1961–62 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

ACC tournament
See 1962 ACC men's basketball 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  68

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