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1961-62 Independent Season Summary
Record: 689-492, .583 W-L% (2nd of 18)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
Regular Season Champion: Loyola (IL)
NCAA Tournament: 8 (Air Force, Butler, Creighton, Detroit Mercy, Memphis, Oregon State, Seattle and Villanova)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (Providence and Seattle)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 0
Standings
| Conference | Overall | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| Loyola (IL) R | 23 | 4 | .852 | ||||
| Oregon State* | 24 | 5 | .828 | ||||
| Creighton* | 21 | 5 | .808 | ||||
| Dayton | 24 | 6 | .800 | ||||
| Butler* | 22 | 6 | .786 | ||||
| Houston | 21 | 6 | .778 | ||||
| Holy Cross | 20 | 6 | .769 | ||||
| Providence | 20 | 6 | .769 | ||||
| Duquesne | 22 | 7 | .759 | ||||
| Villanova* | 21 | 7 | .750 | ||||
| Air Force* | 16 | 7 | .696 | ||||
| Boston College | 15 | 7 | .682 | ||||
| Memphis* | 15 | 7 | .682 | ||||
| Niagara | 16 | 8 | .667 | ||||
| Seattle* | 18 | 9 | .667 | ||||
| St. Bonaventure | 14 | 7 | .667 | ||||
| Centenary (LA) | 17 | 9 | .654 | ||||
| Idaho State | 17 | 9 | .654 | ||||
| Florida State | 15 | 8 | .652 | ||||
| Saint Francis (PA) | 14 | 8 | .636 | ||||
| Seton Hall | 15 | 9 | .625 | ||||
| Navy | 13 | 8 | .619 | ||||
| Georgetown | 14 | 9 | .609 | ||||
| Louisville | 15 | 10 | .600 | ||||
| Marquette | 15 | 11 | .577 | ||||
| Canisius | 12 | 9 | .571 | ||||
| DePaul | 13 | 10 | .565 | ||||
| Detroit Mercy* | 15 | 12 | .556 | ||||
| Gonzaga | 14 | 12 | .538 | ||||
| Miami (FL) | 14 | 12 | .538 | ||||
| Oklahoma City | 14 | 12 | .538 | ||||
| Xavier | 14 | 12 | .538 | ||||
| Penn State | 12 | 11 | .522 | ||||
| Pittsburgh | 12 | 11 | .522 | ||||
| Idaho | 13 | 13 | .500 | ||||
| Loyola (LA) | 12 | 13 | .480 | ||||
| Army | 10 | 11 | .476 | ||||
| Regis (CO) | 10 | 11 | .476 | ||||
| Arizona | 12 | 14 | .462 | ||||
| Montana State | 10 | 13 | .435 | ||||
| Iona | 8 | 11 | .421 | ||||
| Colgate | 8 | 15 | .348 | ||||
| Oregon | 9 | 17 | .346 | ||||
| Portland | 8 | 18 | .308 | ||||
| Washington State | 8 | 18 | .308 | ||||
| Notre Dame | 7 | 16 | .304 | ||||
| Boston University | 5 | 15 | .250 | ||||
| Syracuse | 2 | 22 | .083 | ||||
AP Poll Summary
| School | Pre | 12/19 | 12/26 | 1/2 | 1/9 | 1/16 | 1/23 | 1/30 | 2/6 | 2/13 | 2/20 | 2/27 | 3/6 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duquesne | 7 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | |||||
| Loyola (IL) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 10 | 6 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Providence | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Seattle | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| St. Bonaventure | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Villanova | 5 | 6 |
NCAA Tournament
Regional Third Place
Butler won (87-86) versus Western Kentucky (Mideast Regional)
Creighton won (63-61) versus Texas Tech (Midwest Regional)
First Round
Air Force lost (68-66) versus Texas Tech (Midwest Regional)
Butler won (56-55) versus Bowling Green State (Mideast Regional)
Creighton won (87-83) versus Memphis (Midwest Regional)
Detroit Mercy lost (90-81) versus Western Kentucky (Mideast Regional)
Memphis lost (87-83) versus Creighton (Midwest Regional)
Oregon State won (69-65) versus Seattle (West Regional)
Seattle lost (69-65) versus Oregon State (West Regional)
Villanova won (90-75) versus West Virginia (East Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Butler lost (81-60) versus Kentucky (Mideast Regional)
Creighton lost (66-46) versus Cincinnati (Midwest Regional)
Oregon State won (69-67) versus Pepperdine (West Regional)
Villanova won (79-76) versus New York University (East Regional)
Regional Final
Oregon State lost (88-69) versus UCLA (West Regional)
Villanova lost (79-69) versus Wake Forest (East Regional)
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