1959–60 NYU Violets men's basketball team

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]

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
1959–60 Metropolitan New York Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 12 NYU40 1.000225  .815
No. 20 St. John's51 .833178  .680
St. Francis (NY)21 .667138  .619
Manhattan22 .5001311  .542
Fordham13 .250818  .308
CCNY15 .167414  .222
Brooklyn03 .000513  .278
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

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

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