1961–62 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 All %	Ranked AP Nonconference	Ranked AP Nonconference %
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

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080619014226/http://www.sportsstats.com/bball/standings/1962