1959–60 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

The 1959–60 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1959–60 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Under the third year of head coach Bill Chambers, the team finished the season 15–11 and 10–5 in the Southern Conference. William & Mary played its home games at Blow Gymnasium. This was the 55th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.

1959–60 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	15–11 (10–5 SoCon)
Head coach	Bill Chambers (3rd season)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

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 Indians finished in 3rd place in the conference and qualified for the 1960 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, held at the Richmond Arena. William & Mary defeated Furman in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to top-seeded West Virginia.

Program notes

• William & Mary played one team for the first time this season: Duquesne.
• Jeff Cohen, for the second consecutive year, was also named to the first team all-Southern Conference. Ben Vaughan was named to the second team.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
*		Virginia	W 82–70	1–0	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
		at VMI	W 79–78	2–0 (1–0)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 5*		at Tennessee	W 77–71	3–0	University of Tennessee Armory–Fieldhouse  Knoxville, TN
*		Hampden–Sydney	W 97–83	4–0	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
December 11*		vs. Duquesne Steel Bowl	L 52–53	4–1	Fitzgerald Field House  Pittsburgh, PA
December 12*		vs. St. John's (NY) Steel Bowl	L 65–77	4–2	Fitzgerald Field House  Pittsburgh, PA
*		Morris Harvey	W 95–82	5–2	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
		at George Washington	L 71–98	5–3 (1–1)	Fort Myer Gymnasium  Fort Myer, VA
December 28*		vs. Lafayette UR Invitational	L 63–81	5–4	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
December 29*		at Richmond UR Invitational	L 65–71	5–5	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
		Davidson	W 72–64	6–5 (2–1)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
January 9		at Richmond	W 90–76	7–5 (3–1)	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
January 11		vs. No. 3 West Virginia	L 74–94	7–6 (3–2)	WVU Field House  Morgantown, WV
January 14*		vs. Pittsburgh	L 69–75	7–7	Fitzgerald Field House  Pittsburgh, PA
		VPI	L 91–92	7–8 (3–3)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
January 30		vs. No. 4 West Virginia	W 94–86	8–8 (4–3)	Norfolk Municipal Auditorium  Norfolk, VA
		The Citadel	W 79–65	9–8 (5–3)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
February 6		Furman	W 101–68	10–8 (6–3)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
		at VPI	L 66–82	10–9 (6–4)	War Memorial Gymnasium  Blacksburg, VA
		VMI	W 89–67	11–9 (7–4)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
		George Washington	W 75–66	12–9 (8–4)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
February 15		at Furman	L 73–92	12–10 (8–5)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
		at Davidson	W 73–65	13–10 (9–5)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
February 20		Richmond	W 64–42	14–10 (10–5)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
1960 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament
February 25		at (6) Furman Quarterfinals	W 82–74	15–10	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
February 26		vs. No. 7 (2) West Virginia Semifinals	L 83–117	15–11	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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