in 1968, died on Tuesday, March 21, 2022, in Morristown, N.J., after being hospitalized with a heart issue, former teammates said. He was 74. (AP Photo/John Duricka, File)

FILE - Elnardo Webster, Director of Summer Youth Development Program, gives a pep talk to the kids before a lacrosse clinic of the school district's new Summer Youth Development Program Activities at West Side Park on Aug. 1, 2000, in Newark, N.J. Webster, who put Saint Peter's basketball on the map more than a half century ago in leading the Peacocks to the NIT semifinals in 1968, died on Tuesday, March 21, 2022, in Morristown, N.J., after being hospitalized with a heart issue, former teammates said. He was 74. (William Perlman/NJ Advance Media via AP, File)

FILE - Elnardo Webster (10) of St. Peter's College leaps high for rebound off his basket, but lost right of the ball while he was in mid-air, during the first period of National Invitation Tournament college basketball game against Long Island University at the Armory in Jersey City, N.J., on Feb. 28, 1968. Webster, who put Saint Peter's basketball on the map more than a half century ago in leading the Peacocks to the NIT semifinals in 1968, died on Tuesday, March 21, 2022, in Morristown, N.J., after being hospitalized with a heart issue, former teammates said. He was 74. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)