1961–62 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team
1961–62 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball | |
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ACC regular season champion ACC Tournament champion | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 7 |
Record | 22–9 (12–2 ACC) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest † | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 22 | – | 9 | .710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Duke | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 20 | – | 5 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 11 | – | 6 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 8 | – | 9 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 8 | – | 17 | .320 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 5 | – | 18 | .217 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1962 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
The 1961–62 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University.
Roster
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Schedule and results
[edit]Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
Dec 2, 1961* | No. 3 | Davidson | W 96–62 | 1–0 | Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | ||||||
Dec 5, 1961 | No. 3 | NC State | W 77–65 | 2–0 (1–0) | Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | ||||||
Dec 9, 1961* | No. 3 | No. 1 Ohio State | L 62–84 | 2–1 | Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | ||||||
Dec 12, 1961* | No. 3 | at Florida | L 65–71 | 2–2 | Florida Gymnasium Gainesville, Florida | ||||||
Dec 15, 1961 | No. 3 | at Virginia | W 84–65 | 3–2 (2–0) | Memorial Gymnasium Charlottesville, Virginia | ||||||
Dec 16, 1961 | No. 3 | at Maryland | L 62–79 | 3–3 (2–1) | Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland | ||||||
Dec 30, 1961 | vs. No. 10 Duke | L 73–75 | 3–4 | Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina | |||||||
Jan 2, 1962* | Minnesota | W 79–70 | 4–4 | Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||||||
Jan 6, 1962 | Clemson | W 81–54 | 5–4 (3–1) | Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||||||
Jan 10, 1962* | North Carolina | W 91–72 | 6–4 (4–1) | Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||||||
Jan 12, 1962* | at Saint Francis (PA) | W 71–66 | 7–4 | Doyle Hall Loretto, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Jan 13, 1962* | at Saint Joseph's | L 63–65 | 7–5 | Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Jan 27, 1962 | at No. 7 Duke | L 68–82 | 7–6 (4–2) | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina | |||||||
Jan 31, 1962* | at West Virginia | L 99–101 | 7–7 | Charleston Civic Center Charleston, West Virginia | |||||||
Feb 2, 1962 | at South Carolina | W 78–74 | 8–7 (5–2) | Carolina Fieldhouse Columbia, South Carolina | |||||||
Feb 3, 1962 | at Clemson | W 83–82 | 9–7 (6–2) | Clemson Field House Clemson, South Carolina | |||||||
Feb 8, 1962* | at Virginia Tech | L 81–87 | 9–8 | Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia | |||||||
Feb 10, 1962 | at North Carolina | W 87–80 | 10–8 (7–2) | Woollen Gymnasium Chapel Hill, North Carolina | |||||||
Feb 12, 1962 | Virginia | W 116–67 | 11–8 (8–2) | Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||||||
Feb 15, 1962 | No. 7 Duke | W 97–79 | 12–8 (9–2) | Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||||||
Feb 17, 1962 | Maryland | W 81–78 | 13–8 (10–2) | Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||||||
Feb 21, 1962 | at NC State | W 69–62 | 14–8 (11–2) | Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina | |||||||
Feb 24, 1962 | South Carolina | W 97–85 | 15–8 (12–2) | Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||||||
ACC Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 1, 1962* | vs. Virginia ACC Tournament Quarterfinal | W 81–58 | 16–8 | Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina | |||||||
Mar 2, 1962* | vs. South Carolina ACC Tournament Semifinal | W 88–75 | 17–8 | Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina | |||||||
Mar 3, 1962* | vs. Clemson ACC tournament championship | W 77–66 | 18–8 | Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina | |||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 12, 1962* | vs. Yale First round | W 92–82 OT | 19–8 | Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Mar 16, 1962* | vs. Saint Joseph's East regional semifinal | W 96–85 OT | 20–8 | Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland | |||||||
Mar 17, 1962* | vs. Villanova East Regional Final | W 79–69 | 21–8 | Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland | |||||||
Mar 23, 1962* | vs. No. 1 Ohio State National semifinal | L 68–84 | 21–9 | Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky | |||||||
Mar 24, 1962* | vs. UCLA National consolation Game – Third Place | W 82–80 | 22–9 | Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern Time. |
NCAA basketball tournament
[edit]- 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[4]
- Third-place game
- Wake Forest 82, UCLA 80
Rankings
[edit]Awards and honors
[edit]Team players drafted into the NBA
[edit]Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
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1 | 5 | Len Chappell | Syracuse Nationals |
Other notable players
[edit]- Billy Packer, who would become famous as a college basketball broadcaster.
References
[edit]- ^ sports-reference.com 1961-62 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
- ^ "1961–62 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
- ^ 2019-20 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball media guide. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
- ^ "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
- ^ "1962 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved June 21, 2020.