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1959-60 Big Ten Conference Season Summary

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Record: 131-107, .550 W-L% (6th of 18)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.

Regular Season Champion: Ohio State

NCAA Tournament: 1 (Ohio State)

Ranked in First AP Poll: 5 (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State and Ohio State)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Indiana and Ohio State)

Standings

Conference Overall
Rk School W L W-L% W L W-L%
1 Ohio State* RFN 13 1 .929 25 3 .893
2 Indiana  11 3 .786 20 4 .833
3 Illinois  8 6 .571 16 7 .696
3 Minnesota  8 6 .571 12 12 .500
3 Northwestern  8 6 .571 11 12 .478
6 Iowa  6 8 .429 14 10 .583
6 Purdue  6 8 .429 11 12 .478
8 Michigan State  5 9 .357 10 11 .476
9 Wisconsin  4 10 .286 8 16 .333
10 Michigan  1 13 .071 4 20 .167

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
Ohio State 3 5 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 3
Indiana 9 7 11             20 12 7
Illinois 10 8 9 14 13   19 20 20      
Iowa 19 14     15              
Michigan State 11                      

NCAA Tournament

Regional Semifinal
Ohio State won (98-79) versus Western Kentucky (Mideast Regional)

Regional Final
Ohio State won (86-69) versus Georgia Tech (Mideast Regional)

National Semifinal
Ohio State won (76-54) versus New York University

National Final
Ohio State won (75-55) versus California