# 1960–61 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

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.
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. 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

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 12/1/1960* | American International | W 78–56 | 1–0 | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT |
| 12/3/1960* | at Yale | L 55–63 | 1–1 | Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT |
| 12/9/1960* | at Boston College | L 96–110 | 1–2 | Roberts Center Boston, MA |
| 12/13/1960 | Massachusetts | W 72–70 | 2–2 (1–0) | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT |
| 12/15/1960 | at Vermont | W 84–73 | 3–2 (2–0) | Burlington, VT |
| 12/17/1960* | Fordham | W 74–71 | 4–2 | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT |
| 12/20/1960* | Brown | W 85–71 | 5–2 | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT |
| 12/31/1960* | vs. Drake Queen City Invitational | L 81–90 | 5–3 | Buffalo, NY |
| 1/2/1961* | vs. Princeton Queen City Invitational | L 68–76 | 5–4 | Buffalo, NY |
| 1/4/1961* | Rutgers | W 95–74 | 6–4 | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT |
| 1/7/1961* | at Holy Cross | L 85–103 | 6–5 | Worcester, MA |
| 1/10/1961* | at Boston University | L 73–77 | 6–6 | Boston, MA |
| 1/12/1961 | at New Hampshire | W 79–77 | 7–6 (3–0) | Lundholm Gym Durham, NH |
| 1/14/1961 | Rhode Island | W 74–68 | 8–6 (4–0) | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT |
| 1/28/1961 | Vermont | W 81–61 | 9–6 (5–0) | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT |
| 1/31/1961 | at Maine | L 55–74 | 9–7 (5–1) | Memorial Gymnasium Orono, ME |
| 2/2/1961* | at Manhattan | W 73–71 | 10–7 | New York, NY |
| 2/8/1961 | New Hampshire | L 84–91 | 10–8 (5–2) | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT |
| 2/11/1961 | Maine | W 73–60 | 11–8 (6–2) | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT |
| 2/14/1961 | at Massachusetts | L 54–74 | 11–9 (6–3) | Curry Hicks Cage Amherst, MA |
| 2/18/1961* | Holy Cross | L 89–98 | 11–10 | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT |
| 2/25/1961* | at Georgetown Rivalry | L 80–99 | 11–11 | McDonough Gymnasium Washington, D.C. |
| 3/3/1961* | at Colgate | L 30–71 | 11–12 | Cotterell Court Hamilton, NY |
| 3/4/1961 | at Rhode Island | L 61–73 | 11–13 (6–4) | Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||
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