1961-62 College Basketball Season Summary

National Champion: Cincinnati

Final Four: Cincinnati, Ohio State, UCLA and Wake Forest

Consensus Player of the Year: Jerry Lucas

AP Preseason #1: Ohio State

AP Final #1: Ohio State

Conference Summary

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Athletic Association of Western Universities	5	72	55	.567	8.62	5.93	0	1	1	UCLA
2	Big Ten Conference	10	134	106	.558	7.19	6.06	1	1	1	Ohio State
3	Missouri Valley Conference	7	105	83	.559	6.70	5.38	2	1	1	Bradley, Cincinnati
4	Big Eight Conference	8	100	100	.500	4.80	4.66	2	1	0	Colorado
5	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	101	91	.526	3.67	2.87	1	1	1	Wake Forest	Wake Forest
6	Southeastern Conference	12	159	133	.545	2.25	2.13	2	1	0	Kentucky, Mississippi State
7	Southwest Conference	8	103	92	.528	2.07	2.03	0	1	0	Southern Methodist, Texas Tech
8	Mid-American Conference	7	80	84	.488	-0.17	2.14	1	1	0	Bowling Green State
9	Independent	48	689	492	.583	-0.52	-0.08	0	8	0
10	Metropolitan New York Conference	5	71	49	.592	-1.48	-0.50	0	1	0	St. John's (NY)
11	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	106	103	.507	-2.02	-0.63	1	1	0	Utah
12	West Coast Athletic Conference	7	103	75	.579	-2.97	-1.83	0	1	0	Pepperdine
13	Ohio Valley Conference	7	87	68	.561	-5.64	-4.33	0	1	0	Western Kentucky
14	Southern Conference	9	111	114	.493	-5.83	-3.92	0	1	0	West Virginia	West Virginia
15	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	5	64	59	.520	-6.36	-4.38	0	1	0	Arizona State
16	Middle Atlantic Conference	10	135	102	.570	-7.48	-6.39	0	1	0	Saint Joseph's
17	Ivy Group	8	96	98	.495	-8.92	-6.80	0	1	0	Yale
18	Yankee Conference	6	71	74	.490	-21.42	-17.33	0	1	0	Massachusetts

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Conf	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
Ohio State	Big Ten	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Cincinnati	MVC	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Kentucky	SEC	-	-	6	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	3
Mississippi State	SEC	-	-	-	9	7	10	10	10	9	8	5	5	5	4
Bradley	MVC	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	7	5	6	6	6	5
Kansas State	Big 8	8	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	6
Utah	MSAC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	7	7
Bowling Green State	MAC	-	-	-	10	9	8	8	8	8	10	7	7	8	8
Colorado	Big 8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	9
Duke	ACC	7	-	10	8	10	7	7	6	5	7	8	8	9	10
School	Conf	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
Arizona State	BIAA	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Duquesne	Ind	-	7	3	7	8	5	6	7	6	9	-	-	-	-
Loyola (IL)	Ind	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-
Oregon State	Ind	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	6	10	-	-	-
Providence	Ind	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purdue	Big Ten	6	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Seattle	Ind	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Southern California	AAWU	4	6	4	6	4	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
St. Bonaventure	Ind	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
St. John's (NY)	Metro NY	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Villanova	Ind	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wake Forest	ACC	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
West Virginia	Southern	-	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wichita State	MVC	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.

1961-62 Season Pages

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