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1961-62 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 22-9 (12-2, 1st in ACC MBB)

Coach: Bones McKinney

PS/G: 81.4 (19th of 180)

PA/G: 74.3 (132nd of 180)

SRS: 11.57 (17th of 178)

SOS: 4.50 (34th of 178)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (92-82) versus Yale
Won East Regional Semifinal (96-85) versus Saint Joseph's
Won East Regional Final (79-69) versus Villanova
Lost National Semifinal (84-68) versus Ohio State
Won National Third Place (82-80) versus UCLA

ACC Reg Season Champ
ACC Tourney Champ

AP Poll Summary

1961-62 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/18	12/25	1/1	1/8	1/15	1/22	1/29	2/5	2/12	2/19	2/26	3/5	Final
Wake Forest	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Dec 2, 1961	REG		Davidson	Southern	-11.01	W	96	62		1	0	W 1	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum
2	Tue, Dec 5, 1961	REG		NC State	ACC	7.07	W	77	65		2	0	W 2	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum
3	Sat, Dec 9, 1961	REG		Ohio State (1)	Big Ten	24.68	L	62	84		2	1	L 1	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum
4	Tue, Dec 12, 1961	REG	@	Florida	SEC	0.82	L	65	71		2	2	L 2	Florida Gymnasium
5	Fri, Dec 15, 1961	REG	@	Virginia	ACC	-11.28	W	84	65		3	2	W 1	Memorial Gymnasium
6	Sat, Dec 16, 1961	REG	@	Maryland	ACC	0.23	L	62	79		3	3	L 1	Cole Fieldhouse
7	Sat, Dec 30, 1961	REG	N	Duke (10)	ACC	16.27	L	73	75		3	4	L 2	Greensboro Coliseum
8	Tue, Jan 2, 1962	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	6.12	W	79	70		4	4	W 1	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum
9	Sat, Jan 6, 1962	REG		Clemson	ACC	-0.38	W	81	54		5	4	W 2	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum
10	Wed, Jan 10, 1962	REG		North Carolina	ACC	2.93	W	91	72		6	4	W 3	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum
11	Fri, Jan 12, 1962	REG	@	Saint Francis (PA)	Ind	3.95	W	71	66		7	4	W 4	Doyle Hall
12	Sat, Jan 13, 1962	REG	@	Saint Joseph's	Mid-Atl	5.04	L	63	65		7	5	L 1	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse
13	Sat, Jan 27, 1962	REG	@	Duke (7)	ACC	16.27	L	68	82		7	6	L 2	Cameron Indoor Stadium
14	Wed, Jan 31, 1962	REG	@	West Virginia	Southern	9.39	L	99	101		7	7	L 3	Charleston Civic Center
15	Fri, Feb 2, 1962	REG	@	South Carolina	ACC	2.94	W	78	74		8	7	W 1	Carolina Fieldhouse
16	Sat, Feb 3, 1962	REG	@	Clemson	ACC	-0.38	W	83	82		9	7	W 2	Clemson Field House
17	Thu, Feb 8, 1962	REG	@	Virginia Tech	Southern	4.90	L	81	87		9	8	L 1	Cassell Coliseum
18	Sat, Feb 10, 1962	REG	@	North Carolina	ACC	2.93	W	87	80		10	8	W 1	Woollen Gymnasium
19	Mon, Feb 12, 1962	REG		Virginia	ACC	-11.28	W	116	67		11	8	W 2	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum
20	Thu, Feb 15, 1962	REG		Duke (7)	ACC	16.27	W	97	79		12	8	W 3	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum
21	Sat, Feb 17, 1962	REG		Maryland	ACC	0.23	W	81	78		13	8	W 4	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum
22	Wed, Feb 21, 1962	REG	@	NC State	ACC	7.07	W	69	62		14	8	W 5	Reynolds Coliseum
23	Sat, Feb 24, 1962	REG		South Carolina	ACC	2.94	W	97	85		15	8	W 6	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
24	Thu, Mar 1, 1962	CTOURN	N	Virginia	ACC	-11.28	W	81	58		16	8	W 7	Reynolds Coliseum
25	Fri, Mar 2, 1962	CTOURN	N	South Carolina	ACC	2.94	W	88	75		17	8	W 8	Reynolds Coliseum
26	Sat, Mar 3, 1962	CTOURN	N	Clemson	ACC	-0.38	W	77	66		18	8	W 9	Reynolds Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Mon, Mar 12, 1962	NCAA	N	Yale	Ivy	-2.72	W	92	82	OT	19	8	W 10	The Palestra
28	Fri, Mar 16, 1962	NCAA	N	Saint Joseph's	Mid-Atl	5.04	W	96	85	OT	20	8	W 11	Cole Fieldhouse
29	Sat, Mar 17, 1962	NCAA	N	Villanova	Ind	13.74	W	79	69		21	8	W 12	Cole Fieldhouse
30	Fri, Mar 23, 1962	NCAA	N	Ohio State (1)	Big Ten	24.68	L	68	84		21	9	L 1	Freedom Hall
31	Sat, Mar 24, 1962	NCAA	N	UCLA	AAWU	11.77	W	82	80		22	9	W 1	Freedom Hall