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 First Round 1 Chi Walt Bellamy Indiana 2 NYK Tom Stith St. Bonaventure 3 Cin Larry Siegfried Ohio State 4 Det Ray Scott Portland 5 LAL Wayne Yates Memphis State 6 Syr Ben Warley Tennessee State 7 Phil Tom Meschery St. Mary's (CA) 8 StL Cleo Hill Winston-Salem 9 Bos Gary Phillips Houston Second Round 1 NYK Whitey Martin St. Bonaventure 2 Cin Bob Wiesenhahn Cincinnati 3 Det Johnny Egan Providence 4 LAL Fred Sawyer Louisville 5 Syr Chris Smith Virginia Tech 6 Phil Ted Luckenbill Houston 7 StL Ron Horn Indiana 8 Bos Al Butler Niagara 9 Chi Jack Turner Louisville 10 Chi Jerry Graves Mississippi State 11 Chi York Larese North Carolina 12 Chi Don Kojis Marquette 13 Chi Doug Moe North Carolina 14 Chi Jeff Cohen William & Mary Third Round 1 NYK Tony Jackson St. John's 2 Cin Bob Nordmann St. Louis 3 Det Doug Kistler Duke 4 LAL Frank Burgess Gonzaga 5 Syr Charles Osborne Western Kentucky 6 Phil Jack Egan St. Joseph's (PA) 7 StL Tom Chilton East Tennessee 8 Bos Bill Depp Vanderbilt 9 Chi Bill Bridges Kansas Fourth Round 1 NYK George Blaney Holy Cross 2 Cin Lowery Kirk Memphis State 3 Det George Finley Tennessee A&I 4 LAL Charles Henke Missouri 5 Syr Henry Whitney Iowa State 6 Phil John Tidwell Michigan 7 StL Gus Guydon Drake 8 Bos Carl Cole Eastern Kentucky 9 Chi Roger Kaiser Georgia Tech Fifth Round 1 NYK Bill Smith St. Peter's 2 Cin Rossie Johnson Tennessee A&I 3 Det Dan Doyle Belmont Abbey 4 LAL Bill Lickert Kentucky 5 Syr Don Jacobson South Dakota 6 Phil Bruce Spraggins Virginia Union 7 StL John Berberich UCLA 8 Bos Bob DiStefano North Carolina State 9 Chi Howie Carl DePaul Sixth Round 1 NYK Cleveland Buckner Jackson State 2 Cin Bob Slobodnik Duquesne 3 Det Lee Patrone West Virginia 4 LAL Bill McClintock California 5 Syr Billy Joe Price New Mexico State 6 Phil Dick Goldberg Mississippi Southern 7 StL Bob McDonald Maryland 8 Bos Ned Twyman Duquesne 9 Chi Dave Voss Tulsa Seventh Round 1 NYK Donnis Butcher Pikeville 2 Cin Dave Zeller Miami (OH) 3 Det Burt Price Wittenberg 4 LAL Albert Alamanza Texas 5 Syr Roger Newman Kentucky 6 Phil Charles McNeil Maryland 7 StL Charles Riley Winston-Salem 8 Bos Mel Klein Aberdeen 9 Chi Ron Heller Wichita Eighth Round 1 NYK Cedrick Price Kansas State 2 Cin Jerry Thelen Villa Madonna 3 Det Walter Ward Hampton Institute 4 LAL Bill Ellis UCLA 5 Syr Dave Mills Seattle 6 Phil Larry Swift NE Missouri State 7 StL Gene Velloff Doane 8 Chi John Wessels Illinois Ninth Round 1 NYK Charles Bowman Wabash 2 Cin Larry Krueger Ohio 3 Det Peter Baltic Penn State 4 LAL Carl Anderson Oregon State 5 Syr Rex Tippitt Grambling 6 StL Herbert Gray North Carolina A&T 7 Chi Steve Strange Southern Methodist Tenth Round 1 NYK Ron Debillous Wisconsin State Teachers 2 Cin Jack Waters Mississippi 3 Det Wayne Monson Northern Michigan 4 LAL Robert Williams Hancock 5 Syr Pete Chudy Syracuse 6 Phil Leo Hill Cal State–Los Angeles 7 StL Tom Faszholz Concordia (MO) 8 Chi Larry Comley Kansas State Eleventh Round 1 NYK Kevin Loughery St. John's 2 Cin Carl Short Newberry 3 Det Richard Kraft Brockport 4 LAL Howard Hunt Duke 5 Syr Dick Sammons LeMoyne 6 Phil Corky Whitrow Georgetown (KY) 7 StL Dick Kepley North Carolina Twelfth Round 1 NYK Earl Shultz California 2 Cin George Patterson Toledo 3 StL Jackie Crawford Centenary Thirteenth Round 1 NYK Ned Jennings Kentucky 2 Cin Clair McRoberts Monmouth 3 StL Howard Stacy Louisville Fourteenth Round 1 NYK Bill Engressor Louisiana State 2 Cin Carl Bouldin Cincinnati Fifteenth Round 1 NYK Vince Kempton St. Joseph's (PA)