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1959-60 Independent Season Summary
Record: 673-483, .582 W-L% (4th of 18)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
Regular Season Champion: Providence
NCAA Tournament: 7 (Air Force, DePaul, Idaho State, Miami (FL), Navy, Notre Dame and Oregon)
Ranked in First AP Poll: 2 (Detroit Mercy and Villanova)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 5 (Holy Cross, Miami (FL), Providence, St. Bonaventure and Villanova)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| Miami (FL)* | 23 | 4 | .852 | ||||
| Providence R | 24 | 5 | .828 | ||||
| Idaho State* | 21 | 5 | .808 | ||||
| St. Bonaventure | 21 | 5 | .808 | ||||
| Memphis | 18 | 5 | .783 | ||||
| Holy Cross | 20 | 6 | .769 | ||||
| Villanova | 20 | 6 | .769 | ||||
| Dayton | 21 | 7 | .750 | ||||
| Detroit Mercy | 20 | 7 | .741 | ||||
| Navy* | 16 | 6 | .727 | ||||
| Iona | 13 | 5 | .722 | ||||
| DePaul* | 17 | 7 | .708 | ||||
| Seton Hall | 16 | 7 | .696 | ||||
| Oregon* | 19 | 10 | .655 | ||||
| Notre Dame* | 17 | 9 | .654 | ||||
| Xavier | 17 | 9 | .654 | ||||
| Syracuse | 13 | 8 | .619 | ||||
| Seattle | 16 | 10 | .615 | ||||
| Army | 14 | 9 | .609 | ||||
| Saint Francis (PA) | 14 | 9 | .609 | ||||
| Boston University | 14 | 10 | .583 | ||||
| Butler | 15 | 11 | .577 | ||||
| Louisville | 15 | 11 | .577 | ||||
| Oregon State | 15 | 11 | .577 | ||||
| Air Force* | 12 | 10 | .545 | ||||
| Creighton | 13 | 11 | .542 | ||||
| Gonzaga | 14 | 12 | .538 | ||||
| Marquette | 13 | 12 | .520 | ||||
| Niagara | 13 | 12 | .520 | ||||
| Centenary (LA) | 12 | 12 | .500 | ||||
| Penn State | 11 | 11 | .500 | ||||
| Washington State | 13 | 13 | .500 | ||||
| Loyola (LA) | 12 | 13 | .480 | ||||
| Oklahoma City | 12 | 13 | .480 | ||||
| Colgate | 11 | 12 | .478 | ||||
| Georgetown | 11 | 12 | .478 | ||||
| Washington (MO) | 11 | 13 | .458 | ||||
| Loyola (IL) | 10 | 12 | .455 | ||||
| Boston College | 11 | 14 | .440 | ||||
| Montana State | 11 | 14 | .440 | ||||
| Pittsburgh | 11 | 14 | .440 | ||||
| Canisius | 10 | 13 | .435 | ||||
| Idaho | 11 | 15 | .423 | ||||
| Portland | 11 | 15 | .423 | ||||
| Florida State | 10 | 15 | .400 | ||||
| Duquesne | 8 | 15 | .348 | ||||
| Siena | 3 | 18 | .143 | ||||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Bonaventure | 19 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 9 | |||||||
| Miami (FL) | 15 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | |
| Providence | 20 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | |||||
| Holy Cross | 16 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 16 | |||||||
| Villanova | 15 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 17 |
| Dayton | 19 | 19 | 13 | 15 | ||||||||
| DePaul | 20 | |||||||||||
| Detroit Mercy | 17 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 19 |
NCAA Tournament
Regional Third Place
DePaul won (67-61) versus Texas (Midwest Regional)
First Round
Air Force lost (69-63) versus DePaul (Midwest Regional)
DePaul won (69-63) versus Air Force (Midwest Regional)
Idaho State lost (71-44) versus California (West Regional)
Miami (FL) lost (107-84) versus Western Kentucky (Mideast Regional)
Navy lost (94-86) versus West Virginia (East Regional)
Notre Dame lost (74-66) versus Ohio (Mideast Regional)
Oregon won (68-60) versus New Mexico State (West Regional)
Regional Semifinal
DePaul lost (99-59) versus Cincinnati (Midwest Regional)
Oregon won (65-54) versus Utah (West Regional)
Regional Final
Oregon lost (70-49) versus California (West Regional)
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