# 1959–60 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

The 1959–60 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1959–60 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Under the third year of head coach Bill Chambers, the team finished the season 15–11 and 10–5 in the Southern Conference. William & Mary played its home games at Blow Gymnasium. This was the 55th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.
The Indians finished in 3rd place in the conference and qualified for the 1960 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, held at the Richmond Arena. William & Mary defeated Furman in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to top-seeded West Virginia.

## Program notes

* William & Mary played one team for the first time this season: Duquesne.
* Jeff Cohen, for the second consecutive year, was also named to the first team all-Southern Conference. Ben Vaughan was named to the second team.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| * | Virginia | W 82–70 | 1–0 | Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA |
| | at VMI | W 79–78 | 2–0 (1–0) | Cormack Field House Lexington, VA |
| December 5* | at Tennessee | W 77–71 | 3–0 | University of Tennessee Armory–Fieldhouse Knoxville, TN |
| * | Hampden–Sydney | W 97–83 | 4–0 | Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA |
| December 11* | vs. Duquesne Steel Bowl | L 52–53 | 4–1 | Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA |
| December 12* | vs. St. John's (NY) Steel Bowl | L 65–77 | 4–2 | Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA |
| * | Morris Harvey | W 95–82 | 5–2 | Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA |
| | at George Washington | L 71–98 | 5–3 (1–1) | Fort Myer Gymnasium Fort Myer, VA |
| December 28* | vs. Lafayette UR Invitational | L 63–81 | 5–4 | Richmond Arena Richmond, VA |
| December 29* | at Richmond UR Invitational | L 65–71 | 5–5 | Richmond Arena Richmond, VA |
| | Davidson | W 72–64 | 6–5 (2–1) | Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA |
| January 9 | at Richmond | W 90–76 | 7–5 (3–1) | Richmond Arena Richmond, VA |
| January 11 | vs. No. 3 West Virginia | L 74–94 | 7–6 (3–2) | WVU Field House Morgantown, WV |
| January 14* | vs. Pittsburgh | L 69–75 | 7–7 | Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA |
| | VPI | L 91–92 | 7–8 (3–3) | Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA |
| January 30 | vs. No. 4 West Virginia | W 94–86 | 8–8 (4–3) | Norfolk Municipal Auditorium Norfolk, VA |
| | The Citadel | W 79–65 | 9–8 (5–3) | Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA |
| February 6 | Furman | W 101–68 | 10–8 (6–3) | Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA |
| | at VPI | L 66–82 | 10–9 (6–4) | War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, VA |
| | VMI | W 89–67 | 11–9 (7–4) | Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA |
| | George Washington | W 75–66 | 12–9 (8–4) | Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA |
| February 15 | at Furman | L 73–92 | 12–10 (8–5) | Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC |
| | at Davidson | W 73–65 | 13–10 (9–5) | Johnston Gym Davidson, NC |
| February 20 | Richmond | W 64–42 | 14–10 (10–5) | Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA |
| 1960 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament ||||||
| February 25 | at (6) Furman Quarterfinals | W 82–74 | 15–10 | Richmond Arena Richmond, VA |
| February 26 | vs. No. 7 (2) West Virginia Semifinals | L 83–117 | 15–11 | Richmond Arena Richmond, VA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||
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