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1959-60 Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary

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Record: 128-86, .598 W-L% (2nd of 18)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.

Regular Season Champion: Cincinnati

NCAA Tournament: 1 (Cincinnati)

Ranked in First AP Poll: 3 (Bradley, Cincinnati and Saint Louis)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Bradley, Cincinnati and Saint Louis)

Standings

Conference Overall
Rk School W L W-L% W L W-L%
1 Cincinnati* RF 13 1 .929 28 2 .933
2 Bradley  12 2 .857 27 2 .931
3 Saint Louis  9 5 .643 19 8 .704
4 Wichita State  6 8 .429 14 12 .538
4 Houston  6 8 .429 13 12 .520
6 Tulsa  5 9 .357 9 17 .346
7 Drake  4 10 .286 11 14 .440
8 North Texas  1 13 .071 7 19 .269

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
Cincinnati 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Bradley 5 9 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4
Saint Louis 7 6 12 11 18 16 18 18   16 13 15

NCAA Tournament

National Third Place
Cincinnati won (95-71) versus New York University

Regional Semifinal
Cincinnati won (99-59) versus DePaul (Midwest Regional)

Regional Final
Cincinnati won (82-71) versus Kansas (Midwest Regional)

National Semifinal
Cincinnati lost (77-69) versus California