1961–62 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
Appearance
Final standings
Team | ACC Regular Season | ACC % | All Games | All Games % | Nonconference Games | Nonconference Games % | Ranked AP All | Ranked AP All % | Ranked AP Nonconference | Ranked AP Nonconference % |
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Wake Forest | 12–2 | .857 | 22–9 | .710 | ||||||
Duke | 11–3 | .786 | 20–5 | .800 | ||||||
NC State | 10–4 | .714 | 11–6 | .647 | ||||||
South Carolina | 7–7 | .500 | 15–12 | .556 | ||||||
North Carolina | 7–7 | .500 | 8–9 | .471 | ||||||
Clemson | 4–10 | .286 | 12–15 | .444 | ||||||
Maryland | 3–11 | .214 | 8–17 | .320 | ||||||
Virginia | 2–12 | .143 | 5–18 | .217 | ||||||
Total | 101–71 | .587 |
ACC Tournament
See 1962 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
NCAA tournament
Round of 25
Wake Forest 92, Yale 82 (ot)
Regional semi-finals
Wake Forest 96, Saint Joseph's 85
Regional finals
Wake Forest 79, Villanova 69
National semi-finals
Ohio State 84, Wake Forest 68
National third place
Wake Forest 82, UCLA 80
ACC's NCAA record
4–1
NIT
League rules prevented ACC teams from playing in the NIT, 1954–1966