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1959-60 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary

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Record: 108-97, .527 W-L% (8th of 18)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.

Regular Season Champion: North Carolina
Tournament Champion: Duke

NCAA Tournament: 1 (Duke)

Ranked in First AP Poll: 1 (Duke)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Duke and Wake Forest)

Standings

Conference Overall
Rk School W L W-L% W L W-L%
1 North Carolina R 12 2 .857 18 6 .750
2 Wake Forest  12 2 .857 21 7 .750
3 Maryland  9 5 .643 15 8 .652
4 Duke* T 7 7 .500 17 11 .607
5 South Carolina  6 8 .429 10 16 .385
6 North Carolina State  5 9 .357 11 15 .423
7 Clemson  4 10 .286 10 16 .385
8 Virginia  1 13 .071 6 18 .250

AP Poll Summary

School 12/22 12/29 1/5 1/12 1/19 1/26 2/2 2/9 2/16 2/23 3/1 Final
Duke 16 18                   18
Wake Forest   19 8 13   20         18 19
North Carolina     19 16 12 12 17 13 19   16  

NCAA Tournament

First Round
Duke won (84-60) versus Princeton (East Regional)

Regional Semifinal
Duke won (58-56) versus Saint Joseph's (East Regional)

Regional Final
Duke lost (74-59) versus New York University (East Regional)