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1959-60 College Basketball Season Summary

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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

Sorted by SRS

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	California
2	Missouri Valley Conference	8	128	86	.598	7.42	5.27	1	1	1	Cincinnati
3	Big Ten Conference	10	131	107	.550	7.15	6.02	0	1	1	Ohio State
4	Big Eight Conference	8	107	94	.532	6.62	5.42	0	1	0	Kansas, Kansas State
5	West Coast Athletic Conference	7	93	92	.503	-2.59	-0.27	0	1	0	Santa Clara
6	Southwest Conference	8	99	94	.513	1.43	1.00	0	1	0	Texas
7	Southern Conference	9	116	110	.513	-4.71	-3.10	0	1	0	Virginia Tech	West Virginia
8	Yankee Conference	2	29	23	.558	-7.79	-5.40	0	1	0	Connecticut
9	Mid-American Conference	7	82	84	.494	-1.28	0.51	0	1	0	Ohio
10	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	102	101	.502	-1.47	-0.39	0	1	0	Utah
11	Independent	47	673	483	.582	-1.01	-0.64	0	7	0
12	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	108	97	.527	1.99	1.77	0	1	0	North Carolina	Duke
13	Ivy League	8	96	93	.508	-8.35	-7.00	0	1	0	Princeton
14	Southeastern Conference	12	155	133	.538	-3.21	-2.16	0	1	0	Auburn
15	Ohio Valley Conference	7	83	77	.519	-2.97	-1.47	0	1	0	Western Kentucky
16	Metropolitan New York Conference	5	73	50	.593	-3.68	-1.44	0	1	1	New York University
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 Polls

Coaches Polls

Coaches Polls Table
		Week Poll
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
School	Conf	12/8	12/14	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/1	Final
Auburn	SEC												16	16	17
Bradley	MVC	12	8	7	7	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
California	AAWU	2	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Cincinnati	MVC	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Dayton	Ind								18	12	12	14	18	19	20
DePaul	Ind
Detroit	Ind
Duke	ACC				18										15
Georgia Tech	SEC	15	12	8	17	8	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8
Holy Cross	Ind
Illinois	Big Ten		16	17	9	20	16	16			14	18
Indiana	Big Ten	8	11	10	8	13	18	19	20	16					10
Iowa	Big Ten		14	17	13	15	14	13	17
Iowa State	Big 8					16	15		14	16
Kansas	Big 8	9	9	9	15		20	18						20
Kansas State	Big 8	14							16	14	18	20			16
Kentucky	SEC	6	13	12	14	20	18	15	14	16	14	15	20
La Salle	Mid-Atl
Louisville	Ind	13	18
Miami (FL)	Ind
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
School	Conf	12/8	12/14	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/1	Final
Michigan State	Big Ten			19	20
NC State	ACC	20	16
NYU	Metro NY		18	13	10			20				16	15	13	12
Notre Dame	Ind			20			20	17
Ohio	MAC
Ohio State	Big Ten	4	2	3	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3
Providence	Ind													20	18
SMU	SWC					18		20		16
Saint Louis	MVC	7	6	5	6	9	10	14	13	15	13	12	14	12	19
St. Bonaventure	Ind									16	16	16	13	11	11
St. John's (NY)	Metro NY	18										13	11	13
St. Joseph's	Mid-Atl	11				19		20	20	16	18
Texas	SWC												19	15	13
Texas A&M	SWC		18	16	12	10	7	8	9	9	10	10	10	18
Toledo	MAC
UCLA	AAWU	20
UNC	ACC	5	5	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	9	14
USC	AAWU	15	10	15	18	7	8	10	12	13	16
Utah	MSAC	10	7	6	5	6	9	7	8	8	7	6	5	5	5
Utah State	MSAC					17	13	12	10	10	9	7	7	7	7
Villanova	Ind	18	15	14	16	14	12	9	7	7	6	9	9	10	9
Virginia Tech	Southern
Wake Forest	ACC	17				11	17		19		18	18	17	17
West Virginia	Southern	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	6	6	6
Western Kentucky	OVC

Award Winners

Consensus All-America Teams

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

Season Leaders

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