This draft list is courtesy of APBR (Association for Professional Basketball Research). Check back as each list is converted into The Draft Review's enhanced format currently displayed with the 1988-2005 drafts, featuring player profiles, draft trades and in-depth reviews. 1961 DRAFT 27Mar61 New York, NY Seventh Round 60 NYK Donnis Butcher Pikeville 61 Cin Dave Zeller Miami (OH) 62 Det Burt Price Wittenberg 63 LAL Albert Alamanza Texas 64 Syr Roger Newman Kentucky 65 Phil Charles McNeil Maryland 66 StL Charles Riley Winston-Salem 67 Bos Mel Klein Aberdeen 68 Chi Ron Heller Wichita Eighth Round 69 NYK Cedrick Price Kansas State 70 Cin Jerry Thelen Villa Madonna 71 Det Walter Ward Hampton Institute 72 LAL Bill Ellis UCLA 73 Syr Dave Mills Seattle 74 Phil Larry Swift NE Missouri State 75 StL Gene Velloff Doane 76 Chi John Wessels Illinois