1961 ACC men's basketball tournament

The 1961 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in Raleigh, North Carolina, at Reynolds Coliseum from March 2–4, 1961. [1960–61 1960–61 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team|Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team|Wake Forest] defeated Duke, 96–81, to win the championship. Len Chappell of Wake Forest was named tournament MVP.
did not participate because the program was on NCAA probation. As a result, top seed Wake Forest received a first-round bye. The only other times an ACC team opted out of the tournament were in 1991, Syracuse in 2015, and Louisville in 2016 for similar reasons.