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1959-60 Ohio State Buckeyes Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 25-3 (13-1, 1st in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 3rd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Fred Taylor

PS/G: 90.4 (1st of 181)

PA/G: 69.8 (85th of 181)

SRS: 25.88 (2nd of 175)

SOS: 5.21 (23rd of 175)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (98-79) versus Western Kentucky
Won Mideast Regional Final (86-69) versus Georgia Tech
Won National Semifinal (76-54) versus New York University
Won National Final (75-55) versus California

NCAA Champion
Big Ten Reg Season Champ

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AP Poll Summary

1959-60 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/21	12/28	1/4	1/11	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	2/29	Final
Ohio State	3	5	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	2	2	3

Schedules prior to the 1992-93 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Tue, Dec 1, 1959	REG		Wake Forest	ACC	12.02	W	77	69		1	0	W 1	St. John Arena
2	Thu, Dec 3, 1959	REG		Memphis	Ind	10.46	W	94	55		2	0	W 2	St. John Arena
3	Sat, Dec 5, 1959	REG		Pittsburgh	Ind	-3.76	W	94	49		3	0	W 3	St. John Arena
4	Mon, Dec 7, 1959	REG		Butler	Ind	1.70	W	99	66		4	0	W 4	St. John Arena
5	Thu, Dec 10, 1959	REG	@	Saint Louis	MVC	13.87	W	81	74		5	0	W 5	Kiel Auditorium
6	Fri, Dec 18, 1959	REG	@	Butler	Ind	1.70	W	96	68		6	0	W 6	Hinkle Fieldhouse
7	Mon, Dec 21, 1959	REG	@	Utah (6)	MSAC	10.35	L	92	97		6	1	L 1	Nielsen Field House
8	Tue, Dec 22, 1959	REG	@	Brigham Young	MSAC	-5.73	W	91	79		7	1	W 1	George Albert Smith Field House
9	Mon, Dec 28, 1959	REG	@	Kentucky (13)	SEC	9.28	L	93	96		7	2	L 1	Memorial Coliseum
10	Mon, Jan 4, 1960	REG		Illinois (9)	Big Ten	9.95	W	97	73		8	2	W 1	St. John Arena
11	Sat, Jan 9, 1960	REG		Indiana (11)	Big Ten	14.94	W	96	95		9	2	W 2	St. John Arena
12	Mon, Jan 11, 1960	REG		Delaware	Mid-Atl	-27.09	W	109	38		10	2	W 3	St. John Arena
13	Sat, Jan 16, 1960	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	3.16	W	81	64		11	2	W 4	St. John Arena
14	Sat, Jan 23, 1960	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	5.10	W	85	71		12	2	W 5	Lambert Fieldhouse
15	Sat, Jan 30, 1960	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	7.42	W	111	79		13	2	W 6	St. John Arena
16	Mon, Feb 1, 1960	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	-7.71	W	99	52		14	2	W 7	St. John Arena
17	Sat, Feb 6, 1960	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	3.16	W	77	58		15	2	W 8	Welsh-Ryan Arena
18	Mon, Feb 8, 1960	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	-2.55	W	106	69		16	2	W 9	Wisconsin Field House
19	Sat, Feb 13, 1960	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	7.20	W	75	47		17	2	W 10	St. John Arena
20	Mon, Feb 15, 1960	REG	@	Illinois (20)	Big Ten	9.95	W	109	81		18	2	W 11	Huff Hall
21	Sat, Feb 20, 1960	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	7.42	W	84	83		19	2	W 12	Jenison Field House
22	Sat, Feb 27, 1960	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	-2.55	W	93	68		20	2	W 13	St. John Arena
23	Mon, Feb 29, 1960	REG	@	Indiana (12)	Big Ten	14.94	L	83	99		20	3	L 1	Field House
24	Sat, Mar 5, 1960	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	8.06	W	75	66		21	3	W 1	Williams Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
25	Fri, Mar 11, 1960	NCAA	N	Western Kentucky	OVC	6.03	W	98	79		22	3	W 2	Freedom Hall
26	Sat, Mar 12, 1960	NCAA	N	Georgia Tech (13)	SEC	8.46	W	86	69		23	3	W 3	Freedom Hall
27	Fri, Mar 18, 1960	NCAA	N	New York University (12)	Metro NY	8.93	W	76	54		24	3	W 4	Cow Palace
28	Sat, Mar 19, 1960	NCAA	N	California (2)	AAWU	21.03	W	75	55		25	3	W 5	Cow Palace