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1960-61 Independent Season Summary
Record: 650-497, .567 W-L% (4th of 18)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
Regular Season Champion: Memphis
NCAA Tournament: 7 (Houston, Louisville, Marquette, Oregon, Seattle, St. Bonaventure and Xavier)
Ranked in First AP Poll: 4 (Dayton, Detroit Mercy, Louisville and St. Bonaventure)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 (St. Bonaventure)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| Memphis R | 20 | 3 | .870 | ||||
| St. Bonaventure* | 24 | 4 | .857 | ||||
| Providence | 24 | 5 | .828 | ||||
| Holy Cross | 21 | 5 | .808 | ||||
| Niagara | 16 | 5 | .762 | ||||
| Miami (FL) | 20 | 7 | .741 | ||||
| Louisville* | 21 | 8 | .724 | ||||
| Army | 17 | 7 | .708 | ||||
| Seattle* | 18 | 8 | .692 | ||||
| Dayton | 20 | 9 | .690 | ||||
| Duquesne | 15 | 7 | .682 | ||||
| DePaul | 17 | 8 | .680 | ||||
| Detroit Mercy | 18 | 9 | .667 | ||||
| Loyola (IL) | 15 | 8 | .652 | ||||
| Portland | 16 | 9 | .640 | ||||
| Xavier* | 17 | 10 | .630 | ||||
| Seton Hall | 15 | 9 | .625 | ||||
| Boston College | 14 | 9 | .609 | ||||
| Houston* | 17 | 11 | .607 | ||||
| Marquette* | 16 | 11 | .593 | ||||
| Florida State | 14 | 10 | .583 | ||||
| Butler | 15 | 11 | .577 | ||||
| Canisius | 13 | 10 | .565 | ||||
| Oregon* | 15 | 12 | .556 | ||||
| Centenary (LA) | 14 | 12 | .538 | ||||
| Colgate | 14 | 12 | .538 | ||||
| Oklahoma City | 14 | 12 | .538 | ||||
| Oregon State | 14 | 12 | .538 | ||||
| Navy | 10 | 9 | .526 | ||||
| Georgetown | 11 | 10 | .524 | ||||
| Pittsburgh | 12 | 11 | .522 | ||||
| Idaho State | 13 | 12 | .520 | ||||
| Air Force | 12 | 12 | .500 | ||||
| Iona | 10 | 11 | .476 | ||||
| Notre Dame | 12 | 14 | .462 | ||||
| Penn State | 11 | 13 | .458 | ||||
| Villanova | 11 | 13 | .458 | ||||
| Gonzaga | 11 | 15 | .423 | ||||
| Montana State | 10 | 15 | .400 | ||||
| Boston University | 9 | 14 | .391 | ||||
| Idaho | 10 | 16 | .385 | ||||
| Washington State | 10 | 16 | .385 | ||||
| Creighton | 8 | 17 | .320 | ||||
| Loyola (LA) | 6 | 18 | .250 | ||||
| Saint Francis (PA) | 6 | 19 | .240 | ||||
| Syracuse | 4 | 19 | .174 | ||||
AP Poll Summary
| School | 12/13 | 12/20 | 12/27 | 1/3 | 1/10 | 1/17 | 1/24 | 1/31 | 2/7 | 2/14 | 2/21 | 2/28 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Bonaventure | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Dayton | 20 | ||||||||||||
| DePaul | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Detroit Mercy | 3 | 8 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Louisville | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| Memphis | 19 | ||||||||||||
| Providence | 13 | 15 |
NCAA Tournament
Regional Third Place
Houston lost (69-67) versus Texas Tech (Midwest Regional)
Louisville won (83-61) versus Morehead State (Mideast Regional)
St. Bonaventure won (85-67) versus Princeton (East Regional)
First Round
Houston won (77-61) versus Marquette (Midwest Regional)
Louisville won (76-70) versus Ohio (Mideast Regional)
Marquette lost (77-61) versus Houston (Midwest Regional)
Oregon lost (81-79) versus Southern California (West Regional)
Seattle lost (72-70) versus Arizona State (West Regional)
St. Bonaventure won (86-76) versus Rhode Island (East Regional)
Xavier lost (71-66) versus Morehead State (Mideast Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Houston lost (75-64) versus Kansas State (Midwest Regional)
Louisville lost (56-55) versus Ohio State (Mideast Regional)
St. Bonaventure lost (78-73) versus Wake Forest (East Regional)
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