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

1961–62 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#7
AP	#Not ranked
1961–62 record	22–9 ( ACC)
Head coach	Bones McKinney
Home arena	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum

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

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	5	Len Chappell	Syracuse Nationals

Other notable players

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

See also

References

Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball

Venues	Gore Gymnasium (1935–1956) Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum (1956–1989) Greensboro Coliseum (alternate; 1959–1989) Reynolds Gymnasium (alternate; 1956–1989) LJVM Coliseum (1989–present)

Culture & lore	Demon Deacon "O Here's to Wake Forest" Spirit of the Old Gold and Black Tobacco Road Dixie Classic

People	Head coaches NBA draftees

Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

NCAA Final Four appearances in italics