1959–60 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1959–60 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	4–20 (1–10 Big Ten)
Head coach	William Perigo
MVP	John Tidwell
Captain	Terry Miller
Home arena	Yost Field House
Seasons ← 1958–59 1960–61 →

1959–60 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Ohio State	13	–	1	.929	25	–	3	.893
No. 7 Indiana	11	–	3	.786	20	–	4	.833
Illinois	8	–	6	.571	16	–	7	.696
Minnesota	8	–	6	.571	12	–	12	.500
Northwestern	8	–	6	.571	11	–	12	.478
Iowa	6	–	8	.429	14	–	10	.583
Purdue	6	–	8	.429	11	–	12	.478
Michigan State	5	–	9	.357	10	–	11	.476
Wisconsin	4	–	10	.286	8	–	16	.333
Michigan	1	–	13	.071	4	–	20	.167

Rankings from https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-ten/1960.html

The 1959–60 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate basketball during the 1959–60 season. The team finished the season in tenth place in the Big Ten Conference with an overall record of 4–20 and 1–10 against conference opponents.^[1]

William Perigo was in his eighth and final year as the team's head coach. Junior John Tidwell was the team's leading scorer with 520 points in 24 games for an average of 21.6 points per game.^[1] Tidwell broke the Michigan record for single game scoring record on February 27, 1960, as he hit 17 of 25 field goals and seven of ten free throws for 41 points in a 72–65 win against Michigan State.^[2] Tidwell's 41 points also broke the Yost Fieldhouse record which had been set by Indiana's Don Schlundt with 29 points in 1953.^[2] Tidwell also broke the season scoring record with 520 points. At the end of the 1959–60 basketball season, Tidwell was selected as the team's most valuable player and elected captain of the 1960–61 team.^[3]

Lovell Farris led the team with 233 rebounds.^[1]

Statistics

Player	Pos.	Yr	G	GS	FG	FT	RB	Pts	PPG
John Tidwell	F-G	Jr.	24	24	201-482	118-159	147	520	21.6
Terry Miller	G	Sr.	22	22	135-391	61-77	83	331	15.0
Lovell Farris	C-F	Sr.	24	24	112-320	97-144	233	321	13.3
Scott Maentz	F	So.	12	11	41-134	12-23	144	94	7.8
Dick Clark	G	So.	11	8	24-58	12-25	57	60	5.5
Jon Hall	G	So.	8	8	24-100	6-21	49	54	6.7
Dick Meyer	C	Jr.	11	2	10-29	19-31	31	39	3.5
Bob Brown	C	So.	10	10	15-53	4-17	92	34	3.4
Charlie Higgs	F	So.	10	1	10-36	8-14	32	28	2.8
Rich Donley	F	Jr.	18	3	6-42	13-28	70	25	1.3
Rich Robins	G	Jr.	3	1	6-21	3-4	9	15	5.0
Paul Sangster	F	So.	5	1	6-13	2-3	7	14	2.8
Steve Schoenherr	G	So.	19	5	6-35	0-1	15	12	0.6
Dick Lyons	G	So.	6	0	1-12	0-0	6	2	0.3
Dave Zimmerman	F	So.	6	0	0-13	2-3	9	2	0.3
Robert Brown	F	Jr.	1	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0.0
Totals			24		597-1739	357-550	1069	1551	64.6

Team players drafted into the NBA

One player from this team were selected in the NBA draft.^[4]

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	NBA Club
1961	4	6	38	John Tidwell	Philadelphia Warriors

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "University of Michigan Basketball Record Book" (PDF). University of Michigan. pp. 32–33. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Tidwell Sets Mark; Michigan Finally Wins". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 28, 1960.
^ "Tidwell Wins Michigan Most Valuable Ballot". Chicago Daily Tribune. March 16, 1961.
^ "1961 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 26, 2014.

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