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

1959–60 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	† Tournament winner ; As of April 30, 1960; Rankings from AP Poll

1959–60 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
1959–60 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1959–60 record	15–11 (10–5 SoCon)
Head coach	Bill Chambers (3rd season);
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1958–59 1960–61 →

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, 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 time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
*	Virginia	W 82–70	1–0	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	at VMI	W 79–78	2–0 (1–0)	Cormack Field House Lexington, VA
December 5*	at Tennessee	W 77–71	3–0	University of Tennessee Armory–Fieldhouse Knoxville, TN
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 97–83	4–0	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
December 11*	vs. Duquesne Steel Bowl	L 52–53	4–1	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA
December 12*	vs. St. John's (NY) Steel Bowl	L 65–77	4–2	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA
*	Morris Harvey	W 95–82	5–2	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	at George Washington	L 71–98	5–3 (1–1)	Fort Myer, VA
December 28*	vs. Lafayette UR Invitational	L 63–81	5–4	Richmond Arena Richmond, VA
December 29*	at Richmond UR Invitational	L 65–71	5–5	Richmond Arena Richmond, VA
	Davidson	W 72–64	6–5 (2–1)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
January 9	at Richmond	W 90–76	7–5 (3–1)	Richmond Arena Richmond, VA
January 11	vs. No. 3 West Virginia	L 74–94	7–6 (3–2)	WVU Field House Morgantown, WV
January 14*	vs. Pittsburgh	L 69–75	7–7	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA
	VPI	L 91–92	7–8 (3–3)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
January 30	vs. No. 4 West Virginia	W 94–86	8–8 (4–3)	Norfolk Municipal Auditorium Norfolk, VA
	The Citadel	W 79–65	9–8 (5–3)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
February 6	Furman	W 101–68	10–8 (6–3)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	at VPI	L 66–82	10–9 (6–4)	War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, VA
	VMI	W 89–67	11–9 (7–4)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	George Washington	W 75–66	12–9 (8–4)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
February 15	at Furman	L 73–92	12–10 (8–5)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
	at Davidson	W 73–65	13–10 (9–5)	Johnston Gym Davidson, NC
February 20	Richmond	W 64–42	14–10 (10–5)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1960 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament
February 25	at (6) Furman Quarterfinals	W 82–74	15–10	Richmond Arena Richmond, VA
February 26	vs. No. 7 (2) West Virginia Semifinals	L 83–117	15–11	Richmond Arena Richmond, VA
*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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-10. Retrieved March 5, 2015.

[SR-1] "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.

[2] "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-10. Retrieved March 5, 2015.

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v t William & Mary Tribe men's basketball
Venues	Blow Gymnasium (1925–1971) Norfolk Municipal Auditorium (alternate; 1952–1965) Kaplan Arena (1971–present)
Culture & lore	Colonel Ebirt Griffin Scandal of 1951
People	Statistical leaders
Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 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 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1982–83 1997–98 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 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21

1959–60 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Virginia Tech	12	–	1	.923	20	–	6	.769
No. 5 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