1961-62 Men's Basketball Schedule
Overall24-10.960
Conference13-10.929
StreakW14
Home13-0
Away9-1
Neutral2-0
| Date | Time | At | Opponent | Location | Tournament | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2 (Sat) | Home | Southeastern Louisiana | Starkville | W 96-73 | ||
| Dec 4 (Mon) | Home | Louisiana-Lafayette | Starkville | W 88-61 | ||
| Dec 6 (Wed) | Home | Louisiana Tech | Starkville | W 81-58 | ||
| Dec 9 (Sat) | Home | Delta State | Starkville | W 84-55 | ||
| Dec 11 (Mon) | Home | Louisiana College | Starkville | W 113-70 | ||
| Dec 15 (Fri) | Away | Murray State | Murray, Ky. | W 69-57 | ||
| Dec 19 (Tue) | Away | Memphis | Memphis, Tenn. | W 83-71 | ||
| Dec 29 (Fri) | Neutral | Maryland | New Orleans, La. | Sugar Bowl Classic | W 64-62 | |
| Dec 30 (Sat) | Neutral | LSU | New Orleans, La. | Sugar Bowl Classic | W 73-51 | |
| Jan 6 (Sat) | Home | Auburn | Starkville | W 51-48 | ||
| Jan 13 (Sat) | Away | Vanderbilt | Nashville, Tenn. | L 86-100 | ||
| Jan 15 (Mon) | Away | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, Ga. | W 57-56 | ||
| Jan 17 (Wed) | Home | Alabama | Starkville | W 67-40 | ||
| Jan 20 (Sat) | Away | Ole Miss | Oxford, Miss. | W 61-57 | ||
| Jan 27 (Sat) | Home | Louisiana-Monroe | Starkville | W 89-79 | ||
| Jan 29 (Mon) | Away | Delta State | Cleveland, Miss. | W 106-76 | ||
| Feb 3 (Sat) | Away | LSU | Baton Rouge, La. | W 87-66 | ||
| Feb 5 (Mon) | Away | Tulane | New Orleans, La. | W 70-59 | ||
| Feb 10 (Sat) | Away | Tennessee | Knoxville, Tenn. | W 91-67 | ||
| Feb 12 (Mon) | Away | #2 Kentucky | Lexington, Ky. | W 49-44 | ||
| Feb 17 (Sat) | Home | Florida | Starkville | W 67-45 | ||
| Feb 19 (Mon) | Home | Georgia | Starkville | W 83-74 | ||
| Feb 24 (Sat) | Home | LSU | Starkville | W 58-48 | ||
| Feb 26 (Mon) | Home | Tulane | Starkville | W 83-62 | ||
| Mar 3 (Sat) | Home | Ole Miss | Starkville | W 63-58 |