1960–61 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

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1960–61 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
Big Ten Champions
ConferenceBig Ten
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 1
1960–61 record27–1 (14–0 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home arenaSt. John Arena
Seasons
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Ohio State 14 – 0   1.000 27 – 1   .964
No. 8 Iowa 10 – 4   .714 18 – 6   .750
Purdue 10 – 4   .714 16 – 7   .696
Indiana 8 – 6   .571 15 – 9   .625
Minnesota 8 – 6   .571 10 – 13   .435
Northwestern 6 – 8   .429 10 – 12   .455
Illinois 5 – 9   .357 9 – 15   .375
Wisconsin 4 – 10   .286 7 – 17   .292
Michigan State 3 – 11   .214 7 – 17   .292
Michigan 2 – 12   .143 6 – 18   .250
Rankings from https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-ten/1961.html

The 1960–61 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented Ohio State University. The team's head coach was Fred Taylor.

Roster[]

1960–61 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 3 Mel Nowell 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Jr East Columbus, Ohio
G 5 John Havlicek 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Bridgeport Bridgeport, Ohio
F/C 11 Jerry Lucas 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Middletown Middletown, Ohio
G 21 Larry Siegfried 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Shelby Shelby, Ohio
F 24 Bob Knight 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
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 Jr Orrville Orrville, Ohio
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

NCAA basketball tournament[]

Rankings[]

Main article: 1960–61 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final 
AP Not released 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
Coaches Not released 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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Awards and honors[]

Team players drafted into the NBA[]

Round Pick Player NBA Club
1 3 Larry Siegfried Cincinnati Royals

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References[]

  1. ^ "SCORE IS 70 TO 65; Ohio State's 32-Game Victory Streak Ends in Kansas City". The New York Times. March 26, 1961. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
  3. ^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 688–689. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
  4. ^ "1960-61 College Basketball Polls". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  5. ^ "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-06-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-18. Retrieved 2009-04-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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