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Season | 1959–60 | ||||
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Teams | 25 | ||||
Finals site | Cow Palace Daly City, California | ||||
Champions | Ohio State Buckeyes (1st title, "2nd title game," 5th Final Four) | ||||
Runner-up | California Golden Bears (2nd title game, 3rd Final Four) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Fred Taylor (1st title) | ||||
MOP | Jerry Lucas (Ohio State) | ||||
Attendance | 155,491 | ||||
Top scorer | Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati) (122 points) | ||||
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The 1960 NCAA University Division basketball tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the: national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball in theββUnited States. It began on March 7, 1960, and ended with the championship game on March 19 at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California (immediately south of San Francisco). A total of 29 games were played, including third-place game in each region and "a national third-place game."
Ohio State, coached by Fred Taylor, won the national title with a 75β55 victory in the final game over California, coached by Pete Newell. Jerry Lucas of Ohio State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
Locationsβ»
Round | Region | Site | Venue | Host |
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First round | East | New York, New York | Madison Square Garden | St. John's |
Mideast | Lexington, Kentucky | Memorial Coliseum | Kentucky | |
Midwest | Chicago, Illinois | Alumni Hall | DePaul | |
West | Corvallis, Oregon | Oregon State Coliseum | Oregon State | |
West | Provo, Utah | Smith Fieldhouse | Brigham Young | |
Regionals | East | Charlotte, North Carolina | Charlotte Coliseum | UNC Charlotte |
Mideast | Louisville, Kentucky | Freedom Hall | Louisville | |
Midwest | Manhattan, Kansas | Ahearn Field House | Kansas State | |
West | Seattle, Washington | Hec Edmundson Pavilion | Washington | |
Final Four | San Francisco, California | Cow Palace | San Francisco |
Teamsβ»
Region | Team | Coach | Conference | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
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East | ||||||
East | Connecticut | Hugh Greer | Yankee | First round | NYU | L 78β59 |
East | Duke | Vic Bubas | Atlantic Coast | Regional Runner-up | NYU | L 74β59 |
East | Navy | Ben Carnevale | Independent | First round | West Virginia | L 94β86 |
East | NYU | Lou Rossini | Metro NY | Fourth Place | Cincinnati | L 95β71 |
East | Princeton | Franklin Cappon | Ivy League | First round | Duke | L 84β60 |
East | Saint Joseph's | Jack Ramsay | Middle Atlantic | Regional Fourth Place | West Virginia | L 106β100 |
East | West Virginia | Fred Schaus | Southern | Regional third place | Saint Joseph's | W 106β100 |
Mideast | ||||||
Mideast | Georgia Tech | Whack Hyder | Southeastern | Regional Runner-up | Ohio State | L 86β69 |
Mideast | Miami | Bruce Hale | Independent | First round | Western Kentucky | L 107β84 |
Mideast | Notre Dame | John Jordan | Independent | First round | Ohio | L 74β66 |
Mideast | Ohio | James Snyder | Mid-American | Regional Fourth Place | Western Kentucky | L 97β87 |
Mideast | Ohio State | Fred Taylor | Big Ten | Champion | California | W 75β55 |
Mideast | Western Kentucky | Ed Diddle | Ohio Valley | Regional third place | Ohio | W 97β87 |
Midwest | ||||||
Midwest | Air Force | Bob Spear | Independent | First round | DePaul | L 69β63 |
Midwest | Cincinnati | George Smith | Missouri Valley | Third Place | NYU | W 95β71 |
Midwest | DePaul | Ray Meyer | Independent | Regional third place | Texas | W 67β61 |
Midwest | Kansas | Dick Harp | Big 8 | Regional Runner-up | Cincinnati | L 82β71 |
Midwest | Texas | Harold Bradley | Southwest | Regional Fourth Place | DePaul | L 67β61 |
West | ||||||
West | California | Pete Newell | AAWU | Runner Up | Ohio State | L 75β55 |
West | Idaho State | John Evans | Independent | First round | California | L 71β44 |
West | New Mexico State | Presley Askew | Border | First round | Oregon | L 68β60 |
West | Oregon | Steve Belko | Independent | Regional Runner-up | California | L 70β49 |
West | Santa Clara | Bob Feerick | West Coast Athletic | Regional Fourth Place | Utah | L 89β81 |
West | USC | Forrest Twogood | AAWU | First round | Utah | L 80β73 |
West | Utah | Jack Gardner | Mountain States | Regional third place | Santa Clara | W 89β81 |
Bracketβ»
* β Denotes overtime period
East regionβ»
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Duke | 84 | |||||||||||||
Princeton | 60 | |||||||||||||
Duke | 58 | |||||||||||||
Saint Joseph's | 56 | |||||||||||||
Duke | 59 | |||||||||||||
NYU | 74 | |||||||||||||
West Virginia | 94 | |||||||||||||
Navy | 86 | |||||||||||||
West Virginia | 81* | |||||||||||||
NYU | 82 | |||||||||||||
NYU | 78 | |||||||||||||
Connecticut | 59 |
Mideast regionβ»
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 57 | |||||||||||||
Ohio | 54 | |||||||||||||
Ohio | 74 | |||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 66 | |||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 69 | |||||||||||||
Ohio State | 86 | |||||||||||||
Ohio State | 98 | |||||||||||||
Western Kentucky | 79 | |||||||||||||
Western Kentucky | 107 | |||||||||||||
Miami (FL) | 84 |
Midwest regionβ»
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 99 | |||||||||||||
DePaul | 59 | |||||||||||||
DePaul | 69 | |||||||||||||
Air Force | 63 | |||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 82 | |||||||||||||
Kansas | 71 | |||||||||||||
Kansas | 90 | |||||||||||||
Texas | 81 |
West regionβ»
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Santa Clara | 49 | |||||||||||||
California | 69 | |||||||||||||
California | 71 | |||||||||||||
Idaho State | 44 | |||||||||||||
California | 70 | |||||||||||||
Oregon | 49 | |||||||||||||
Oregon | 68 | |||||||||||||
New Mexico State | 60 | |||||||||||||
Oregon | 65 | |||||||||||||
Utah | 54 | |||||||||||||
Utah | 80 | |||||||||||||
USC | 73 |
Final Fourβ»
National Semifinals | National Championship Game | ||||||||
E | NYU | 54 | |||||||
ME | Ohio State | 76 | |||||||
ME | Ohio State | 75 | |||||||
W | California | 55 | |||||||
MW | Cincinnati | 69 | |||||||
W | California | 77 |
National third-place gameβ»
National third-place game | ||||
MW | Cincinnati | 95 | ||
E | NYU | 71 |
Regional third-place gamesβ»
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See alsoβ»
- 1960 NCAA College Division basketball tournament
- 1960 National Invitation Tournament
- 1960 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
Referencesβ»
- ^ "1960 NCAA basketball tournament Bracket". sports-reference.com. Retrieved April 28, 2019.