1960 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1960 NCAA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament
Teams 25
Finals site Cow Palace
Daly City, California
Champions Ohio State (1st title, 2nd title game,
5th Final Four)
Runner-up California (2nd title game,
3rd Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Fred Taylor (1st title)
MOP Jerry Lucas Ohio State
Attendance 155,491
Top scorer Oscar Robertson Cincinnati
(122 points)
NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments
«1959 1961»

The 1960 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball in the United States. It began on March 7, 1960, and ended with the championship game on March 19 in Daly City, California (immediately south of San Francisco). A total of 29 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.

Ohio State, coached by Fred Taylor, won the national title with a 75-55 victory in the final game over California, coached by Pete Newell. Jerry Lucas of Ohio State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Locations

Region Site Other Locations
East Charlotte, North Carolina New York City, New York
Mideast Louisville, Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky
Midwest Manhattan, Kansas Chicago, Illinois
West Seattle, Washington Corvallis, Oregon, Provo, Utah
Finals Daly City, California

Teams

Region Seed Team Coach Finished Final Opponent Score
East
East n/a Connecticut Hugh Greer First roundNYUL 78-59
East n/a Duke Vic Bubas Regional Runner-upNYUL 74-59
East n/a Navy Ben Carnevale First roundWest VirginiaL 94-86
East n/a NYU Lou Rossini Fourth PlaceCincinnatiL 95-71
East n/a Princeton Franklin Cappon First roundDukeL 84-60
East n/a Saint Joseph's Jack Ramsay Regional Fourth PlaceWest VirginiaL 106-100
East n/a West Virginia Fred Schaus Regional Third PlaceSaint Joseph'sW 106-100
Mideast
Mideast n/a Georgia Tech Whack Hyder Regional Runner-upOhio StateL 86-69
Mideast n/a Miami, Florida Bruce Hale First roundWestern KentuckyL 107-84
Mideast n/a Notre Dame John Jordan Round of 32OhioL 74-66
Mideast n/a Ohio James Snyder Regional Fourth PlaceWestern KentuckyL 97-87
Mideast n/a Ohio State Fred Taylor ChampionCaliforniaW 75-55
Mideast n/a Western Kentucky Ed Diddle Regional Third PlaceOhioW 97-87
Midwest
Midwest n/a Air Force Bob Spear First roundDePaulL 69-63
Midwest n/a Cincinnati George Smith Third PlaceNYUW 95-71
Midwest n/a DePaul Ray Meyer Regional Third PlaceTexasW 67-61
Midwest n/a Kansas Dick Harp Regional Runner-upCincinnatiL 82-71
Midwest n/a Texas Harold Bradley Regional Fourth PlaceDePaulL 67-61
West
West n/a California Pete Newell Runner UpOhio StateL 75-55
West n/a Idaho State John Evans First roundCaliforniaL 71-44
West n/a New Mexico State Presley Askew First roundOregonL 68-60
West n/a Oregon Steve Belko Regional Runner-upCaliforniaL 70-49
West n/a Santa Clara Bob Feerick Regional Fourth PlaceUtahL 89-81
West n/a USC Forrest Twogood First roundUtahL 80-73
West n/a Utah Jack Gardner Regional Third PlaceSanta ClaraW 89-81

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

East region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
     Duke 84  
   Princeton 60  
     Duke 58  
       St. Joseph's 56  
      
          
       Duke 59
     NYU 74
     West Virginia 94  
   Navy 86  
   West Virginia 81*
       NYU 82  
   NYU 78
     Connecticut 59  

Mideast region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     Georgia Tech 57  
       Ohio 54  
   Ohio 74
     Notre Dame 66  
       Georgia Tech 69
     Ohio St. 86
          
        
   Ohio St. 98
       Western Kentucky 79  
   Western Kentucky 107
     Miami (FL) 84  

Midwest region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     Cincinnati 99  
       DePaul 59  
   DePaul 69
     Air Force 63  
       Cincinnati 82
     Kansas 71
          
        
   Kansas 90
       Texas 81  
      

West region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     Santa Clara 49  
       California 69  
   California 71
     Idaho St 44  
       California 70
     Oregon 49
     Oregon 68  
   New Mexico St. 60  
   Oregon 65
       Utah 54  
   Utah 80
     Southern California 73  

Final Four

National Semifinals National Championship Game
      
E NYU 54
ME Ohio St. 76
ME Ohio St. 75
W California 55
MW Cincinnati 69
W California 77

National Third Place Game

National Third Place Game [1]
   
MW Cincinnati 95
E NYU 71

Regional Third Place Games

East Regional Third Place
   
West Virginia 106
St Joseph's 100
Mideast Regional Third Place
   
Western Kentucky 97
Ohio 87
Midwest Regional Third Place
   
DePaul 67
Texas 61
West Regional Third Place
   
Utah 89
Santa Clara 81

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1954 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket". Retrieved October 14, 2011.
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