1959–60 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team
1959–60 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball | |
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Yankee Conference Regular Season Champions | |
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, First Round | |
Conference | Yankee Conference |
1959–60 record | 17–9 (8–2 YC) |
Head coach | Hugh Greer (14th year) |
Home arena | Hugh S. Greer Field House |
The 1959–60 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1959–60 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 17–9 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Yankee Conference, where they ended the season with a 8–2 record. They were the Yankee Conference regular season champions and made it to the first round in the 1960 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Huskies played their home games at Hugh S. Greer Field House in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by fourteenth-year head coach Hugh Greer.[1][2]
Schedule
Date Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
12/1/1959* |
American International | W 82–52 | 1–0 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/5/1959* |
Yale | W 66–55 | 2–0 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/9/1959 |
at New Hampshire | W 75–51 | 3–0 (1–0) |
Lundholm Gym Durham, NH | |||||||
12/12/1959* |
Boston College | W 84–67 | 4–0 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/15/1959 |
at Massachusetts | L 60–62 | 4–1 (1–1) |
Curry Hicks Cage Amherst, MA | |||||||
12/19/1959* |
at Rutgers | W 74–62 | 5–1 |
College Avenue Gymnasium Newark, NJ | |||||||
12/22/1959* |
Santa Clara | L 47–54 | 5–2 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
1/2/1960* |
at Fordham | W 80–66 | 6–2 |
Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY | |||||||
1/5/1960 |
New Hampshire | W 75–52 | 7–2 (2–1) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
1/9/1960* |
Holy Cross | L 49–52 | 7–3 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
1/13/1960* |
Boston University | W 78–60 | 8–3 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
1/16/1960* |
at Niagara | L 72–112 | 8–4 |
Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY | |||||||
1/30/1960* |
Manhattan | W 64–56 | 9–4 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/2/1960* |
at Syracuse Rivalry |
L 64–65 | 9–5 |
Oncenter War Memorial Arena Syracuse, NY | |||||||
2/4/1960 |
at Vermont | W 71–65 | 10–5 (3–1) |
Burlington, VT | |||||||
2/6/1960 |
at Maine | L 74–75 | 10–6 (3–2) |
Memorial Gymnasium Orono, ME | |||||||
2/9/1960 |
at Rhode Island | W 66–62 | 11–6 (4–2) |
Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI | |||||||
2/12/1960 |
Maine | W 91–79 | 12–6 (5–2) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/13/1960* |
at Temple | L 67–69 | 12–7 |
Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
2/16/1960 |
Massachusetts | W 71–49 | 13–7 (6–2) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/20/1960* |
at Holy Cross | L 66–98 | 13–8 |
Worcester, MA | |||||||
2/23/1960* |
Canisius | W 96–66 | 14–8 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/27/1960 |
Vermont | W 84–73 | 15–8 (7–2) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
3/3/1960* |
Colgate | W 93–67 | 16–8 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
3/5/1960 |
Rhode Island | W 95–79 | 17–8 (8–2) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
3/8/1960* |
vs. NYU First Round |
L 59–78 | 17–9 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |
References
- 1 2 2012 Connecticut Basketball History (PDF). UConn Huskies. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ↑ Davis, Ken (September 30, 2010). The University of Connecticut Basketball Vault: The History of the Huskies. Atlanta, GA: Whitman LLC. ISBN 0794828035.
- ↑ "Connecticut Men's Basketball Archive Schedule". UConn Huskies. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
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