1959–60 NYU Violets men's basketball team
| 1959–60 NYU Violets men's basketball | |
|---|---|
Metropolitan New York Conference champions | |
1960 NCAA Tournament, Final Four | |
| Conference | Metropolitan New York Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 12 |
| AP | No. 12 |
| Record | 22–5 (4–0 MNYC) |
| Head coach | |
| Captain | Tom Sanders |
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| 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b "1959-60 New York University Violets Roster and Stats". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
- ^ a b "New York University Violets Index". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
- ^ 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