| 1961 USBL Draft Preview | ||||||
| Player | # | Pos | Age | Ht | Wt | College |
| Whtney Bell | 15 | PG | 28 | 6-0 | 180 | San Francisco |
| Walt Bellamy | 0 | C | 21 | 6-10 | 245 | Indiana |
| George Blaney | 0 | PG | 21 | 6-1 | 175 | Holy Cross |
| Sylvester Blye | 31 | SF | 23 | 6-5 | 195 | Seattle University |
| George Bon Salle | 0 | SF | 26 | 6-8 | 230 | Illinois |
| Joe Buckhalter | 0 | SF | 24 | 6-7 | 210 | Tennessee A&I |
| Cleveland Buckner | 0 | PF | 22 | 6-9 | 210 | Jackson State |
| Ed Burton | 0 | SF | 21 | 6-6 | 225 | Michigan State |
| Donnie Butcher | 0 | SG | 24 | 6-3 | 200 | Pikeville |
| Al Butler | 0 | PG | 22 | 6-2 | 175 | Niagara |
| Howie Carl | 0 | PG | 22 | 5-9 | 160 | Depaul |
| William Chmielewski | 42 | C | 21 | 6-10 | 240 | Dayton |
| Jeff Cohen | 52 | PF | 18 | 6-7 | 225 | William & Mary |
| Jimmy Darrow | 0 | PG | 23 | 5-10 | 170 | Bowling Green |
| Johnny Egan | 0 | PG | 22 | 6-0 | 180 | Providence |
| Dick Eichhorst | 0 | SG | 27 | 6-3 | 200 | Se Missouri |
| Jerry Graves | 34 | SF | 22 | 6-6 | 190 | Mississippi St |
| Jim Hadnot | 55 | C | 21 | 6-10 | 235 | Providence |
| Connie Hawkins | 42 | SF | 18 | 6-8 | 215 | Iowa |
| Cleo Hill | 0 | PG | 23 | 6-1 | 185 | Winston-Salem |
| Ron Horn | 0 | SF | 23 | 6-7 | 225 | Indiana |
| Tony Jackson | 24 | SG | 18 | 6-4 | 200 | St. John's |
| Doug Kistler | 0 | PF | 23 | 6-9 | 210 | Duke |
| Fred Lacour | 25 | SG | 22 | 6-5 | 212 | San Francisco |
| York Larese | 0 | PG | 22 | 6-4 | 183 | North Carolina |
| Francisco Llobet | 4 | PG | 21 | 6-0 | 185 | None |
| Ted Luckenbill | 0 | SG | 21 | 6-6 | 205 | Houston |
| Nick Mantis | 0 | SG | 25 | 6-3 | 192 | Northwestern |
| Ronald Martin | 0 | PG | 21 | 6-2 | 185 | St. Bonaventure |
| Ruben Mascetti | 23 | SG | 22 | 6-4 | 206 | Duke |
| Tom Meschery | 0 | SF | 22 | 6-6 | 215 | St. Mary's (Cal.) |
| Doug Moe | 0 | SG | 22 | 6-5 | 215 | North Carolina |
| Paul Neumann | 0 | PG | 23 | 6-1 | 175 | Stanford |
| Robert Nordmann | 0 | PF | 21 | 6-10 | 225 | St. Louis |
| Chuck Osborne | 0 | SG | 22 | 6-6 | 210 | Western Kentucky |
| George Patterson | 0 | SF | 21 | 6-7 | 230 | Toledo |
| Gary Phillips | 0 | PG | 21 | 6-3 | 190 | Houston |
| Frank Radovich | 0 | PF | 23 | 6-8 | 235 | Indiana |
| Fred Sawyer | 45 | C | 22 | 6-11 | 210 | Louisville |
| Ray Scott | 0 | PF | 22 | 6-9 | 215 | Portland |
| Lee Shaffer | 0 | SF | 22 | 6-7 | 220 | North Carolina |
| Bob Sims | 0 | SF | 22 | 6-5 | 220 | Pepperdine |
| Adrian Smith | 0 | PG | 25 | 6-1 | 180 | Kentucky |
| Bill Smith | 0 | SG | 22 | 6-5 | 190 | St. Peter's |
| Sam Stith | 0 | PG | 23 | 6-2 | 185 | St. Bonaventure |
| Jack Turner | 0 | SG | 22 | 6-5 | 200 | Louisville |
| Horace Walker | 0 | SG | 23 | 6-3 | 210 | Michigan State |
| Ben Warley | 14 | SG | 20 | 6-5 | 200 | Tennessee St |
| Bob Wiesenhahn | 0 | SG | 22 | 6-4 | 215 | Cincinnati |
| Wayne Yates | 0 | PF | 23 | 6-8 | 235 | Memphis State |
| Dave Zeller | 0 | PG | 21 | 6-1 | 175 | Miami (Ohio) |