1960 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1960 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 25–27, 1960 at the Richmond Arena in Richmond, Virginia. The West Virginia Mountaineeers, led by head coach Fred Schaus, won their sixth Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1960 NCAA Tournament.[1]
1960 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Richmond Arena Richmond, VA |
Champions | West Virginia (6th title) |
Winning coach | Fred Schaus (6th title) |
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments |
1959–60 Southern Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
Format
The top eight finishers of the conference's nine members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.
Bracket
Quarterfinals February 25 | Semifinals February 26 | Finals February 27 | ||||||||||||
1 | Virginia Tech | 78 | ||||||||||||
8 | Richmond | 58 | ||||||||||||
1 | Virginia Tech | 88 | ||||||||||||
5 | George Washington | 52 | ||||||||||||
4 | The Citadel | 60 | ||||||||||||
5 | George Washington | 74 | ||||||||||||
1 | Virginia Tech | 72 | ||||||||||||
2 | #7 West Virginia | 82 | ||||||||||||
2 | #7 West Virginia | 90 | ||||||||||||
7 | VMI | 83 | ||||||||||||
2 | #7 West Virginia | 117 | ||||||||||||
3 | William & Mary | 83 | ||||||||||||
3 | William & Mary | 82 | ||||||||||||
6 | Furman | 74 | ||||||||||||
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References
- Southern Conference Tournament Results. p. 18. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
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