1960–61 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

1960–61 season of University of Kentucky men's basketball team

1960–61 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Mideast finals
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
Record	19–9 (10–4 SEC)
Head coach	Adolph Rupp
Captain	Dick Parsons
Home arena	Memorial Coliseum
Seasons ← 1959–60 1961–62 →

1960–61 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Mississippi State	11	–	3	.786	19	–	6	.760
Vanderbilt	10	–	4	.714	19	–	5	.792
Kentucky	10	–	4	.714	19	–	9	.679
Florida	9	–	5	.643	15	–	11	.577
Auburn	8	–	6	.571	15	–	7	.682
Georgia Tech	6	–	8	.429	13	–	13	.500
Tulane	6	–	8	.429	11	–	13	.458
LSU	6	–	8	.429	11	–	14	.440
Ole Miss	5	–	9	.357	10	–	14	.417
Alabama	5	–	9	.357	7	–	18	.280
Tennessee	4	–	10	.286	10	–	15	.400
Georgia	4	–	10	.286	8	–	18	.308

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1960–61 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky during the 1960–61 NCAA men's basketball season.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Site city, state
December 1*		VMI	W 72–56	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
December 3*		Florida State	L 58–63	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
December 7*		vs. Notre Dame	W 68–62	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
December 13*	No. 20	vs. No. 5 North Carolina Rivalry	W 70–65	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
December 17*	No. 20	at Temple	L 58–66
December 21*		Illinois UK Invitation Tournament	W 83–78	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
December 22*		No. 16 Saint Louis UK Invitation Tournament	L 72–74 ^OT	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
December 31*	No. 19	Missouri	W 81–69	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
January 2*	No. 19	Miami (OH)	W 70–58	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
January 7		Georgia Tech	W 89–79	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
January 9		at Vanderbilt	L 62–64	Nashville, TN
January 13		at LSU	L 59–73	Baton Rouge, LA
January 14		at Tulane	L 70–72	New Orleans, LA
January 21		Tennessee	W 83–54	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
January 30		at Georgia Tech	L 60–62	Atlanta, GA
February 4		Florida Rivalry	W 89–68	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
February 7		Georgia	W 74–67	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
February 11		vs. Ole Miss	W 74–60	Municipal Auditorium Jackson, MS
February 13		at Mississippi State	W 68–62	Starkville, MS
February 17*		UCLA	W 77–76	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
February 21		Vanderbilt	W 60–59	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
February 25		Alabama	W 80–53	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
February 27		Auburn	W 77–51	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
March 4		at Tennessee	W 68–61	Knoxville, TN
March 9*		vs. Vanderbilt SEC Playoff	W 88–67	Knoxville, TN
March 11*		vs. Marquette	L 72–88	Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL
March 17*		vs. Morehead State NCAA Tournament	W 71–64	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
March 18*		vs. No. 1 Ohio State NCAA Tournament	L 74–87	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1960-61 Southeastern Conference Season Summary
^ University of Kentucky Official Athletic Site – All-Time Results^{[permanent dead link]}. Retrieved 2015-Dec-05.

v t e Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
Venues	State College Gymnasium (1903–1914) Buell Armory Gymnasium (1910–1924) Alumni Gymnasium (1924–1950) Memorial Coliseum (1950–1976) Rupp Arena (1976–present) Joe Craft Center (practice)
Rivalries	Centre (historical) Florida Indiana Louisville North Carolina Tennessee Transylvania (historical)
Culture & lore	History under Adolph Rupp Fabulous Five Point-shaving scandal Fiddlin' Five Rupp's Runts The Season Without Celebration "The Shot" Unforgettables Untouchables Comeback Cats John Wall Dance Tweakables Pursuit of Perfection 2011 Indiana game Basketbowl Champions Classic CBS Sports Classic The Rivalry: Red v. Blue The Wildcat Scratch Blue "On, On, U of K" "Kentucky Fight" Big Blue Nation Blue blood status
People	Head coaches Honorees NBA draftees Players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics