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^[1]

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