1960-61 College Basketball Season Summary

National Champion: Cincinnati

Final Four: Cincinnati, Ohio State, St. Joseph's and Utah

Consensus Player of the Year: Jerry Lucas

AP First #1: Ohio State

AP Final #1: Ohio State

Conference Summary

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Athletic Association of Western Universities	5	72	55	.567	7.74	4.96	1	1	0	Southern California
2	Big Eight Conference	8	113	87	.565	6.72	5.63	1	1	0	Kansas State
3	Missouri Valley Conference	7	116	71	.620	6.32	4.50	2	1	1	Cincinnati
4	Big Ten Conference	10	125	115	.521	5.03	4.50	2	1	1	Ohio State
5	Mid-American Conference	7	84	82	.506	0.86	2.36	0	1	0	Ohio
6	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	112	98	.533	0.30	0.13	2	1	0	North Carolina	Wake Forest
7	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	106	100	.515	0.10	0.69	0	1	1	Colorado State, Utah
8	Independent	46	650	497	.567	-0.35	0.30	1	7	0
9	Ohio Valley Conference	7	89	81	.524	-1.37	0.31	0	1	0	Eastern Kentucky, Morehead State, Western Kentucky
10	Southeastern Conference	12	157	143	.523	-1.77	-1.37	0	1	0	Mississippi State
11	Metropolitan New York Conference	5	57	53	.518	-2.01	-0.57	0	1	0	St. John's (NY)
12	Southwest Conference	8	93	98	.487	-2.04	-1.10	0	1	0	Texas Tech
13	Southern Conference	9	116	102	.532	-3.40	-3.44	1	1	0	West Virginia	George Washington
14	West Coast Athletic Conference	7	99	85	.538	-6.26	-3.72	0	1	0	Loyola Marymount
15	Middle Atlantic Conference	10	136	102	.571	-6.70	-5.41	0	1	1	Saint Joseph's
16	Yankee Conference	2	29	22	.569	-7.95	-4.01	0	1	0	Rhode Island
17	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	6	84	68	.553	-8.07	-5.52	0	1	0	Arizona State, New Mexico State
18	Ivy League	8	95	100	.487	-9.24	-7.04	0	1	0	Princeton

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/13	12/20	12/27	1/3	1/10	1/17	1/24	1/31	2/7	2/14	2/21	2/28	Final
Duke	8	7	6	8	8	8	5	4	3	3	6	9	10
Colorado	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DePaul	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Memphis	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Louisville	9	5	5	4	4	5	8	8	10	-	-	-	-
Kentucky	20	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
West Virginia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	8	9
UCLA	13	14	16	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wichita State	16	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saint Louis	-	16	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purdue	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Utah State	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USC	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	8	8	10	10	7
Utah	18	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detroit	3	8	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Indiana	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NC State	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Auburn	11	9	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Illinois	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iowa	-	-	-	7	6	4	6	6	9	9	5	6	8
Ohio State	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Kansas	16	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vanderbilt	-	17	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
St. John's (NY)	7	6	7	5	5	9	7	7	-	-	-	-	-
UNC	5	10	11	6	7	6	4	5	6	7	7	5	5
Providence	-	13	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kansas State	20	12	12	-	9	10	-	10	7	6	8	7	4
Cincinnati	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	3	3	2
Dayton	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wake Forest	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bradley	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	6
Maryland	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Georgia Tech	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
St. Bonaventure	6	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Drake	-	20	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.

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