1959–60 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

1959–60 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball


Conference	Big Ten Conference
1959–60 record	4-20 (1-10 Big Ten)
Head coach	William Perigo
MVP	John Tidwell
Captain	Terry Miller
Home arena	Yost Field House

	Conf				Overall
1959–60 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#3 Ohio State	13	–	1	.929	25	–	3	.893
#7 Indiana	11	–	3	.786	20	–	4	.833
Illinois	8	–	6	.571	16	–	7	.696
Minnesota	8	–	6	.571	12	–	12	.500
Northwestern	8	–	6	.571	11	–	12	.478
Iowa	6	–	8	.429	14	–	10	.583
Purdue	6	–	8	.429	11	–	12	.478
Michigan State	5	–	9	.357	10	–	11	.476
Wisconsin	4	–	10	.286	8	–	16	.333
Michigan	1	–	13	.071	4	–	20	.167

Rankings from http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-ten/1960.html

The 1959–60 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate basketball during the 1959–60 season. The team finished the season in 10th place in the Big Ten Conference with an overall record of 4-20 and 1-10 against conference opponents.^[1]

William Perigo was in his eighth and final year as the team's head coach. Junior John Tidwell was the team's leading scorer with 520 points in 24 games for an average of 21.6 points per game.^[1] Tidwell broke the Michigan record for single game scoring record on February 27, 1960, as he hit 17 of 25 field goals and seven of ten free throws for 41 points in a 72–65 win against Michigan State.^[2] Tidwell's 41 points also broke the Yost Fieldhouse record which had been set by Indiana's Don Schlundt with 29 points in 1953.^[2] Tidwell also broke the season scoring record with 520 points. At the end of the 1959–1960 basketball season, Tidwell was selected as the team's most valuable player and elected captain of the 1960–1961 team.^[3]

Lovell Farris led the team with 233 rebounds.^[1]

Statistical leaders

Player	Pos.	Yr	G	FG	FT	RB	Pts	PPG
John Tidwell		Jr.	24	201-482	118-159	147	520	21.6
Terry Miller			22	135-391	61-77	83	331	15.0
Lovell Farris			24	112-320	97-144	233	321	13.3
Scott Maentz			12	41-134	12-23	144	94	7.8
Dick Clark			11	24-58	12-25	57	60	5.5
Jon Hall			8	24-100	6-21	49	54	6.7
Dick Meyer			11	10-29	19-31	31	39	3.5
Bob Brown			10	15-53	4-17	92	34	3.4
Dick Donley			18	6-42	13-28	70	25	1.3
Totals			24	597-1739	357-550	1069	1551	64.6

Team players drafted into the NBA

One player from this team were selected in the NBA Draft.^[4]

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	NBA Club
1961	4	6	38	John Tidwell	Philadelphia Warriors

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "University of Michigan Basketball Record Book" (PDF). University of Michigan. p. 32-33.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Tidwell Sets Mark; Michigan Finally Wins". Chicago Daily Tribune. 1960-02-28.
↑ "Tidwell Wins Michigan Most Valuable Ballot". Chicago Daily Tribune. 1961-03-16.
↑ "1961 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-04-26.

Michigan Wolverines men's basketball

Venues	Waterman Gymnasium (1908–1923) Fielding H. Yost Fieldhouse (1923–1967) Crisler Center (1967–present)

Rivalries	Duke Michigan State

Culture & lore	Maize Rage Fab Five (film) Scandal Michigan IMG Sports Network

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics