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1959–60 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team

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1959–60 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball
Southern Conference champions
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 5
Record26-5 ( SoCon)
Head coach
Home arenaWVU Field House
Seasons
1959–60 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
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
Southern Conference Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959–60 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represented West Virginia University in the 1959–60 college basketball season. At the time, the Mountaineers were a member of the Southern Conference and coached by Fred Schaus in what proved to be his final year in Morgantown. After the season, he became head coach of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers, newly relocated from Minneapolis, where he was reunited with his graduated superstar player Jerry West.

NCAA basketball tournament

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  • East
    • West Virginia 94, Navy 86
    • NYU 82, West Virginia 81

The second game against NYU would later be infamous due to the university having at least one player (with potentially two others also being involved) from the university trying to rig the game in favor of West Virginia before later forgetting about it and trying to win the game for NYU. The player in question would later be implicated in the 1961 NCAA University Division men's basketball gambling scandal.[1][2]

Team players drafted into the NBA

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Round Pick Player NBA Club
1 2 Jerry West Minneapolis Lakers

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  • The Lakers participated in the draft as the Minneapolis Lakers, but moved to Los Angeles before the start of the 1960–61 season.

References

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  1. ^ Figone, Albert (2012). Cheating the Spread: Gamblers, Point Shavers, and Game Fixers in College Football and Basketball. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252037283., pp. 95-96
  2. ^ "1960 NCAA basketball tournament Bracket". databasesports.com. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  3. ^ "1960 NBA Draft on". Databasebasketball.com. Archived from the original on July 6, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2012.