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
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
University
Saint Joseph's* 8 0   1.000 25 5   .833**
Temple 9 1   .900 20 8   .714
La Salle 7 2   .778 15 7   .682
Gettysburg 8 4   .667 19 6   .760
Lafayette 6 6   .500 16 8   .667
Bucknell 5 6   .455 12 11   .522
Rutgers 3 6   .333 11 10   .524
Lehigh 4 10   .286 5 16   .238
Delaware 2 7   .222 8 11   .421
Muhlenberg 2 12   .143 5 20   .200
College–Northern
Albright 12 1   .923 19 9   .679
No. 6 Hofstra 10 1   .909 21 4   .840
Susquehanna 9 4   .692 17 6   .739
Moravian 11 5   .688 13 7   .650
Elizabethtown 7 7   .500 11 11   .500
Lebanon Valley 8 8   .500 10 9   .526
Wagner 5 5   .500 9 15   .375
Lycoming 6 8   .429 9 13   .409
Scranton 4 8   .333 5 18   .217
Wilkes 4 11   .267 7 15   .318
Upsala 2 9   .182  
Juniata 1 10   .091 1 17   .056
Stevens*** 0 3   .000  
College–Southern
Drexel 11 2   .846 12 5   .706
Western Maryland 8 2   .800 16 7   .696
Haverford 8 4   .667 12 5   .706
Dickinson 9 5   .643  
Franklin & Marshall 6 7   .462 8 11   .421
Pennsylvania Military 5 10   .333  
Ursinus 4 9   .308 6 11   .353
Swarthmore 3 10   .231 3 13   .188
Johns Hopkins 1 9   .100 4 16   .200
Washington (MD)*** 4 4   .500  
West Chester*** 3 3   .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.