1959–60 NYU Violets men's basketball team

The 1959–60 NYU Violets men's basketball team represented New York University in intercollegiate basketball during the 1959–60 season. The team finished the season with a 22–5 overall record while winning the Metropolitan New York Conference with a perfect 4–0 record in league play.[1] The Violets earned their second NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament Final Four appearance (their first was in 1944–45).[2] They were led by second-year head coach Lou Rossini.[2]

1959–60 NYU Violets men's basketball
1960 NCAA Tournament, Final Four
ConferenceMetropolitan New York Conference
Ranking
APNo. 12
1959–60 record22–5 (4–0 MNYC)
Head coachLou Rossini
CaptainTom Sanders
1959–60 Metropolitan New York Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 12 NYU40 1.000  225  .815
No. 20 St. John's51 .833  178  .680
St. Francis (NY)21 .667  138  .619
Manhattan22 .500  1311  .542
Fordham13 .250  818  .308
CCNY15 .167  414  .222
Brooklyn03 .000  513  .278
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

Source[1]

Name Games
played
Total
points
PPG
Tom Sanders 27 577 21.2
Ray Paprocky 26 350 13.4
R. Cunningham 27 301 11.1
Al Barden 27 291 10.8
Al Filardi 27 143 5.3
Jim Reiss 26 102 3.9
Art Loche 27 99 3.7
Mike DiNapoli 19 62 3.3
Bob Bigelow 8 10 1.3
Rit Keith 10 10 1.0
Leo Murphy 17 16 0.9
Bob Regan 11 11 0.9
Bernie Mlodinoff 15 11 0.7
Bill McBain 6 5 0.8

References

  1. "1959-60 New York University Violets Roster and Stats". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  2. "New York University Violets Index". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
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