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1961-62 Men's College Basketball Season Summary

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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

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Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS

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

Coaches Polls

Coaches Polls Table
		Week Poll
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
School	Conf	12/12	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	8	7					19	17	16	17	20	18	17	15
Bowling Green State	MAC				14	16	14	12	11	10	12	10	8	10	9
Bradley	MVC					13	7	7	8	8	5	6	7	6	6
Cincinnati	MVC	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Colorado	Big 8								16	13	18	13	10	19	8
Colorado State	MSAC					20		17
Dayton	Ind		17
Drake	MVC		16
Duke	ACC	5	8	8	7	8	8	9	6	5	7	7	6	11	13
Duquesne	Ind		12	7	8	7	6	6	7	6	9	14	14		18
Houston	Ind								19				16
Illinois	Big Ten		20		19	17	19
Kansas State	Big 8	3	3	3	3	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	5
Kentucky	SEC		14	6	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3
Loyola (IL)	Ind								15	17	16	10	9	9	13
Loyola Marymount	WCAC									20
Mississippi State	SEC			19	14	11	13	13	13	11	8	5	5	5	4
NC State	ACC											20
NYU	Metro NY		18	13										20
Ohio State	Big Ten	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
School	Conf	12/12	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
Oregon State	Ind				10	9	10	10	9	9	6	8	11	13	11
Providence	Ind	4	4	11
Purdue	Big Ten	6	9	12	11	18	17
Santa Clara	WCAC			17	17	15	19	20	19
Seattle	Ind			16
St. Bonaventure	Ind		15
St. John's (NY)	Metro NY		13	14	19		18	18		18	12	9	13	15	12
Stanford	AAWU						16	16		19
Temple	Mid-Atl				17	18
Texas Tech	SWC		18	15	13
UCLA	AAWU									20	15	18	12	12	17
UNC	ACC								19
USC	AAWU	7	5	4	4	3	5	4	5	7	10	10	20
Utah	MSAC		11	10	16	12	15	15	14	13	14	14	15	7	10
Utah State	MSAC									20		17			19
Villanova	Ind			17	6	6	9	8	10	12	11		19	18	20
Wake Forest	ACC	10										19	16	8	7
Washington	AAWU			20							20
West Virginia	Southern	9	6	9	12	10	12	14	12	13	19	16	20	14	16
Wichita State	MVC		10	5	9	14	10	11	17
Wisconsin	Big Ten													16

Award Winners

Consensus All-America Teams

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

Season Leaders

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