# 1960–61 Utah Redskins men's basketball team

The 1960–61 Utah Redskins men's basketball team represented the University of Utah in the 1965-66 season. Head coach Jack Gardner would lead the Utes to a Mountain States Athletic Conference championship and the Final Four of the NCAA tournament. Their final game of the season, which was a quadruple-overtime third place game against Saint Joseph's University, was later rescinded by Saint Joseph's team and stricken from the record books days after the game was finished due to it being discovered that three of the Hawks' players were discovered to have been involved with the 1961 NCAA University Division men's basketball gambling scandal. Following that scandal coming to light, it was said that some of Utah's players would testify in court against the main perpetrator of the scandal, former NBA All-Star Jack Molinas. The team finished with an overall record of 23–8 (12–2 MSAC).

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| Dec 1, 1960* | | at Loyola Marymount | L 64–85 | 0–1 | Loyola Memorial Gym Los Angeles, California |
| Dec 3, 1960* | | at Stanford | L 56–59 | 0–2 | Old Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Dec 7, 1960* | | Evansville | W 132–77 | 1–2 | Nielsen Fieldhouse Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Dec 9, 1960* | | Baylor | W 83–69 | 2–2 | Nielsen Fieldhouse Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Dec 10, 1960* | | Texas Christian | W 101–55 | 3–2 | Nielsen Fieldhouse Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Dec 16, 1960* | No. 18 | San Jose State | W 82–48 | 4–2 | Nielsen Fieldhouse Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Dec 20, 1960* | No. 18 | Saint Mary's | W 70–64 | 5–2 | Nielsen Fieldhouse Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Dec 22, 1960* | No. 18 | Cal State Los Angeles | W 105–76 | 6–2 | Nielsen Fieldhouse Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Dec 27, 1960* | | vs. Penn ECAC Holiday Festival | W 72–60 | 7–2 | Madison Square Garden New York, New York |
| Dec 29, 1960* | | vs. No. 3 St. Bonaventure ECAC Holiday Festival | L 88–89 | 7–3 | Madison Square Garden New York, New York |
| Dec 31, 1960* | | at No. 7 St. John's ECAC Holiday Festival | L 65–73 | 7–4 | Madison Square Garden New York, New York |
| Jan 7, 1961 | | at Utah State | W 85–70 | 8–4 (1–0) | Nelson Fieldhouse Logan, Utah |
| Jan 12, 1961 | | New Mexico | W 111–66 | 9–4 (2–0) | Nielsen Fieldhouse Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Jan 14, 1961 | | Denver | W 95–82 | 10–4 (3–0) | Nielsen Fieldhouse Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Jan 20, 1961 | | at Brigham Young | L 86–91 | 10–5 (3–1) | Smith Field House Provo, Utah |
| Jan 21, 1961 | | Montana | W 72–56 | 11–5 (4–1) | Nielsen Fieldhouse Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Jan 28, 1961* | | Santa Clara | W 55–51 | 12–5 | Nielsen Fieldhouse Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Feb 2, 1961 | | Colorado State | W 69–58 | 13–5 (5–1) | Nielsen Fieldhouse Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Feb 4, 1961 | | Wyoming | W 83–71 | 14–5 (6–1) | Nielsen Fieldhouse Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Feb 11, 1961 | | at Montana | W 76–55 | 15–5 (7–1) | Dahlberg Arena Missoula, Montana |
| Feb 16, 1961 | | at Denver | W 67–62 | 16–5 (8–1) | DU Fieldhouse Denver, Colorado |
| Feb 18, 1961 | | at New Mexico | W 77–63 | 17–5 (9–1) | Johnson Gymnasium Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Feb 23, 1961 | | Brigham Young | W 95–80 | 18–5 (10–1) | Nielsen Fieldhouse Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Feb 25, 1961 | | Utah State | W 96–84 | 19–5 (11–1) | Nielsen Fieldhouse Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Mar 3, 1961 | | at Wyoming | W 83–69 | 20–5 (12–1) | War Memorial Fieldhouse Laramie, Wyoming |
| Mar 4, 1961 | | at Colorado State | L 49–50 | 20–6 (12–2) | South College Gym Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Mar 6, 1961* | | vs. Colorado State Skyline Conference Playoff | W 55–51 | 21–6 | Smith Field House Provo, Utah |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| Mar 17, 1961* | | vs. Loyola Marymount West Regional Final – Sweet Sixteen | W 91–75 | 22–6 | Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon |
| Mar 18, 1961* | | vs. Arizona State West Regional Final – Elite Eight | W 88–80 | 23–6 | Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon |
| Mar 24, 1961* | | vs. No. 2 Cincinnati National Semifinal – Final Four | L 67–82 | 23–7 | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri |
| Mar 25, 1961* | | vs. Saint Joseph's Consolation | L 120–127 $^{4OT}$ | 23–8 | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||

## Awards and honors

* Billy McGill – Consensus Second-Team All-American