1960–61 Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball team

1960–61 Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball
Middle Atlantic Conference Champions
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conferences
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
Record25–5 (8–0 Mid-Atlantic)
Head coach
Home arenaAlumni Memorial Fieldhouse
1960–61 MAC men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
University
Saint Joseph's*80 1.000255  .833**
Temple91 .900208  .714
La Salle72 .778157  .682
Gettysburg84 .667196  .760
Lafayette66 .500168  .667
Bucknell56 .4551211  .522
Rutgers36 .3331110  .524
Lehigh410 .286516  .238
Delaware27 .222811  .421
Muhlenberg212 .143520  .200
College–Northern
Albright121 .923199  .679
No. 6 Hofstra101 .909214  .840
Susquehanna94 .692176  .739
Moravian115 .688137  .650
Elizabethtown77 .5001111  .500
Lebanon Valley88 .500109  .526
Wagner55 .500915  .375
Lycoming68 .429913  .409
Scranton48 .333518  .217
Wilkes411 .267715  .318
Upsala29 .182  
Juniata110 .091117  .056
Stevens***03 .000  
College–Southern
Drexel112 .846125  .706
Western Maryland82 .800167  .696
Haverford84 .667125  .706
Dickinson95 .643  
Franklin & Marshall67 .462811  .421
Pennsylvania Military510 .333  
Ursinus49 .308611  .353
Swarthmore310 .231313  .188
Johns Hopkins19 .100416  .200
Washington (MD)***44 .500  
West Chester***33 .500  
† 1961 MAC College Division men's basketball tournament winner
* – Regular-season University Division champion
** – Overall record later adjuted to 22–4 (.846)
*** – Ineligible for championship

The 1960–61 Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball team represented Saint Joseph's University as a member of the Middle Atlantic Conferences during the 1960–61 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Led by 6th year head coach Jack Ramsay, the Hawks finished with an overall record of 25–5 (8–0 in Mid-Atlantic play). Saint Joseph's won the conference title, and received a bid to the NCAA tournament. The team defeated Princeton and Wake Forest to advance to the school's only Final Four to date before losing to No. 1 Ohio State in the National semifinals.