1959-60 College Basketball Season Summary

National Champion: Ohio State

Final Four: California, Cincinnati, NYU and Ohio State

Consensus Player of the Year: Oscar Robertson

AP First #1: Cincinnati

AP Final #1: Cincinnati

Conference Summary

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Athletic Association of Western Universities	5	84	52	.618	10.63	7.03	1	2	1	University of California
2	Missouri Valley Conference	8	128	86	.598	7.42	5.27	3	1	1	Cincinnati
3	Big Ten Conference	10	131	107	.550	7.15	6.02	2	1	1	Ohio State
4	Big Eight Conference	8	106	95	.527	6.62	5.42	0	1	0	Kansas, Kansas State
5	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	108	97	.527	1.99	1.77	2	1	0	North Carolina	Duke
6	Southwest Conference	8	99	94	.513	1.43	1.00	0	1	0	Texas
7	Independent	47	673	483	.582	-1.01	-0.64	5	7	0
8	Mid-American Conference	7	82	84	.494	-1.28	0.51	0	1	0	Ohio
9	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	102	101	.502	-1.47	-0.39	2	1	0	Utah
10	West Coast Athletic Conference	7	93	92	.503	-2.59	-0.27	0	1	0	Santa Clara
11	Ohio Valley Conference	7	83	77	.519	-2.97	-1.47	0	1	0	Western Kentucky
12	Southeastern Conference	12	155	133	.538	-3.21	-2.16	2	1	0	Auburn
13	Metropolitan New York Conference	5	73	50	.593	-3.68	-1.44	2	1	1	New York University
14	Southern Conference	9	116	110	.513	-4.71	-3.10	1	1	0	Virginia Tech	West Virginia
15	Yankee Conference	2	29	23	.558	-7.79	-5.40	0	1	0	Connecticut
16	Ivy League	8	96	93	.508	-8.35	-7.00	0	1	0	Princeton
17	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	6	71	74	.490	-10.10	-6.96	0	1	0	New Mexico State
18	Middle Atlantic Conference	10	122	121	.502	-11.98	-8.21	0	1	0	Saint Joseph's

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/21	12/28	1/4	1/11	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	2/29	Final
Duke	16	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18
Toledo	-	16	20	18	17	13	12	11	12	19	-	-
DePaul	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kentucky	13	13	-	17	16	15	-	-	-	-	-	-
West Virginia	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	7	5	5
Ohio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-
La Salle	14	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saint Louis	7	6	12	11	18	16	18	18	-	16	13	15
Western Kentucky	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Utah State	-	-	17	12	9	9	9	7	7	8	10	8
NYU	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	12
USC	20	-	10	10	14	18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Utah	6	4	5	7	7	7	7	9	8	5	6	6
Detroit	17	11	15	20	20	14	14	19	-	-	-	-
Indiana	9	7	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	12	7
Virginia Tech	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-
Auburn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	17	13	11	11
Texas A&M	18	-	13	8	10	10	10	12	11	18	-	-
Illinois	10	8	9	14	13	-	19	20	20	-	-	-
Iowa	19	14	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Holy Cross	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	13	17	20	16
Ohio State	3	5	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	2	2	3
St. John's (NY)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	11	19	20
California	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2
UNC	-	-	19	16	12	12	17	13	19	-	16	-
Villanova	15	17	16	9	8	8	8	8	9	12	17	17
Providence	-	-	-	-	-	20	16	14	16	15	15	14
Kansas State	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-
Cincinnati	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Dayton	-	-	-	-	19	19	13	15	-	-	-	-
Wake Forest	-	19	8	13	-	20	-	-	-	-	18	19
Bradley	5	9	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4
Miami (FL)	-	15	14	15	11	11	11	10	10	9	8	10
Georgia Tech	8	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	13
St. Bonaventure	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	14	10	9	9
Michigan State	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.

1959-60 Season Pages