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

American college basketball season August 2023 December 2025 Basketball 1959–60 William & Mary Indians Southern Conference SoCon 15–11 10–5 Bill Chambers 3rd Blow Gymnasium 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.William & Mary season-by-season results sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2015 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/william-mary/ March 5, 2015 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 no no no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| Regular season yes 1959 men Virginia Cavaliers Virginia Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 82–70 1–0 yes VMI Cormack Field House Lexington, VA 79–78 2–0 (1–0) December 5 yes yes 1959 men Tennessee Volunteers Tennessee University of Tennessee Armory–Fieldhouse Knoxville, TN 77–71 3–0 yes Hampden–Sydney Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 97–83 4–0 December 11 yes yes 1959 men Duquesne Dukes Duquesne Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA Steel Bowl 52–53 4–1 December 12 yes yes 1959 men St. John's Red Storm St. John's (NY) Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA Steel Bowl 65–77 4–2 yes Morris Harvey Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 95–82 5–2 yes 1959 men George Washington Colonials George Washington Fort Myer Gymnasium Fort Myer, VA 71–98 5–3 (1–1) December 28 yes yes 1959 men Lafayette Leopards Lafayette Richmond Arena Richmond, VA UR Invitational 63–81 5–4 December 29 yes yes 1959 men Richmond Spiders Richmond Richmond Arena Richmond, VA UR Invitational 65–71 5–5 1959 men Davidson Wildcats Davidson Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 72–64 6–5 (2–1) January 9 yes Richmond Richmond Arena Richmond, VA 90–76 7–5 (3–1) January 11 yes West Virginia 3 WVU Field House Morgantown, WV 74–94 7–6 (3–2) January 14 yes yes 1959 men Pittsburgh Panthers Pittsburgh Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA 69–75 7–7 1959 men Virginia Tech Hokies VPI Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 91–92 7–8 (3–3) January 30 yes West Virginia 4 Norfolk Municipal Auditorium Norfolk, VA 94–86 8–8 (4–3) The Citadel Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 79–65 9–8 (5–3) February 6 1959 men Furman Paladins Furman Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 101–68 10–8 (6–3) yes VPI War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, VA 66–82 10–9 (6–4) VMI Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 89–67 11–9 (7–4) George Washington Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 75–66 12–9 (8–4) February 15 yes Furman Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC 73–92 12–10 (8–5) yes Davidson Johnston Gym Davidson, NC 73–65 13–10 (9–5) February 20 Richmond Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 64–42 14–10 (10–5) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| 1960 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament February 25 yes (6) Furman Richmond Arena Richmond, VA Quarterfinals 82–74 15–10 February 26 yes (2) West Virginia 7 Richmond Arena Richmond, VA Semifinals 83–117 15–11 SourceWilliam & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records Year-by-year records College of William & Mary 2015 http://www.tribeathletics.com/fls/25100/data_import/files/mbb/history/yby.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=25100 March 5, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150210015121/http://www.tribeathletics.com/fls/25100/data_import/files/mbb/history/yby.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=25100 2015-02-10 dead References Category:William & Mary Tribe men's basketball seasons William and Mary Indians William and Mary Indians Men's Basketball Team Category:1959 in sports in Virginia