1960–61 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1960–61 Connecticut Huskies Yankee Conference YC 11–13 6–4 Hugh Greer 15th Don Burns Nick Rodis Hugh S. Greer Field House The 1960–61 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1960–61 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with an 11–13 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Yankee Conference, where they ended the season with a 6–4 record. The Huskies played their home games at Hugh S. Greer Field House in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by fifteenth-year head coach Hugh Greer.http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/conn/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/historicalsupplement.pdf UConn Huskies 2012 Connecticut Basketball History 14 November 2015 6 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151106045704/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/conn/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/historicalsupplement.pdf deadDavis Ken September 30, 2010 The University of Connecticut Basketball Vault: The History of the Huskies Atlanta, GA Whitman LLC 0794828035 During this season, three of Connecticut's players from this season's team in Glenn Cross, Pete Kelly, and Jack Rose (alongside a Connecticut football player named William Minnerly) were discovered to have been involved in the 1961 NCAA University Division men's basketball gambling scandal after noting a fix was going down on the March 3, 1961 game against Colgate University, which resulted in a 71–30 blowout win for Colgate.Figone Albert 2012 Cheating the Spread: Gamblers, Point Shavers, and Game Fixers in College Football and Basketball Urbana: University of Illinois Press 9780252037283, pg. 103 This led to the three players receiving permanent bannings from the NBA entirely, as well as the undergraduate players being expelled from the University of Connecticut following this season's conclusion. Schedule yes |- !colspan=12 style="Connecticut Huskies"| Regular Season 12/1/1960 yes American International Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT 78–56   1–0 12/3/1960 yes yes Yale Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT 55–63   1–1 12/9/1960 yes yes Boston College Roberts Center Boston, MA 96–110   1–2 12/13/1960 Massachusetts Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT 72–70   2–2 (1–0) 12/15/1960 yes Vermont Burlington, VT 84–73   3–2 (2–0) 12/17/1960 yes Fordham Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT 74–71   4–2 12/20/1960 yes Brown Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT 85–71   5–2 12/31/1960 yes yes Drake Buffalo, NY Queen City Invitational 81–90   5–3 1/2/1961 yes yes Princeton Buffalo, NY Queen City Invitational 68–76   5–4 1/4/1961 yes Rutgers Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT 95–74   6–4 1/7/1961 yes yes Holy Cross Worcester, MA 85–103   6–5 1/10/1961 yes yes Boston University Boston, MA 73–77   6–6 1/12/1961 yes New Hampshire Lundholm Gym Durham, NH 79–77   7–6 (3–0) 1/14/1961 Rhode Island Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT 74–68   8–6 (4–0) 1/28/1961 Vermont Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT 81–61   9–6 (5–0) 1/31/1961 yes Maine Memorial Gymnasium Orono, ME 55–74   9–7 (5–1) 2/2/1961 yes yes Manhattan New York, NY 73–71   10–7 2/8/1961 New Hampshire Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT 84–91   10–8 (5–2) 2/11/1961 Maine Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT 73–60   11–8 (6–2) 2/14/1961 yes Massachusetts Curry Hicks Cage Amherst, MA 54–74   11–9 (6–3) 2/18/1961 yes Holy Cross Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT 89–98   11–10 2/25/1961 yes yes Georgetown McDonough Gymnasium Washington, D.C. Rivalry 80–99   11–11 3/3/1961 yes yes Colgate Cotterell Court Hamilton, NY 30–71   11–12 3/4/1961 yes Rhode Island Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI 61–73   11–13 (6–4) Eastern Time Schedule Source:Connecticut Men's Basketball Archive Schedule http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/conn-m-baskbl-sched-1960.html UConn Huskies 14 November 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160706081528/http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/conn-m-baskbl-sched-1960.html July 6, 2016 References Category:UConn Huskies men's basketball seasons Connecticut Category:1960 in sports in Connecticut Category:1961 in sports in Connecticut