1959–60 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

1959–60 California Golden Bears men's basketball
1959–60 California Golden Bears men's basketball
Athletic Association of Western Universities Champions; NCAA tournament, runner-up
National Championship Game, ; L 55-75 vs. Ohio State
Conference	Athletic Association of Western Universities
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 2
Record	28–2 (11–1 AAWU)
Head coach	Pete Newell (6th season);
Assistant coach	Rene Herrerias (4th season)
Home arena	Harmon Gym
	Seasons ← 1958–59 1960–61 →

1959–60 AAWU Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 California	11	–	1	.917	28	–	2	.933
UCLA	7	–	5	.583	14	–	12	.538
USC	5	–	7	.417	16	–	11	.593
Stanford	4	–	7	.364	11	–	14	.440
Washington	2	–	9	.182	15	–	13	.536

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1959–60 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in NCAA University Division basketball competition. Led by sixth-year head coach Pete Newell, serving in his final season at the school, the Golden Bears made their second consecutive, and most recent, Final Four. Cal finished as runner-up in the 1960 NCAA Tournament, losing to Ohio State in the championship game.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
		Dick Doughty	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Sr	Oakland, California
F		Tandy Gillis	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Sr	Long Beach, California
C	40	Darrall Imhoff	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	Sr	Alhambra, California
		Jerry Mann	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Sr	San Francisco, California
F	42	Bill McClintock	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Jr	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
G		Earl Shultz	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Jr	South Gate, California
F		Dave Stafford	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Jr
G		Bobby Wendell	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	—	Jr

Head coach

Pete Newell (Loyola Marymount)

Assistant coach(es)

Rene Herrerias (San Francisco)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 29, 2021

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Dec 4, 1959*		at UC Santa Barbara	W 59–47	1–0	Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, California
Dec 8, 1959*		at San Francisco	W 65–40	2–0	War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, California
Dec 12, 1959*		San Jose State	W 54–43	3–0	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Dec 18, 1959*		Colorado	W 51–47	4–0	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Dec 19, 1959*		Colorado	W 79–46	5–0	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Dec 23, 1959*	No. 4	No. 11 Michigan State	W 71–60	6–0	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Dec 28, 1959*	No. 3	No. 8 Illinois Los Angeles Basketball Classic	W 62–48	7–0	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (10,838) Los Angeles, California
Dec 29, 1959*	No. 3	at USC Los Angeles Basketball Classic	W 65–61 ^OT	8–0	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
Dec 30, 1959*	No. 3	vs. No. 2 West Virginia Los Angeles Basketball Classic	W 65–45	9–0	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
Jan 2, 1960	No. 3	at USC	L 57–65	9–1 (0–1)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
Jan 4, 1960	No. 3	at No. 10 USC	W 60–45	10–1 (1–1)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
Jan 8, 1960	No. 2	UCLA	W 59–47	11–1 (2–1)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Jan 9, 1960	No. 2	at Stanford	W 52–43	12–1 (3–1)	Old Pavilion Stanford, California
Jan 15, 1960*	No. 2	Washington State	W 54–43	13–1	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Jan 16, 1960	No. 2	Washington	W 79–39	14–1 (4–1)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Jan 29, 1960*	No. 3	Oregon	W 70–45	15–1	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Jan 30, 1960*	No. 3	Oregon State	W 67–48	16–1	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Feb 5, 1960	No. 3	Washington	W 68–53	17–1 (5–1)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Feb 12, 1960*	No. 3	USC	W 57–46	18–1 (6–1)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Feb 13, 1960	No. 3	UCLA	W 53–45	19–1 (7–1)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Feb 20, 1960	No. 3	at UCLA	W 67–57	20–1 (8–1)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
Feb 26, 1960	No. 4	at Washington	W 54–47	21–1 (9–1)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington
Feb 27, 1960*	No. 4	at Oregon State	W 62–47	22–1	Oregon State Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon
Mar 4, 1960	No. 3	Stanford	W 51–42	23–1 (10–1)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Mar 5, 1960	No. 3	at Stanford	W 70–51	24–1 (11–1)	Old Pavilion Stanford, California
NCAA Tournament
Mar 8, 1960*	No. 2	vs. Idaho State	W 71–44	25–1	War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, California
Mar 11, 1960*	No. 2	vs. Santa Clara Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixten	W 69–49	26–1	Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington
Mar 12, 1960*	No. 2	vs. Oregon Regional final – Elite Eight	W 70–49	27–1	Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington
Mar 18, 1960*	No. 2	vs. No. 1 Cincinnati National semifinal – Final Four	W 77–69	28–1	Cow Palace Daly City, California
Mar 19, 1960*	No. 2	vs. No. 3 Ohio State National Championship Game	L 55–75	28–2	Cow Palace Daly City, California
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

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Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
AP	Not released		4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2
Coaches	2	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1

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Awards and honors

Darrall Imhoff – Consensus First-team All-American
Pete Newell – Henry Iba Award, NABC Coach of the Year, UPI College Basketball Coach of the Year

1960 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Team
1	3	Darrall Imhoff	New York Knicks

References

^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
^ "2020-21 Cal Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Cal Athletics. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 679–680. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
^ "1959-60 College Basketball Polls". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 29, 2021.

[1] "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.

[2] "2020-21 Cal Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Cal Athletics. Retrieved December 29, 2021.

[ESPN-3] *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 679–680. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[4] "1959-60 College Basketball Polls". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 29, 2021.

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v t e California Golden Bears men's basketball
Venues	Original Harmon Gym (1907–1933) Oakland Civic Auditorium (alternate, 1914–1933) Oakland Coliseum-Arena (1997–1999) Haas Pavilion (1933–1997, 1999–present)
Culture & lore	The Bench Oski "Fight for California" "Big C"
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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
Premo-Poretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championship in bolded italics