Record: 19-9 (10-4, 2nd in SEC)
Coach: Adolph Rupp
NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (71-64) versus Morehead State
Lost Mideast Regional Final (87-74) versus Ohio State
Team – Per Game
| G | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | |
| Team | 28 | 25.9 | 68.9 | 0.377 | 20.5 | 28.3 | 0.725 | 51.4 | 19.7 | 72.4 | |||||
| Opponent | 28 | 23.7 | 59.5 | 0.398 | 19 | 27.9 | 0.681 | 44 | 19.5 | 66.4 |
Team – Totals
| G | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | |
| Team | 28 | 726 | 1928 | 0.377 | 575 | 793 | 0.725 | 1438 | 551 | 2027 | |||||
| Opponent | 28 | 663 | 1665 | 0.398 | 532 | 781 | 0.681 | 1233 | 546 | 1858 |
Individual – Per Game
| Rk | Player | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| 1 | Bill Lickert | 28 | 5.9 | 14.1 | 0.42 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 0.776 | 7.3 | 2.5 | 16.1 | ||||||
| 2 | Roger Newman | 28 | 4.6 | 12.1 | 0.382 | 5 | 7 | 0.706 | 9.5 | 2.8 | 14.2 | ||||||
| 3 | Larry Pursiful | 28 | 4.9 | 12 | 0.412 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 0.839 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 13.4 | ||||||
| 4 | Ned Jennings | 28 | 4.2 | 10.8 | 0.389 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 0.731 | 8.9 | 3.9 | 11.5 | ||||||
| 5 | Carroll Burchett | 25 | 2.1 | 6.2 | 0.335 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 0.727 | 5 | 2.4 | 5.8 | ||||||
| 6 | Dick Parsons | 24 | 2.3 | 6.8 | 0.335 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.676 | 2 | 2.3 | 5.6 | ||||||
| 7 | Vince Del Negro | 14 | 1.5 | 4.9 | 0.304 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 0.698 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 5.1 | ||||||
| 8 | Allen Feldhaus | 26 | 1.3 | 4 | 0.34 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.618 | 4.4 | 1 | 3.5 | ||||||
| 9 | Bernie Butts | 6 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.375 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.222 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | ||||||
| 10 | Doug Pendygraft | 7 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.182 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.429 | 0.6 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 11 | Scotty Baesler | 13 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.25 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.75 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | ||||||
| 12 | Jim McDonald | 19 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 0.097 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.444 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
Individual – Totals
| Rk | Player | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| 1 | Bill Lickert | 28 | 166 | 395 | 0.42 | 118 | 152 | 0.776 | 204 | 71 | 450 | ||||||
| 2 | Roger Newman | 28 | 129 | 338 | 0.382 | 139 | 197 | 0.706 | 265 | 79 | 397 | ||||||
| 3 | Larry Pursiful | 28 | 138 | 335 | 0.412 | 99 | 118 | 0.839 | 108 | 94 | 375 | ||||||
| 4 | Ned Jennings | 28 | 118 | 303 | 0.389 | 87 | 119 | 0.731 | 248 | 110 | 323 | ||||||
| 5 | Carroll Burchett | 25 | 52 | 155 | 0.335 | 40 | 55 | 0.727 | 126 | 60 | 144 | ||||||
| 6 | Dick Parsons | 24 | 55 | 164 | 0.335 | 25 | 37 | 0.676 | 49 | 55 | 135 | ||||||
| 7 | Allen Feldhaus | 26 | 35 | 103 | 0.34 | 21 | 34 | 0.618 | 114 | 27 | 91 | ||||||
| 8 | Vince Del Negro | 14 | 21 | 69 | 0.304 | 30 | 43 | 0.698 | 71 | 27 | 72 | ||||||
| 9 | Jim McDonald | 19 | 3 | 31 | 0.097 | 8 | 18 | 0.444 | 33 | 14 | 14 | ||||||
| 10 | Scotty Baesler | 13 | 4 | 16 | 0.25 | 3 | 4 | 0.75 | 7 | 4 | 11 | ||||||
| 11 | Bernie Butts | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0.375 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 3 | 10 | 8 | ||||||
| 12 | Doug Pendygraft | 7 | 2 | 11 | 0.182 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| School Totals | 28 | 726 | 1928 | 0.377 | 575 | 793 | 0.725 | 1438 | 551 | 2027 |
Schedule and Results
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | Arena | ||
| 1 | Thu, Dec 1, 1960 | REG | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | W | 72 | 56 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 2 | Sat, Dec 3, 1960 | REG | Florida State | Ind | L | 58 | 63 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 3 | Wed, Dec 7, 1960 | REG | N | Notre Dame | Ind | W | 68 | 62 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | Freedom Hall | |
| 4 | Tue, Dec 13, 1960 | REG | @ | North Carolina (5) | ACC | W | 70 | 65 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | Greensboro Coliseum | |
| 5 | Sat, Dec 17, 1960 | REG | @ | Temple | Mid-Atl | L | 58 | 66 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | The Palestra | |
| 6 | Wed, Dec 21, 1960 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | W | 83 | 78 | 4 | 2 | W 1 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 7 | Thu, Dec 22, 1960 | REG | Saint Louis (16) | MVC | L | 72 | 74 | OT | 4 | 3 | L 1 | Memorial Coliseum | |
| 8 | Sat, Dec 31, 1960 | REG | Missouri | Big 8 | W | 81 | 69 | 5 | 3 | W 1 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 9 | Mon, Jan 2, 1961 | REG | Miami (OH) | MAC | W | 70 | 58 | 6 | 3 | W 2 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 10 | Sat, Jan 7, 1961 | REG | Georgia Tech | SEC | W | 89 | 79 | 7 | 3 | W 3 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 11 | Mon, Jan 9, 1961 | REG | @ | Vanderbilt | SEC | L | 62 | 64 | 7 | 4 | L 1 | Memorial Gymnasium | |
| 12 | Fri, Jan 13, 1961 | REG | @ | Louisiana State | SEC | L | 59 | 73 | 7 | 5 | L 2 | John Parker Memorial Coliseum | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 14, 1961 | REG | @ | Tulane | SEC | L | 70 | 72 | 7 | 6 | L 3 | Avron B. Fogelman Arena | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 21, 1961 | REG | Tennessee | SEC | W | 83 | 54 | 8 | 6 | W 1 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 15 | Mon, Jan 30, 1961 | REG | @ | Georgia Tech | SEC | L | 60 | 62 | 8 | 7 | L 1 | Alexander Memorial Coliseum | |
| 16 | Sat, Feb 4, 1961 | REG | Florida | SEC | W | 89 | 68 | 9 | 7 | W 1 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 17 | Tue, Feb 7, 1961 | REG | Georgia | SEC | W | 74 | 67 | 10 | 7 | W 2 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 18 | Sat, Feb 11, 1961 | REG | @ | Mississippi | SEC | W | 74 | 60 | 11 | 7 | W 3 | Municipal Auditorium | |
| 19 | Mon, Feb 13, 1961 | REG | @ | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 68 | 62 | 12 | 7 | W 4 | McCarthy Gymnasium | |
| 20 | Fri, Feb 17, 1961 | REG | UCLA | AAWU | W | 77 | 76 | 13 | 7 | W 5 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 21 | Tue, Feb 21, 1961 | REG | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 60 | 59 | 14 | 7 | W 6 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 22 | Sat, Feb 25, 1961 | REG | Alabama | SEC | W | 80 | 53 | 15 | 7 | W 7 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 23 | Mon, Feb 27, 1961 | REG | Auburn | SEC | W | 77 | 51 | 16 | 7 | W 8 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 24 | Sat, Mar 4, 1961 | REG | @ | Tennessee | SEC | W | 68 | 61 | 17 | 7 | W 9 | Armory Fieldhouse | |
| 25 | Thu, Mar 9, 1961 | CTOURN | N | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 88 | 67 | 18 | 7 | W 10 | Armory Fieldhouse | |
| 26 | Sat, Mar 11, 1961 | REG | N | Marquette | Ind | L | 72 | 88 | 18 | 8 | L 1 | Chicago Stadium | |
| 27 | Fri, Mar 17, 1961 | NCAA | N | Morehead State | OVC | W | 71 | 64 | 19 | 8 | W 1 | Freedom Hall | |
| 28 | Sat, Mar 18, 1961 | NCAA | N | Ohio State (1) | Big Ten | L | 74 | 87 | 19 | 9 | L 1 | Freedom Hall |