University of Maine Athletics

The 1959-60 men's basketball team finished with a 19-4 record to produce the best single-season winning percentage (.826) in program history. The team, which finished second to UConn in the Yankee Conference, won the State Series with a perfect 9-0 mark. The team featured four individual UMaine Sports Hall of Famers; Wayne Champeon, Skip Chappelle, Larry Schiner, and Don Sturgeon. All four of the previously mentioned Hall of Famers averaged double-digit scoring that year, led by Chappelle's 20.7 points per game. Schiner (10.0) and Sturgeon (9.7) led the team's rebounding efforts.