1959–60 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

The 1959–60 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1959–60 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Under the third year of head coach Bill Chambers, the team finished the season 15–11 and 10–5 in the Southern Conference. William & Mary played its home games at Blow Gymnasium. This was the 55th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.[1]

1959–60 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1959–60 record15–11 (10–5 SoCon)
Head coachBill Chambers (3rd season)
Home arenaBlow Gymnasium
1959–60 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Virginia Tech121 .923  206  .769
No. 5 West Virginia92 .818  265  .839
William & Mary105 .667  1511  .577
The Citadel84 .667  158  .652
George Washington75 .583  1511  .577
Furman67 .462  916  .360
VMI311 .214  416  .200
Richmond212 .143  718  .280
Davidson010 .000  519  .208
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1960; Rankings from AP Poll

The Indians finished in 3rd place in the conference and qualified for the 1960 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, held at the Richmond Arena. William & Mary defeated Furman in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to top-seeded West Virginia.

Program notes

  • William & Mary played one team for the first time this season: Duquesne.
  • Jeff Cohen, for the second consecutive year, was also named to the first team all-Southern Conference. Ben Vaughan was named to the second team.

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular season
*
Virginia W 82–70  1–0
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA

at VMI W 79–78  2–0 (1–0)
Cormack Field House 
Lexington, VA
December 5*
at Tennessee W 77–71  3–0
University of Tennessee Armory–Fieldhouse 
Knoxville, TN
*
Hampden–Sydney W 97–83  4–0
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
December 11*
vs. Duquesne
Steel Bowl
L 52–53  4–1
Fitzgerald Field House 
Pittsburgh, PA
December 12*
vs. St. John's (NY)
Steel Bowl
L 65–77  4–2
Fitzgerald Field House 
Pittsburgh, PA
*
Morris Harvey W 95–82  5–2
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA

at George Washington L 71–98  5–3 (1–1)
Fort Myer Gymnasium 
Fort Myer, VA
December 28*
vs. Lafayette
UR Invitational
L 63–81  5–4
Richmond Arena 
Richmond, VA
December 29*
at Richmond
UR Invitational
L 65–71  5–5
Richmond Arena 
Richmond, VA

Davidson W 72–64  6–5 (2–1)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
January 9
at Richmond W 90–76  7–5 (3–1)
Richmond Arena 
Richmond, VA
January 11
vs. No. 3 West Virginia L 74–94  7–6 (3–2)
WVU Field House 
Morgantown, WV
January 14*
vs. Pittsburgh L 69–75  7–7
Fitzgerald Field House 
Pittsburgh, PA

VPI L 91–92  7–8 (3–3)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
January 30
vs. No. 4 West Virginia W 94–86  8–8 (4–3)
Norfolk Municipal Auditorium 
Norfolk, VA

The Citadel W 79–65  9–8 (5–3)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
February 6
Furman W 101–68  10–8 (6–3)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA

at VPI L 66–82  10–9 (6–4)
War Memorial Gymnasium 
Blacksburg, VA

VMI W 89–67  11–9 (7–4)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA

George Washington W 75–66  12–9 (8–4)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
February 15
at Furman L 73–92  12–10 (8–5)
Greenville Memorial Auditorium 
Greenville, SC

at Davidson W 73–65  13–10 (9–5)
Johnston Gym 
Davidson, NC
February 20
Richmond W 64–42  14–10 (10–5)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
1960 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament
February 25
at (6) Furman
Quarterfinals
W 82–74  15–10
Richmond Arena 
Richmond, VA
February 26
vs. No. 7 (2) West Virginia
Semifinals
L 83–117  15–11
Richmond Arena 
Richmond, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source[2]

References

  1. "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  2. "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-10. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
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