1959–60 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

The 1959–60 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1959–60 college men's basketball season.

1959–60 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Big Eight Co-Champions
NCAA tournament, Regional Finals
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	19–9 (10–4 Big 8)
Head coach	Dick Harp (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Jerry Waugh (4th season) Jack Wolfe (1st season)
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse

1959–60 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Kansas	10	–	4		.714			19	–	9		.679
Kansas State	10	–	4		.714			16	–	10		.615
Oklahoma	9	–	5		.643			14	–	11		.560
Colorado	7	–	7		.500			13	–	11		.542
Iowa State	7	–	7		.500			15	–	9		.625
Missouri	5	–	9		.357			12	–	13		.480
Oklahoma State	4	–	10		.286			10	–	15		.400
Nebraska	4	–	10		.286			7	–	17		.292
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

• Wayne Hightower
• Bill Bridges
• Jerry Gardner
• Al Donaghue
• Bob Hickman
• Dee Ketchum
• Butch Myers
• Al Correll
• Jim Hoffman
• Dick Gisel
• Bill Goetze
• Bill Elstun
• Larry Sterlin
• Ken Hensley
• Howard Parker
• Pete Woodward

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 5*		at Northwestern	W 76–67	1-0	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
December 7*		Texas Tech	W 85–71	2-0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 11*		vs. North Carolina	L 49–60	2-1	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
December 12*		at NC State	W 80–58	3-1	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
December 14*		Kentucky	L 72–77 OT	3-2	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 18*		San Francisco	W 73–42	4-2	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 19*		vs. BYU	W 96–64	5-2	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
December 22*		at No. 7 Saint Louis	L 59–66	5-3	Kiel Auditorium  St. Louis, MO
December 28		vs. Oklahoma State	W 67–59	6-3	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 29		vs. Oklahoma	W 55–54	7-3	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 30		vs. Iowa State	L 70–83	7-4	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
January 9		at Nebraska	W 60–47	8-4 (1-0)	Nebraska Coliseum  Stillwater, OK
January 11		at Colorado	L 61–65	8-5 (1-1)	Balch Fieldhouse  Boulder, CO
January 16		Missouri Border War	W 79–63	9-5 (2-1)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
January 18		Oklahoma State	L 49–62	9-6 (2-2)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
January 23		at Iowa State	L 60–72	9-7 (2-3)	The Armory  Ames, IA
February 6		Iowa State	W 70–64	10-7 (3-3)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 10		Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 64–62	11-7 (4-3)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 13		at Oklahoma State	W 64–52	12-7 (5-3)	Gallagher-Iba Arena  Stillwater, OK
February 15		at Oklahoma	W 54–53	13-7 (6-3)	Field House  Norman, OK
February 20		Colorado	W 75–67	14-7 (7-3)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 24		at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 57–68	14-8 (7-4)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
February 27		at Missouri Border War	W 85–72	15-8 (8-4)	Brewer Fieldhouse  Columbia, MO
March 1		Oklahoma	W 65–52	16-8 (9-4)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
March 7		Nebraska	W 79–74	17-8 (10-4)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
March 9		at Kansas State	W 84–82	18-8	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
March 11		vs. Texas NCAA regional semifinals	W 90–81	19-8	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
March 12		vs. No. 1 Cincinnati NCAA Regional Finals	L 71–82	19-9	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.