1959–60 NYU Violets men's basketball team

The 1959–60 NYU Violets men's basketball team represented New York University in intercollegiate basketball during the 1959–60 season. The team finished the season with a 22–5 overall record while winning the Metropolitan New York Conference with a perfect 4–0 record in league play.^[1] The Violets earned their second NCAA Division I basketball tournament Final Four appearance (their first was in 1944–45).^[2] They were led by second-year head coach Lou Rossini.^[2]

1959–60 NYU Violets men's basketball
Metropolitan New York Conference champions
1960 NCAA Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Metropolitan New York Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 12
Record	22–5 (4–0 MNYC)
Head coach	Lou Rossini
Captain	Tom Sanders
Seasons ← 1958–59 1960–61 →

1959–60 Metropolitan New York Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 12 NYU	4	–	0		1.000			22	–	5		.815
No. 20 St. John's	5	–	1		.833			17	–	8		.680
St. Francis (NY)	2	–	1		.667			13	–	8		.619
Manhattan	2	–	2		.500			13	–	11		.542
Fordham	1	–	3		.250			8	–	18		.308
CCNY	1	–	5		.167			4	–	14		.222
Brooklyn	0	–	3		.000			5	–	13		.278
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

Source^[1]

Name	Games played	Total points	PPG
Tom Sanders	27	577	21.2
Ray Paprocky	26	350	13.4
R. Cunningham	27	301	11.1
Al Barden	27	291	10.8
Al Filardi	27	143	5.3
Jim Reiss	26	102	3.9
Art Loche	27	99	3.7
Mike DiNapoli	19	62	3.3
Bob Bigelow	8	10	1.3
Rit Keith	10	10	1.0
Leo Murphy	17	16	0.9
Bob Regan	11	11	0.9
Bernie Mlodinoff	15	11	0.7
Bill McBain	6	5	0.8

References

1. "1959-60 New York University Violets Roster and Stats". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
2. "New York University Violets Index". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2014.