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

1959–60 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1959–60 record	15–11 (10–5 SoCon)
Head coach	Bill Chambers (3rd year)
MVP	Jeff Cohen
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

	Conf				Overall
1959–60 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Virginia Tech	12	–	1	.923	20	–	6	.769
West Virginia †	9	–	2	.818	26	–	5	.839
William & Mary	10	–	5	.667	15	–	11	.577
The Citadel	8	–	4	.667	15	–	8	.652
George Washington	7	–	5	.583	15	–	11	.577
Furman	6	–	7	.462	9	–	16	.360
VMI	3	–	11	.214	4	–	16	.200
Richmond	2	–	12	.143	7	–	18	.280
Davidson	0	–	10	.000	5	–	19	.208

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1960; Rankings from AP Poll

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]

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 was named the Southern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year, the first ever conference player of the year award for a William & Mary player. The only other players to be named conference players of the year (SoCon, ECAC South, or CAA) have been Tom Jasper in 1970–71 and Marcus Thornton in 2014–15.
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	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
*	Virginia	W 82–70	1–0	Blow Gymnasium
	at VMI	W 79–78	2–0 (1–0)	Cormack Field House
December 5*	at Tennessee	W 77–71	3–0	University of Tennessee Armory–Fieldhouse
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 97–83	4–0	Blow Gymnasium
December 11*	vs. Duquesne (Steel Bowl)	L 52–53	4–1	Fitzgerald Field House
December 12*	vs. St. John's (NY) (Steel Bowl)	L 65–77	4–2	Fitzgerald Field House
*	Morris Harvey	W 95–82	5–2	Blow Gymnasium
	at George Washington	L 71–98	5–3 (1–1)	Fort Myer Gymnasium
December 28*	vs. Lafayette (UR Invitational)	L 63–81	5–4	Richmond Arena
December 29*	at Richmond (UR Invitational)	L 65–71	5–5	Richmond Arena
	Davidson	W 72–64	6–5 (2–1)	Blow Gymnasium
January 9	at Richmond	W 90–76	7–5 (3–1)	Richmond Arena
January 11	vs. #3 West Virginia	L 74–94	7–6 (3–2)	WVU Field House
January 14*	vs. Pittsburgh	L 69–75	7–7	Fitzgerald Field House
	VPI	L 91–92	7–8 (3–3)	Blow Gymnasium
January 30	vs. #4 West Virginia	W 94–86	8–8 (4–3)	Norfolk Municipal Auditorium
	The Citadel	W 79–65	9–8 (5–3)	Blow Gymnasium
February 6	Furman	W 101–68	10–8 (6–3)	Blow Gymnasium
	at VPI	L 66–82	10–9 (6–4)	War Memorial Gymnasium
	VMI	W 89–67	11–9 (7–4)	Blow Gymnasium
	George Washington	W 75–66	12–9 (8–4)	Blow Gymnasium
February 15	at Furman	L 73–92	12–10 (8–5)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium
	at Davidson	W 73–65	13–10 (9–5)	Johnston Gym
February 20	Richmond	W 64–42	14–10 (10–5)	Blow Gymnasium
1960 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament
February 25	at (6) Furman (Quarterfinals)	W 82–74	15–10	Richmond Arena
February 26	vs. #7 (2) West Virginia (Semifinals)	L 83–117	15–11	Richmond Arena
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[2]

References

↑ "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
↑ "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.

William & Mary Tribe men's basketball

Venues	Blow Gymnasium (1925–1971) Kaplan Arena at William & Mary Hall (1971–present)

Culture & lore	Records Retired jerseys Hershberger Award hoax Griffin Colonel Ebirt Scandal of 1951

People	Head coaches

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