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

1960–61 ACC men's basketball standings
	† 1961 ACC Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
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
1960–61 record	19–11 (11–3 ACC)
Head coach	Bones McKinney (4th season);
Home arena	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum

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

Roster

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

[2]

Schedule and results

[3]

NCAA basketball tournament

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

[4]

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.
http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1961
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-18. Retrieved 2009-04-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] sports-reference.com 1960-61 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary

[2] "1960–61 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

[3] 2019-20 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball media guide. Retrieved July 1, 2020.

[4] ttp://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1961

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-18. Retrieved 2009-04-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

1960–61 ACC men's basketball standings
	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]

Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
Venues	Gore Gymnasium (1935–1956) Winston-Salem 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 draftees Statistical leaders
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
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics