1959–60 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The 1959–60 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1959–60 NCAA University Division basketball season. Led by first-year head coach John Grayson, the Huskies were members of the Athletic Association of Western Universities (Big Five) and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.
| 1959–60 Washington Huskies men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Athletic Association of Western Universities |
| Record | 15–13 (2–9 AAWU, Big Five) |
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| Assistant coach | Joe Cipriano |
| Home arena | Hec Edmundson Pavilion |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 California | 11 | – | 1 | .917 | 28 | – | 2 | .933 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 14 | – | 12 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 16 | – | 11 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 4 | – | 7 | .364 | 11 | – | 14 | .440 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 2 | – | 9 | .182 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As of March 8, 1960 Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Huskies were 15–13 overall in the regular season and 2–9 in conference play, last in the standings.
Grayson was hired in July 1959, following the departure of Tippy Dye in June to become athletic director at Wichita State. Grayson was the head coach at Idaho State, formerly of the Rocky Mountain Conference, and had led the Bengals to the NCAA tournament in 1957 with a 25–2 regular season record; he coached the Husky program for four years.
Following the season in May 1960, assistant (and alumnus) Joe Cipriano became the head coach at independent Idaho. After a successful 20–6 season on the Palouse with the Vandals in 1963, he rejoined Dye at Nebraska of the Big Eight Conference, and guided the Huskers for seventeen years.