1961–62 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team

The 1961–62 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University.

NCAA basketball tournament

• East
  • Wake Forest 92, Yale 82
  • Wake Forest 96, St. Joseph’s, Pennsylvania 85
  • Wake Forest 79, Villanova 69
• Final Four
  • Ohio State 84, Wake Forest 68^[1]
• Third Place Game
  • Wake Forest 82, UCLA 80

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

^[2]

Other notable players

• Billy Packer, who would become famous as a college basketball broadcaster.

See also

• Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
• 1962 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

References