1959–60 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1959–60 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1959–60 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Big Eight Co-Champions
NCAA tournament, Regional Finals
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	19–9 (10–4 Big 8)
Head coach	Dick Harp (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Jerry Waugh (4th season); Jack Wolfe (1st season);
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1958–59 1960–61 →

1959–60 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Kansas	10	–	4	.714	19	–	9	.679
Kansas State	10	–	4	.714	16	–	10	.615
Oklahoma	9	–	5	.643	14	–	11	.560
Colorado	7	–	7	.500	13	–	11	.542
Iowa State	7	–	7	.500	15	–	9	.625
Missouri	5	–	9	.357	12	–	13	.480
Oklahoma State	4	–	10	.286	10	–	15	.400
Nebraska	4	–	10	.286	7	–	17	.292

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1959–60 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1959–60 college men's basketball season.

Roster

Wayne Hightower
Bill Bridges
Jerry Gardner
Al Donaghue
Bob Hickman
Dee Ketchum
Butch Myers
Al Correll
Jim Hoffman
Dick Gisel
Bill Goetze
Bill Elstun
Larry Sterlin
Ken Hensley
Howard Parker
Pete Woodward

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 5*	at Northwestern	W 76–67	1-0	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
December 7*	Texas Tech	W 85–71	2-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 11*	vs. North Carolina	L 49–60	2-1	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
December 12*	at NC State	W 80–58	3-1	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
December 14*	Kentucky	L 72–77 ^OT	3-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 18*	San Francisco	W 73–42	4-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 19*	vs. BYU	W 96–64	5-2	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
December 22*	at No. 7 Saint Louis	L 59–66	5-3	Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, MO
December 28	vs. Oklahoma State	W 67–59	6-3	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 29	vs. Oklahoma	W 55–54	7-3	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 30	vs. Iowa State	L 70–83	7-4	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
January 9	at Nebraska	W 60–47	8-4 (1-0)	Nebraska Coliseum Stillwater, OK
January 11	at Colorado	L 61–65	8-5 (1-1)	Balch Fieldhouse Boulder, CO
January 16	Missouri Border War	W 79–63	9-5 (2-1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 18	Oklahoma State	L 49–62	9-6 (2-2)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 23	at Iowa State	L 60–72	9-7 (2-3)	The Armory Ames, IA
February 6	Iowa State	W 70–64	10-7 (3-3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 10	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 64–62	11-7 (4-3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 13	at Oklahoma State	W 64–52	12-7 (5-3)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 15	at Oklahoma	W 54–53	13-7 (6-3)	Field House Norman, OK
February 20	Colorado	W 75–67	14-7 (7-3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 24	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 57–68	14-8 (7-4)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
February 27	at Missouri Border War	W 85–72	15-8 (8-4)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, MO
March 1	Oklahoma	W 65–52	16-8 (9-4)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 7	Nebraska	W 79–74	17-8 (10-4)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 9	at Kansas State	W 84–82	18-8	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
March 11	vs. Texas NCAA regional semifinals	W 90–81	19-8	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
March 12	vs. No. 1 Cincinnati NCAA Regional Finals	L 71–82	19-9	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1959-60 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
^ 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.
^ 2012-13 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Accessed 2013-Aug-11.

[1] sports-reference.com 1959-60 Big Eight Conference Season Summary

[KU_Media_Guide-2] 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

[3] 2012-13 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Accessed 2013-Aug-11.

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v t e Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Venues	Robinson Gymnasium (1907–1927) Hoch Auditorium (1927–1955) Allen Fieldhouse (1955–present)
Rivalries	Kansas State Missouri
Culture & lore	Big Jay Baby Jay Blue blood status Champions Classic "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" Jayhawkers
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 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 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 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 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics