1960–61 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team

1960–61 Auburn Tigers men's basketball
1960–61 Auburn Tigers men's basketball
Birmingham Classic champions
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	15–7 (8–6 SEC)
Head coach	Joel Eaves (12th season);
Captains	Porter Gilbert; Jimmy Falbe;
Home arena	Auburn Sports Arena

1960–61 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
	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
	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 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team represented Auburn University in the 1960–61 college basketball season. The team's head coach was Joel Eaves, who was in his twelfth season at Auburn. The team played their home games at Auburn Sports Arena in Auburn, Alabama. They finished the season 15–7, 8–6 in SEC play.^[2]

References

^ sports-reference.com 1960-61 Southeastern Conference Season Summary
^ "1960-61 Auburn Tigers Schedule and Results". Retrieved May 9, 2017.

[1] sports-reference.com 1960-61 Southeastern Conference Season Summary

[2] "1960-61 Auburn Tigers Schedule and Results". Retrieved May 9, 2017.

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Auburn Tigers men's basketball
Venues	The Gymnasium (1906–1916) Alumni Gymnasium (1916–1946) Auburn Sports Arena (1946–1969) Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum (1969–2010) Neville Arena (2010–present)
Rivalries	Alabama UAB
Culture & lore	Aubie The Jungle
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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 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
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics