1961–62 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

August 2023 June 2025 Final standings 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 .217Total 101–71 .587 ACC tournament See 1962 ACC men's basketball tournament NCAA tournament Round of 25 Wake Forest 92, Yale 82 (ot) Regional semi-finals Wake Forest 96, Saint Joseph's 85 Regional finals Wake Forest 79, Villanova 69 National semi-finals Ohio State 84, Wake Forest 68https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-durham-sun-too-much-defense-too-muc/173771387/ Too Much Defense, Too Much Fast Break, And Too Much Jerry Lucas Hugo Germino The Durham Sun March 24, 1962 8 Newspapers.com National third place Wake Forest 82, UCLA 80 ACC's NCAA record 4–1 NIT League rules prevented ACC teams from playing in the NIT, 1954–1966 References External links https://web.archive.org/web/20080619014226/http://www.sportsstats.com/bball/standings/1962