Front Row (l-r): Jim Calhoun, Tony Yates, Carl Bouldin, Paul Hogue, Bob Wiesenhahn, Tom Thacker, Tom Sizer Back Row (l-r): Head Coach Ed Jucker, Shingleton, Fred Dierking, Ron Reis, Dale Heidotting, Mark Altenau, Asst. Coach Tay Baker
| WINNING COACH | MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER |
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| ED JUCKER | JERRY LUCAS | OHIO STATE |
| Location: Municipal Auditorium | Kansas City, Missouri | |
| March 25, 1961 | |
FINAL FOUR
| Player | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | REB | PF | PTS |
| Cincinnati | |||||
| Wiesenhahn | 8-15 | 1-1 | 9 | 3 | 17 |
| Thacker | 7-21 | 1-4 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| Hogue | 3-8 | 3-6 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| Yates | 4-8 | 5-5 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| Bouldin | 7-12 | 2-3 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| Sizer | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Heidotting | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 6 | ||||
| Totals | 29-64 | 12-19 | 36 | 13 | 70 |
| Ohio State | |||||
| Havlicek | 1-5 | 2-2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Hoyt | 3-5 | 1-1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Lucas | 10-17 | 7-7 | 12 | 4 | 27 |
| Nowell | 3-9 | 3-3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Siegfried | 6-10 | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| Knight | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Gearhart | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Team | 8 | ||||
| Totals | 25-50 | 15-16 | 32 | 14 | 65 |