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1959–60 NYU Violets men's basketball team

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1959–60 NYU Violets men's basketball
ConferenceMetropolitan New York Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 12
Record22–5 (4–0 MNYC)
Head coach
CaptainTom Sanders
Seasons
1959–60 Metropolitan New York Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 12 NYU 4 0   1.000 22 5   .815
No. 20 St. John's 5 1   .833 17 8   .680
St. Francis (NY) 2 1   .667 13 8   .619
Manhattan 2 2   .500 13 11   .542
Fordham 1 3   .250 8 18   .308
CCNY 1 5   .167 4 14   .222
Brooklyn 0 3   .000 5 13   .278
Rankings from AP Poll


The 1959–60 NYU Violets men's basketball team represented New York University in intercollegiate basketball during the 1959–60 season. The team finished the season with a 22–5 overall record while winning the Metropolitan New York Conference with a perfect 4–0 record in league play.[1] The Violets earned their second NCAA Division I basketball tournament Final Four appearance (their first was in 1944–45).[2] They were led by second-year head coach Lou Rossini.[2] During this season and the season after that, at least one of New York University's players in Ray Paprocky (with potentially two more players also in mind) was involved with the 1961 NCAA University Division men's basketball gambling scandal once that situation came to light a season later. However, due to the discovery not taking place until a full season later combined with the university not finishing with a top 3 finish, New York University would not rescind their Final Four appearance afterward.[3]

Roster

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Source[1]

Name Games
played
Total
points
PPG
Tom Sanders 27 577 21.2
Ray Paprocky 26 350 13.4
R. Cunningham 27 301 11.1
Al Barden 27 291 10.8
Al Filardi 27 143 5.3
Jim Reiss 26 102 3.9
Art Loche 27 99 3.7
Mike DiNapoli 19 62 3.3
Bob Bigelow 8 10 1.3
Rit Keith 10 10 1.0
Leo Murphy 17 16 0.9
Bob Regan 11 11 0.9
Bernie Mlodinoff 15 11 0.7
Bill McBain 6 5 0.8

References

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  1. ^ a b "1959-60 New York University Violets Roster and Stats". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "New York University Violets Index". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  3. ^ 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