1960–61 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1960–61 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball

ACC Tournament champion
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
Record	19–11 (11–3 ACC)
Head coach	Bones McKinney (4th season)
Home arena	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum
Seasons ← 1959–60 1961–62 →

1960–61 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 North Carolina	12	–	2	.857	19	–	4	.826
Wake Forest †	11	–	3	.786	19	–	11	.633
No. 10 Duke	10	–	4	.714	22	–	6	.786
NC State	8	–	6	.571	16	–	9	.640
Maryland	6	–	8	.429	14	–	12	.538
Clemson	5	–	9	.357	10	–	16	.385
South Carolina	2	–	12	.143	9	–	17	.346
Virginia	2	–	12	.143	3	–	23	.115

† 1961 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1960–61 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University.

Roster

1960–61 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G		Billy Packer	—	—	Jr	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
F/C	50	Len Chappell	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Jr	Portage, Pennsylvania

Head coach

Bones McKinney

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule and results

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NCAA basketball tournament

East
- Wake Forest 97, St. Johns 74
- Wake Forest 78, St. Bonaventure 73
- St. Joseph’s, Pennsylvania 96, Wake Forest 86

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Rankings

Awards and honors

Len Chappell – ACC Player of the Year

Team players drafted into the NBA

No one from the Demon Deacons was selected in the 1961 NBA draft.^[5]

References

^ sports-reference.com 1960-61 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
^ "1960–61 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
^ 2019-20 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball media guide. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
^ "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
^ "1961 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com". Archived from the original on March 18, 2010. Retrieved April 24, 2009.

v t e Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
Venues	Gore Gymnasium (1935–1956) Winston-Salem War Memorial Coliseum (1956–1989) Greensboro Coliseum (alternate; 1959–1989) Reynolds Gymnasium (alternate; 1956–1989) LJVM Coliseum (1989–present)
Rivalries	North Carolina NC State
Culture & lore	Demon Deacon "O Here's to Wake Forest" Spirit of the Old Gold and Black Tobacco Road Dixie Classic/Big Four
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics