1960 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1960 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Richmond Arena
Richmond, VA
Champions West Virginia (6th title)
Winning coach Fred Schaus (6th title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1959  1961»
1959–60 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Virginia Tech 12 1   .923     20 6   .769
West Virginia 9 2   .818     26 5   .839
William & Mary 10 5   .667     15 11   .577
The Citadel 8 4   .667     15 8   .652
George Washington 7 5   .583     15 11   .577
Furman 6 7   .462     9 16   .360
VMI 3 11   .214     4 16   .200
Richmond 2 12   .143     7 18   .280
Davidson 0 10   .000     5 19   .208
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1960; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1960 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 25–27, 1960 at the Richmond Arena in Richmond, Virginia. The West Virginia Mountaineeers, led by head coach Fred Schaus, won their sixth Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1960 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Format

The top eight finishers of the conference's nine members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
February 25
Semifinals
February 26
Finals
February 27
         
1 Virginia Tech 78
8 Richmond 58
1 Virginia Tech 88
5 George Washington 52
4 The Citadel 60
5 George Washington 74
1 Virginia Tech 72
2 West Virginia 82
2 West Virginia 90
7 VMI 83
2 West Virginia 117
3 William & Mary 83
3 William & Mary 82
6 Furman 74

* Overtime game

See also

References

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