After losing its first game under McCandless, the team won six of the next seven.[2][3] The team posted an 18-8 overall record and an 11-3 conference record.[2][5] The team won its NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament East region first round contest against the George Washington Colonials by an 84–67 margin at Madison Square Garden on March 14, 1961, before losing in the second round at the Charlotte Coliseum in the second round to the Saint Joseph's Hawks 72–67 on March 17. Then, the next night at the Coliseum in the consolation game, they lost to the St. Bonaventure Bonnies 85–67.[2][4]
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