The 1961–62 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented

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Roster

Schedule and results

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NCAA basketball tournament

*East **Wake Forest 92, Yale 82 **Wake Forest 96, St. Joseph’s, Pennsylvania 85 **Wake Forest 79, Villanova 69 *Final Four **

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84, Wake Forest 68 *Third-place game **Wake Forest 82,

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Rankings

Awards and honors

Len Chappell Leonard R. Chappell (January 31, 1941 – July 12, 2018) was an American basketball player. He played for 10 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the American Basketball Association (ABA) and was selected to one NBA All-Star Ga ...

– ACC Player of the Year (2x)

Team players drafted into the NBA

Other notable players

Billy Packer Anthony William Packer (born Anthony William Paczkowski,
Retr ...

, who would become famous as a college basketball broadcaster.

References

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