1959–60 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team

1959–60 Georgia Bulldogs basketball
1959–60 Georgia Bulldogs basketball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	12–13 (6–8 SEC)
Head coach	Harbin Lawson (9th season);
Captain	Gordon Darrah
Home arena	Woodruff Hall

1959–60 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 11 Auburn	12	–	2	.857	19	–	3	.864
No. 13 Georgia Tech	11	–	3	.786	22	–	6	.786
Kentucky	10	–	4	.714	18	–	7	.720
Ole Miss	8	–	6	.571	15	–	9	.625
Tulane	8	–	6	.571	13	–	11	.542
Vanderbilt	7	–	7	.500	14	–	9	.609
Tennessee	7	–	7	.500	12	–	11	.522
Georgia	6	–	8	.429	12	–	13	.480
Mississippi State	5	–	9	.357	12	–	13	.480
Alabama	4	–	10	.286	7	–	17	.292
Florida	3	–	11	.214	6	–	16	.273
LSU	3	–	11	.214	5	–	18	.217

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1959–60 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team represented the University of Georgia as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1959–60 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Led by ninth-year head coach Harbin Lawson, the Bulldogs compiled and overall record of 12–13 with a mark of 6–8 conference play, placing in eighth in the SEC. The team captain was Gordon Darrah.

Roster

1959–60 Georgia Bulldogs men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year
G	Phillip Simpson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Jr
G	Don Keiser	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Jr
G	Gordon Darrah	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—
C	John Johnson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Jr
G	Allan Johnson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	—	So
F	Pat Casey	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Jr
G	Ken Taylor	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Jr
G	Frank Clark	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	—	So
G	Joey Miller	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	So
C	Peter Marsh	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—
F	John Barnard	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—
F	Dave Myrick	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—
F	Clark Royer	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—

Head coach

Harbin Lawson

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
12/1/1959	Oglethorpe	W 68-50	1–0	Athens, GA
12/2/1959	at Georgia Southern	L 73-82	1–1
12/12/1959	Florida	W 75-61	2–1	Athens, GA
12/15/1959	at Vanderbilt	L 67-79	2–2
12/29/1959	LSU	W 79-67	3–2	Athens, GA
12/30/1959	Florida State	W 69-66	4–2	Athens, GA
12/31/1959	Georgia Tech	L 65-83	4–3	Athens, GA
1/2/1960	at Tulane	L 74-76	4–4
1/4/1960	at LSU	L 77-81	4–5
1/7/1960	Georgia Southern	W 83-75	5–5	Athens, GA
1/9/1960	Alabama	W 70-58	6–5	Athens, GA
1/13/1960	at Georgia Tech	L 64-80	6–6
1/18/1960	Stetson	W 97-72	7–6	Athens, GA
1/23/1960	Auburn	W 68-59	8–6	Athens, GA
1/27/1960	Kentucky	L 60-84	8–7	Athens, GA
1/30/1960	Tennessee	W 69-62	9–7	Athens, GA
2/2/1960	South Carolina	W 66-65	10–7	Athens, GA
2/6/1960	at Auburn	L 45-72	10–8
2/8/1960	at Alabama	L 60-64	10–9
2/13/1960	at Mississippi State	W 67-62	11–9
2/15/1960	at Ole Miss	L 63-65	11–10
2/20/1960	Georgia Tech	L 68-69	11–11	Athens, GA
2/22/1960	Vanderbilt	L 75-80	11–12	Athens, GA
2/27/1960	at Florida	W 75-73	12–12
2/29/1960	at Florida State	L 82-95	12–13
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1959-60 Southeastern Conference Season Summary
^ ^a ^b "1959-60 Georgia Bulldogs basketball Results". Retrieved January 28, 2026.
^ "Georgia Bulldogs Year-by-Year results". Retrieved January 28, 2026.

[1] sports-reference.com 1959-60 Southeastern Conference Season Summary

[Sports_Reference_1960-2] "1959-60 Georgia Bulldogs basketball Results". Retrieved January 28, 2026.

[3] "Georgia Bulldogs Year-by-Year results". Retrieved January 28, 2026.

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Georgia Bulldogs basketball
Venues	Athens YMCA (1905–1911) Memorial Hall (1911–1918) Moss Auditorium (1919–1925) Woodruff Hall (1923–1964) Stegeman Coliseum (1964–present)
Culture & lore	Hairy Dawg Uga
People	Head coaches 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 1960–61 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 2025–26
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics