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1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
1961 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team.jpg
Conference Big Ten Conference
1960–61 record 6–18 (2–12 Big Ten)
Head coach Dave Strack
Assistant coach James Skala
Assistant coach Tom Jorgensen
MVP John Tidwell
Captain John Tidwell
Home arena Fielding H. Yost Field House
Seasons
← 1959–60
1961–62 →
1960–61 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#1 Ohio State 14 0   1.000     27 1   .964
#7 Iowa 10 4   .714     18 6   .750
Purdue 10 4   .714     16 7   .696
Indiana 8 6   .571     15 9   .625
Minnesota 8 6   .571     10 13   .435
Northwestern 6 8   .429     10 12   .455
Illinois 5 9   .357     9 15   .375
Wisconsin 4 10   .286     7 17   .292
Michigan State 3 11   .214     7 17   .292
Michigan 2 12   .143     6 18   .250
Rankings from http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-ten/1961.html

The 1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1960–61 season. The team played its home games at Fielding H. Yost Field House (renamed Yost Ice Arena in 1973) on the school's campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Under the direction of first-year head coach Dave Strack, the team compiled 6–18 record (2–12 in conference games), finished tenth in the Big Ten Conference and failed to get an invitation to either the 1961 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the 1961 National Invitation Tournament. Over the course of the season, the team lost to both ranked opponents that it faced. Although it had a 6–6 record at home, it lost all 12 of its road games.

After two road losses to Vanderbilt and Tennessee to open the season, Michigan returned to Yost Field House and won its home opener over Pittsburgh, 86–70, on December 6, 1960. Team captain and senior, John Tidwell led Michigan's scoring with 38 points.

On February 2, 1961, Michigan tallied its highest point total of the year and easily defeated Western Ontario, 88–58, in a non-conference home game. All 13 Michigan players saw action against Western Ontario, a team that was "rated as Canada's best." Tidwell led the team in scoring with 28 points, and Tom Cole led the way on the boards with 13 rebounds. The team set a Michigan single-game record with 72 rebounds against Western Ontario, but the record would be broken exactly two years later when the current record of 77 was set.


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