UAAP Season 24 men's basketball tournament
| Host school | Far Eastern University | |||||||||
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| Duration | September 30, 1961 | |||||||||
| Arena(s) | Rizal Memorial Coliseum | |||||||||
| Finals MVP | Romy Diaz | |||||||||
| Winning coach | Jose "Peping" Yee | |||||||||
The 1961 UAAP men's basketball tournament was the 24th year of the men's tournament of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP)'s basketball championship. Hosted by Far Eastern University, the FEU Tamaraws defeated the UE Warriors in a single game finals taking their sixth overall UAAP men's basketball championship.