1961–62 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

Final standings

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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

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See 1962 ACC men's basketball tournament

NCAA tournament

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Round of 25

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Wake Forest 92, Yale 82 (ot)

Regional semi-finals

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Wake Forest 96, Saint Joseph's 85

Regional finals

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Wake Forest 79, Villanova 69

National semi-finals

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Ohio State 84, Wake Forest 68

National third place

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Wake Forest 82, UCLA 80

ACC's NCAA record

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4–1

NIT

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League rules prevented ACC teams from playing in the NIT, 1954–1966

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