1959–60 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

Final standings

Team ACC Regular Season ACC % All Games All Games % Nonconference Games Nonconference Games % Ranked AP All Ranked AP Nonconference
North Carolina 12–2 .857 18–6 .750
Wake Forest 12–2 .857 21–7 .750
Maryland 9–5 .643 15–8 .652
Duke 7–7 .500 17–11 .607
South Carolina 6–8 .429 10–16 .385
NC State 5–9 .357 11–15 .423
Clemson 4–10 .286 10–16 .385
Virginia 1–13 .071 6–18 .250
Total 108–97 .527

ACC tournament

See 1960 ACC men's basketball tournament

NCAA tournament

Round of 25

Duke 84, Princeton 60

Regional semi-finals

Duke 58, Saint Joseph's 56

Regional finals

New York U 74, Duke 59

ACC's NCAA record

2–1

NIT

League rules prevented ACC teams from playing in the NIT, 1954–1966